Louisiana

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State of Louisiana

Louisiana, abbreviated "LA", is in the West South Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Baton Rouge.

There were 4,468,976 people in Louisiana as of the 2000 census.

The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on April 30, 1812.

Please explore the cities and towns of Louisiana, below.

200 Largest Louisiana Cities and Towns (population 686 and up)

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City or Town	Pop.	County
Abbeville	11,887	Vermilion
Abita Springs	1,957	St Tammany
Addis	2,238	West Baton Rouge
Albany	865	Livingston
Alexandria	46,342	Rapides
Anacoco	866	Vernon
Arcadia	3,041	Bienville
Arnaudville	1,398	St Landry
Baker	13,793	East Baton Rouge
Baldwin	2,497	St Mary
Ball	3,681	Rapides
Basile	1,660	Evangeline
Bastrop	12,988	Morehouse
Baton Rouge	227,818	East Baton Rouge
Benton	2,035	Bossier
Bernice	1,809	Union
Berwick	4,418	St Mary
Blanchard	2,050	Caddo
Bogalusa	13,365	Washington
Bossier City	56,461	Bossier
Boyce	1,190	Rapides
Breaux Bridge	7,281	St Martin
Broussard	5,874	Lafayette
Brusly	2,020	West Baton Rouge
Bunkie	4,662	Avoyelles
Campti	1,057	Natchitoches
Carencro	6,120	Lafayette
Cheneyville	901	Rapides
Church Point	4,756	Acadia
Clarks	1,071	Caldwell
Clayton	858	Concordia
Clinton	1,998	East Feliciana
Colfax	1,659	Grant
Cotton Valley	1,189	Webster
Cottonport	2,316	Avoyelles
Coushatta	2,299	Red River
Covington	8,483	St Tammany
Crowley	14,225	Acadia
Cullen	1,296	Webster
Delcambre	2,168	Vermilion
Delhi	3,066	Richland
Denham Springs	8,757	Livingston
DeQuincy	3,398	Calcasieu
Donaldsonville	7,605	Ascension
Doyline	841	Webster
Dubach	800	Lincoln
Duson	1,672	Lafayette
Elton	1,261	Jefferson Davis
Epps	1,153	West Carroll
Erath	2,187	Vermilion
Estherwood	807	Acadia
Eunice	11,499	St Landry
Farmerville	3,808	Union
Ferriday	3,723	Concordia
Florien	692	Sabine
Fordoche	933	Pointe Coupee
Franklin	8,354	St Mary
Franklinton	3,657	Washington
French Settlement	945	Livingston
Gibsland	1,119	Bienville
Glenmora	1,558	Rapides
Golden Meadow	2,193	Lafourche
Gonzales	8,156	Ascension
Grambling	4,693	Lincoln
Gramercy	3,066	St James
Grand Coteau	1,040	St Landry
Grand Isle	1,541	Jefferson
Greenwood	2,458	Caddo
Gretna	17,423	Jefferson
Gueydan	1,598	Vermilion
Hammond	17,639	Tangipahoa
Harahan	9,885	Jefferson
Harrisonburg	746	Catahoula
Haughton	2,792	Bossier
Haynesville	2,679	Claiborne
Henderson	1,531	St Martin
Homer	3,788	Claiborne
Houma	32,393	Terrebonne
Independence	1,724	Tangipahoa
Iota	1,376	Acadia
Iowa	2,663	Calcasieu
Jackson	4,130	East Feliciana
Jeanerette	5,997	Iberia
Jena	2,971	La Salle
Jennings	10,986	Jefferson Davis
Jonesboro	3,914	Jackson
Jonesville	2,469	Catahoula
Kaplan	5,177	Vermilion
Kenner	70,517	Jefferson
Kentwood	2,205	Tangipahoa
Killian	1,053	Livingston
Kinder	2,148	Allen
Krotz Springs	1,219	St Landry
Lafayette	110,257	Lafayette
Lake Arthur	3,007	Jefferson Davis
Lake Charles	71,757	Calcasieu
Lake Providence	5,104	East Carroll
Lecompte	1,366	Rapides
Leesville	6,753	Vernon
Leonville	1,007	St Landry
Livingston	1,342	Livingston
Livonia	1,339	Pointe Coupee
Lockport	2,624	Lafourche
Logansport	1,630	De Soto
Loreauville	938	Iberia
Lutcher	3,735	St James
Mamou	3,566	Evangeline
Mandeville	10,489	St Tammany
Mansfield	5,582	De Soto
Mansura	1,573	Avoyelles
Many	2,889	Sabine
Maringouin	1,262	Iberville
Marion	806	Union
Marksville	5,537	Avoyelles
Melville	1,376	St Landry
Mer Rouge	721	Morehouse
Mermentau	721	Acadia
Merryville	1,126	Beauregard
Metairie	146,136	Jefferson
Minden	13,027	Webster
Monroe	53,107	Ouachita
Montgomery	787	Grant
Montz	1,120	St John the Baptist
Mooringsport	833	Caddo
Moreauville	922	Avoyelles
Morgan City	12,703	St Mary
Morse	759	Acadia
Napoleonville	686	Assumption
Natchitoches	17,865	Natchitoches
New Iberia	32,623	Iberia
New Orleans	484,674	Orleans
New Roads	4,966	Pointe Coupee
Newellton	1,482	Tensas
Oak Grove	2,174	West Carroll
Oakdale	8,137	Allen
Oberlin	1,853	Allen
Oil City	1,219	Caddo
Olla	1,417	La Salle
Opelousas	22,860	St Landry
Patterson	5,130	St Mary
Pearl River	1,839	St Tammany
Pine Prairie	1,087	Evangeline
Pineville	13,829	Rapides
Plain Dealing	1,071	Bossier
Plaquemine	7,064	Iberville
Pleasant Hill	786	Sabine
Ponchatoula	5,180	Tangipahoa
Port Allen	5,278	West Baton Rouge
Port Barre	2,287	St Landry
Provencal	708	Natchitoches
Rayne	8,552	Acadia
Rayville	4,234	Richland
Reserve	9,111	St John the Baptist
Richwood	2,115	Ouachita
Ridgecrest	801	Concordia
Ringgold	1,660	Bienville
Rosedale	753	Iberville
Roseland	1,162	Tangipahoa
Rosepine	1,390	Vernon
Ruston	20,546	Lincoln
Sarepta	925	Webster
Scott	7,870	Lafayette
Shreveport	200,145	Caddo
Sibley	1,098	Webster
Simmesport	2,239	Avoyelles
Slaughter	1,011	East Feliciana
Slidell	25,695	St Tammany
Sorrento	1,227	Ascension
Springhill	5,439	Webster
St. Francisville	1,712	West Feliciana
St. Gabriel	5,514	Iberville
St. Joseph	1,340	Tensas
St. Martinville	6,989	St Martin
Sterlington	1,276	Ouachita
Stonewall	1,668	De Soto
Sulphur	20,512	Calcasieu
Sunset	2,352	St Landry
Tallulah	9,189	Madison
Tangipahoa	747	Tangipahoa
Thibodaux	14,431	Lafourche
Urania	700	La Salle
Vidalia	4,543	Concordia
Ville Platte	8,145	Evangeline
Vinton	3,338	Calcasieu
Vivian	4,031	Caddo
Walker	4,801	Livingston
Washington	1,082	St Landry
Waterproof	834	Tensas
Welsh	3,380	Jefferson Davis
West Monroe	13,250	Ouachita
Westlake	4,668	Calcasieu
Westwego	10,763	Jefferson
White Castle	1,946	Iberville
Winnfield	5,749	Winn
Winnsboro	5,344	Franklin
Wisner	1,140	Franklin
Woodworth	1,080	Rapides
Youngsville	3,992	Lafayette
Zachary	11,275	East Baton Rouge
Zwolle	1,783	Sabine

