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from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish. Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa/Natchez word meaning big, clear lake: 8,414: 739 sq mi (1,914 km 2) Claiborne Parish: 027: Homer: 1828: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Governor of Louisiana William C. C. Claiborne: 13,670: 768 sq mi (1,989 km 2 ...
River Parishes. Ascension Parish in the north is not always considered a River Parish. Main building at "Laura" Creole plantation, in Vacherie, St. James, 2002 photograph. The River Parishes are the parishes in Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that span both banks of the Mississippi River, and are part of the larger Acadiana region ...
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
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 and largest city is Monroe. [2] The parish was formed in 1807. [3] Ouachita Parish is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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. [1] According to the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 2,082 square miles (5,390 km 2), of which 1,232 square miles (3,190 km 2) is land and 850 square miles (2,200 km 2) (41%) is water. [6] It is the fifth-largest parish in Louisiana by land area and third-largest by total area. The Gulf of Mexico is located to the south of the ...
Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. [1] [2] As of 2020, the combined population of the five parish area was 313,951. [3]
The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.23. In the parish the population was spread out, with 30.10% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. As of 2000, the median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.80 males.