| Tangipahoa, Louisiana | |
| Official Name: | Village of Tangipahoa |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Map1: | Louisiana in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Louisiana in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 30.8736°N -90.5136°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tangipahoa |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.60 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.00 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.60 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.00 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 180 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 425 |
| Population Density Km2: | 163.32 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 422.89 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 985 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-74760 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2407558 |
Tangipahoa is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 425 at the 2020 census. It was named after the Tangipahoa Native American tribe. Tangipahoa is part of the Hammond MSA.
The name Tangipahoa is derived from the Muskogean words (tonche pahoha) which translates to "corncob people" or "people of the corn" or "corncob".[2] It is from this Native American tribe that the modern Tangipahoa Parish gets its name, as well as the Tangipahoa River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9sqmi, all land.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 34 | 8.0% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 362 | 85.18% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.24% | |
| Asian | 1 | 0.24% | |
| Other/Mixed | 18 | 4.24% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 2.12% |