Bogalusa, LA Micro Area

The Bogalusa, LA micro area is one parish in Louisiana: Washington Parish. About 44,937 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.1% fewer than in April 2020.

Washington Parish, centralBogalusa
Washington Parish in Louisiana
Population, July 2025
44,937 1.1% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
Parish
Washington Parish
Land area
670 sq mi (1,734 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Louisiana
Combined statistical area
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
CBSA code
14220

The parish in the Bogalusa, LA micro area

ParishRolePopulation, July 2025
Washington ParishCentral44,937

A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying parishes: no neighboring parish sends enough commuters to join it. A parish belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Bogalusa10,468 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area970,849 people
  2. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area279,108 people
  3. Picayune, MS Micro Area59,363 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a parish on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Picayune, MS Micro Area20 mi southeast
  2. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area34 mi south
  3. Hammond, LA Metro Area40 mi southwest
  4. McComb, MS Micro Area49 mi northwest

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