Cameron Parish
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Simon Cameron
- Seat
- Cameron
- Largest community
- Grand Lake
- Total
- 1,937 sq mi (5,020 km )
- Land
- 1,285 sq mi (3,330 km )
- Water
- 652 sq mi (1,690 km ) 34%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,718
- Density
- 4.37/sq mi (1.69/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
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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. 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.