Jennings, Louisiana

Jennings, Louisiana
Jennings, Louisiana
City
	City of Jennings
	The front facade of the W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum, circa 2008
	Motto: "Cradle of Louisiana Oil"
	Location of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
	Location of Louisiana in the United States
	Coordinates: 30°13′20″N 92°39′25″W / 30.22222°N 92.65694°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Jefferson Davis
Founded	May 2, 1888
Area
• Total	10.58 sq mi (27.40 km2)
• Land	10.56 sq mi (27.35 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	9,837
• Density	931.53/sq mi (359.67/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70546
Area code	337
FIPS code	22-38355
Website	City of Jennings, Louisiana

Jennings is a city in, and the parish seat of, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States,^[3] near Lake Charles. The population was 10,383 at the 2010 census, a small decline from the 2000 tabulation.^[4]

Jennings is the principal city of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Jefferson Davis Parish. It is also part of the larger Lake Charles-Jennings Combined Statistical Area. It is also part of the large, 22-parish Acadiana region of the state, with a large Francophone population, many descended from early Acadian settlers.

^ "City of Jennings, Louisiana". City of Jennings, Louisiana. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Jennings (city), Louisiana". quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.