Cameron Parish, Louisiana

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Cameron Parish
Parish
Bald cypress at Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°51′N 93°12′W / 29.85°N 93.2°W / 29.85; -93.2
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Founded	1870
Named for	Simon Cameron
Seat	Cameron
Largest community	Grand Lake
Area
• Total	1,937 sq mi (5,020 km2)
• Land	1,285 sq mi (3,330 km2)
• Water	652 sq mi (1,690 km2)  34%
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,617
• Density	4.37/sq mi (1.69/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd

Cameron Parish (French: Paroisse de Cameron) is a parish in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,617. The parish seat is Cameron.^[2] Although it is the largest parish by area in Louisiana, it has the second-smallest population in the state, ahead of only Tensas. Cameron Parish is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area.