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The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (French: paroisses, Spanish: parroquias), making it the only state besides Alaska to call its subdivisions something other than "counties." [a] Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the French colonial and Spanish colonial periods ...
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, and 304 cities, towns, and villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population. [1]
Baca County, Colorado; Bacon County, Georgia; Bailey County, Texas; Baker County: Florida; Georgia; Oregon; Baker Island, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands; Baldwin County ...
List of counties by U.S. state and territory. The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory. [1][2] United States of America (50 states and DC) showing states divided into ...
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (the equivalent of counties in most other states). [255] List of parishes in Louisiana; Louisiana census statistical areas; Most parishes have an elected government known as the Police Jury, [256] dating from the colonial days. It is the legislative and executive government of the parish, and is elected by ...
Category:Louisiana parishes. Category. : Louisiana parishes. Parishes in Louisiana are the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states. For church buildings or congregations see Category:Churches in Louisiana. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parishes of Louisiana. Louisiana has 64 parishes.
The United States Census Bureau refers to the latter as county equivalents. The 237 county equivalents include the District of Columbia and 100 equivalents in U.S. territories (such as those in Puerto Rico). The large majority of counties and equivalents were organized by 1970. Since that time, most creations, boundary changes and dissolutions ...
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