DeRidder, LA Micro Area
The DeRidder, LA micro area is one parish in Louisiana: Beauregard Parish. About 36,673 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.3% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 36,673 0.3% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- Parish
- Beauregard Parish
- Land area
- 1,157 sq mi (2,998 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Louisiana
- Combined statistical area
- Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
- CBSA code
- 19760
The parish in the DeRidder, LA micro area
| Parish | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Beauregard Parish | Central | 36,673 |
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
- DeRidder9,763 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 Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is
- Lake Charles, LA Metro Area244,655 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.
- Lake Charles, LA Metro Area45 mi south
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