Junction City, Louisiana

Junction City is a village in Claiborne and Union parishes in Louisiana, United States, and is the twin city of neighboring Junction City, Arkansas. The population was 437 in 2020.^[3]

Junction City, Louisiana
Village
Village of Junction City
City Hall in Junction City
Nickname:  5th Will
Location of Junction City in Union Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 33°00′26″N 92°43′21″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parishes	Claiborne
Area [2]
• Total	1.23 sq mi (3.18 km2)
• Land	1.23 sq mi (3.18 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	177 ft (54 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	437
• Density	355.57/sq mi (137.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	318
FIPS code	22-38985
GNIS feature ID	2407483[1]

The Union Parish portion of Junction City is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	389		—
1910	396		1.8%
1920	322		−18.7%
1930	388		20.5%
1940	355		−8.5%
1950	514		44.8%
1960	639		24.3%
1970	733		14.7%
1980	727		−0.8%
1990	749		3.0%
2000	652		−13.0%
2010	582		−10.7%
2020	437		−24.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Junction City racial composition as of 2020^[3]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	210	48.05%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	201	46.0%
Native American	1	0.23%
Asian	1	0.23%
Other/Mixed	11	2.52%
Hispanic or Latino	13	2.97%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 437 people, 251 households, and 158 families residing in the village.