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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 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.
The Louisiana pearlshell, Margaritifera hembeli, is a rare species of bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae. This freshwater mussel is native to Louisiana in the United States, and was previously present also in Arkansas. It grows to a length of about 10 cm (4 in) and lives on the sand or gravel stream-bed in riffles and fast flowing ...
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.
The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.23. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The state of Louisiana itself actually had a direct impact on several early high school national crowns as the Louisiana Sports Association hosted a series of games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge called the "National High School Championship" in 1938 and 1939, [222] the latter of which included an appearance by Louisiana's own Baton Rouge High ...
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 ...
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.