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Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 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]
Louisiana's old congressional districts since 2023 [1] These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . The current dean of the Louisiana delegation is Representative and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1) , having served in the House since 2008.
Geographic limits of the map:}} *N: 33.20° N *S: 28.60° N *W: 94.40° W *E: 88.70° W Albers equal area projection; WGS 84 datum |date=2020-06-10 |source={{own}} *Sources of data:<br/> **Topography: ETOPO1 (public domain);<br/> **Public domain data provided by the National Atlas of the United States of America;<br/> *Tool:<br/> **The map is ...
"Louisiana has taken a historic step in adopting a congressional map that creates two African-American districts based on population," Jenkins said. "This is a fair map passed with bipartisan support.
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that gives the state a second Black-majority US House district and likely puts at risk a Republican-controlled seat.
The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
Louisiana voters will elect all six members of their U.S. House of Representatives delegation this year beginning with the Nov. 5 primary election that will include a new Black majority voter ...
Those lines, however, were thrown out in 1995 when the 4th was ruled to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, and from 1996 to 2013, the 6th included all of Baton Rouge. After the 2010 redistricting, a gash in western Baton Rouge, including most of the city's black precincts, was transferred to the New Orleans–based 2nd district.