Tallulah, Louisiana

Tallulah, Louisiana
City
Tallulah municipal building
Location in Madison Parish, Louisiana
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Coordinates: 32°24′31″N 91°11′12″W / 32.40861°N 91.18667°W / 32.40861; -91.18667
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Madison
Government [2]
• Mayor	Charles Finlayson[1]
• City Council	City Council Charles Finlayson (Dist. 1) Lisa Houston (Dist. 2) Tommy Watson (Dist. 3) Marjorie Day (Dist. 4) Gloria Hayden (Dist. 5)
Area [3]
• Total	2.78 sq mi (7.21 km2)
• Land	2.78 sq mi (7.21 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	85 ft (26 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	6,286
• Density	2,258.71/sq mi (872.07/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	71282, 71284
FIPS code	22-74690
Website	cityoftallulah.org

Tallulah (/təˈluːlə/ tə-LOO-lə) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States.^[5] As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,286,^[4] down from 7,335 in 2010.

As this was historically a center of agriculture since the antebellum years, producing cotton and pecans, Tallulah and the parish have long had majority-African American populations. The small city is now nearly 77 percent African American; the surrounding parish is 60 percent black. Mechanization and industrial agriculture have reduced the number of jobs, and many residents have moved since the mid-20th century to larger cities with more opportunities.

Tallulah is the principal city of the Tallulah Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Madison Parish. The Madison Parish Sheriff's office operates the Steve Hoyle Rehabilitation Center in Tallulah.