Hammond, LA Metro Area
The Hammond, LA metro area is one parish in Louisiana: Tangipahoa Parish. About 141,346 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 6.1% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 141,346 6.1% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Land area
- 791 sq mi (2,049 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Louisiana
- Combined statistical area
- Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA
- CBSA code
- 25220
The parish in the Hammond, LA metro area
| Parish | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Tangipahoa Parish | Central | 141,346 |
A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 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
- Hammond21,539 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 Baton Rouge-Hammond, 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
- Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area888,699 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.
- Bogalusa, LA Micro Area40 mi northeast
- Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area40 mi west
- Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area43 mi east
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area44 mi southeast
- McComb, MS Micro Area51 mi north
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