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Louisiana is a South Central U.S. state, with a 2020 U.S. census resident population of 4,657,757, and apportioned population of 4,661,468. Much of the state's population is concentrated in southern Louisiana in the Greater New Orleans, Florida Parishes, and Acadiana regions, with the remainder in North and Central Louisiana's major metropolitan areas (Shreveport-Bossier City; Monroe-West ...
In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas.
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. Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population.
The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 Census of the United States. [1] Census collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses " French " and " Cajun " are included. Statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122, some ...
The U.S. State of Louisiana currently has 25 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, ten metropolitan statistical areas, and nine micropolitan statistical areas in Louisiana. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the New ...
Ouachita Parish Public Library in downtown West Monroe. Ouachita Parish ( French: Paroisse d'Ouachita) is a parish located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. [1] The parish seat is Monroe. [2] The parish was formed in 1807.
The U.S. state of Louisiana has a total of ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); 37 of Louisiana's sixty-four (64) parishes are classified as metropolitan. According to the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site / kəˈhoʊkiə / ( 11 MS 2) [2] is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) [3] directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis, Missouri. This historic park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville. [4]