LA · GEOID 22029

Concordia Parish area

Concordia Parish, Louisiana covers 747.4 square miles: 695.7 square miles of land and 51.7 square miles of water.

Official Census measurements2026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area695.7 mi²
Water area51.7 mi²
Total area747.4 mi²
National land rank#1338

County outline

Generalized outline of Concordia Parish, Louisiana
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Concordia Parish is located

Concordia Parish highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 93.1% of Concordia Parish’s measured area and water for 6.9%. Its combined area converts to 1,935.7 square kilometers or approximately 478,318 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land695.7061,801.87445,251.8
Water51.666133.81433,066.2
Total747.3721,935.685478,318.1

How Concordia Parish compares

By original Census land area, Concordia Parish ranks #27 of 64 in Louisiana and #1338 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 1.077 times the Louisiana county-equivalent median of 645.9 square miles. It accounts for 1.6% of the combined county land area in the state.

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What stands out about Concordia Parish?

Concordia Parish has more land than 1,884 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Concordia Parish695.7 mi²
Louisiana median645.9 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Concordia Parish at #1,284 nationally by total area, 54 places closer to the top than its land rank. The water assigned to this geography moves it ahead of some county equivalents with more land.

Its water share is 6.9%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 5.7 percentage points higher. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Concordia Parish in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#1337Pendleton County, West Virginia696.1Compare
#1338Concordia Parish, Louisiana695.7This county
#1339Rockingham County, New Hampshire695.6Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 31.469805, -91.626315. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 1,801,869,537 m²; AWATER: 133,813,652 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How many acres of land are in Concordia Parish?

The land measurement converts to approximately 445,252 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 478,318 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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