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About 70%–80% of crayfish produced in Louisiana are Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish), with the remaining 20%–30% being Procambarus zonangulus (white river crawfish). [12] Despite the large-scale production in Louisiana, most frozen crayfish available in supermarkets in other states are Chinese imports.
Louisiana's school voucher program is known as the Louisiana Scholarship Program. It was available in the New Orleans area beginning in 2008 and in the rest of the state beginning in 2012. [ 246 ] In 2013, the number of students using school vouchers to attend private schools was 6,751, and for 2014 it was projected to exceed 8,800.
Louisiana produces 100 million pounds (45 million kilograms) of crawfish per year with the red swamp and white river crawfish being the main species harvested. [20] Crawfish are a part of Cajun culture dating back hundreds of years. [21] A variety of cottage industries have developed as a result of commercialized crawfish iconography.
Louisiana is a South Central US state, with a 2020 US census resident population of 4,657,757, [2] and apportioned population of 4,661,468. [3] [4] 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 ...
One of the southernmost of Louisiana's parishes, Terrebonne Parish was established on March 22, 1822, from the southern part of Lafourche Interior, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. Covering an area of 2100 square miles, it is the second-largest parish in the state.
Lake Pontchartrain from southbound causeway entrance Lake Pontchartrain's north shore at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, Louisiana, in 2004. Lake Pontchartrain (/ ˈ p ɒ n tʃ ə t r eɪ n / PON-chə-trayn; [1] French: Lac Pontchartrain) is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.
The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04. In 2000, there were 89,794 people living in the parish. The racial makeup of Lafourche was 82.85% White , 12.61% Black or African American, 2.30% American Indian and Alaska Native , 0.67% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.58% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more ...
New Orleans is the only city in Louisiana that refuses to pay court-ordered judgments when it loses a case that were awarded to the other party. [248] The city uses a provision in the Louisiana Constitution that prohibits the seizure of a city's property to pay a judgment when it loses a lawsuit.