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	4,468,976	100%
Male	2,162,903	48.4%
Female	2,306,073	51.6%
Under 18	1,219,799	27.3%
18+	3,249,177	72.7%
65+	516,929	11.6%
Median Age	34
Average Family Size	3.16
White	2,856,161	63.9%
African-American	1,451,944	32.5%
Asian	54,758	1.2%
American Indian & Alaskan	25,477	0.6%
Other	31,131	0.7%
Mixed Race	48,265	1.1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	107,738	2.4%

Rank	City or Town	Colleges	Students
1	Baton Rouge Colleges	22	49,867
2	New Orleans Colleges	15	51,876
3	Shreveport Colleges	12	9,856
4	Lafayette Colleges	10	20,623
5	Monroe Colleges	6	9,922
6	Lake Charles Colleges	5	10,242
7	Houma Colleges	5	1,694
8	Hammond Colleges	3	15,248
9	Ruston Colleges	3	10,731
10	Bossier City Colleges	3	5,027
11	Alexandria Colleges	3	3,078
12	West Monroe Colleges	3	1,022
13	Metairie Colleges	3	639
14	Natchitoches Colleges	2	9,312
15	Thibodaux Colleges	2	7,288
16	Eunice Colleges	2	2,927
17	Sorrento Colleges	2	1,499
18	Pineville Colleges	2	1,106
19	Opelousas Colleges	2	629
20	Bastrop Colleges	2	250

Rank	City or Town
1	New Orleans Hotels and Travel
2	Baton Rouge Hotels and Travel
3	Lafayette Hotels and Travel
4	Shreveport Hotels and Travel
5	Bossier City Hotels and Travel
6	Lake Charles Hotels and Travel
7	Metairie Hotels and Travel
8	Alexandria Hotels and Travel
9	Sulphur Hotels and Travel
10	Houma Hotels and Travel
11	Kenner Hotels and Travel
12	Monroe Hotels and Travel
13	West Monroe Hotels and Travel
14	Hammond Hotels and Travel
15	Natchitoches Hotels and Travel
16	Covington Hotels and Travel
17	Ruston Hotels and Travel
18	Kinder Hotels and Travel
19	Slidell Hotels and Travel
20	New Iberia Hotels and Travel

Rank	City or Town
1	Baton Rouge Mortgages & Property
2	Metairie Mortgages & Property
3	New Orleans Mortgages & Property
4	Shreveport Mortgages & Property
5	Bossier City Mortgages & Property
6	Lafayette Mortgages & Property
7	Slidell Mortgages & Property
8	Mandeville Mortgages & Property
9	Monroe Mortgages & Property
10	Lake Charles Mortgages & Property
11	Denham Springs Mortgages & Property
12	Hammond Mortgages & Property
13	Alexandria Mortgages & Property
14	West Monroe Mortgages & Property
15	Kenner Mortgages & Property
16	Houma Mortgages & Property
17	Ruston Mortgages & Property
18	Covington Mortgages & Property
19	Gonzales Mortgages & Property
20	Many Mortgages & Property

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