[3] Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 2010, the center of population of Louisiana was located in Pointe Coupee Parish, in the city of New Roads.

[4] Pointe Coupee is the oldest settlement on the lower Mississippi, having been made by some wandering Canadian trappers as early as 1708.

Recently, historians Cazorla and Polo, from the Louis de Unzaga Historical Society research team, using satellite remote sensing techniques and comparative plans from the General Archive of the Indies, have managed to locate the position of the Unzaga post, which included, along with it, a parish.

[5] Pointe Coupee Parish (originally and recently, informally pronounced pwahnt coo-pee) was organized by European Americans in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans (statehood for Louisiana followed in 1812).

By the publication of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,758 people, 8,960 households, and 5,625 families residing in the parish, reflecting a slight population decline.

The largest denomination by membership as of 2020 has been the Catholic Church (according to the Association of Religion Data Archives).

The parish's economy is heavily reliant upon agriculture, with sugar cane being one of the main cash crops.

[16] Additionally, Pointe Coupee Parish is home to one of the satellite campuses of Baton Rouge Community College.

The sheriff's office is responsible for routine law enforcement patrols in the parish.