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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 ...
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]
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (the equivalent of counties in most other states). [257] List of parishes in Louisiana; Louisiana census statistical areas; Most parishes have an elected government known as the Police Jury, [258] dating from the colonial days. It is the legislative and executive government of the parish, and is elected by ...
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 .
Baca County, Colorado; Bacon County, Georgia; Bailey County, Texas; Baker County: Florida; Georgia; Oregon; Baker Island, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands; Baldwin County ...
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.
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as of 2020. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
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