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Vernon Parish, Louisiana

The largest of Louisiana's 64 parishes by land area.

ParishFIPS 22115

Within Louisiana
Vernon Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Leesville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
45,091
-3,541 (-7.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,327
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
34.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Leesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Leesville city
Population 5,210.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Vernon Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Vernon Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 644 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Vernon Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population45,09125th of 641,095th of 3,144
Land area1,327 sq mi1st of 64449th of 3,144
Population density34.0 per sq mi40th of 641,814th of 3,144
Median household income$57,27025th of 642,310th of 3,143

Full data for Vernon Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,091Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,748Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,327 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,340 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,270American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,156American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+327
775 births, 448 deaths
Net migration
-1,291
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Vernon Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Newton CountyTexas43 mi11,954
Beauregard ParishLouisiana41 mi36,673
Rapides ParishLouisiana40 mi125,877
Sabine ParishLouisiana32 mi21,834
Natchitoches ParishLouisiana16 mi36,089
Allen ParishLouisiana10 mi22,672

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.