Quick facts about Louisiana

• Location: See map on the right side of the page.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 43,562 square miles. Louisiana is the 33rd largest state. The next larger state is Pennsylvania and the next smaller state is Tennessee.
• Population⁽²⁾: 4,523,628 people. Louisiana is the 24th most populous state. The next more populous state is Alabama and the next less populous state is South Carolina.
• Population Density: 103.84 people per square mile. Louisiana is the 23rd most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Kentucky and the next less densely populated state is Wisconsin.
• Bordering States: Louisiana shares a border with 3 states: Arkansas; Texas and Mississippi.
• Admission to the Union: April 30, 1812. Louisiana was the 18th state admitted to the Union, after Ohio and before Indiana.
• Capital: Baton Rouge.
• Highest Point: 534 feet at Driskill Mountain. See SummitPost's Driskill Mountain page.
• Lowest Point: -8 feet in New Orleans.
• Government website: Louisiana.gov - The official website of the State of Louisiana.
• Official Tourism website: Experience Louisiana.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia's Louisiana page.

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Cleveland Oak Jungle Gardens of Avery Island Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Interesting Louisiana parish trivia

• In Louisiana, the county equivalent units are called Parishes. This is an artifact left over from when Louisiana was part of France and Spain, and the administrative units were based on Roman Catholic parishes.
• The composition of St. Martin Parish is rather unusual. It is completely cleaved into two large sections by Iberia Parish. For more information, see my Split in Two - St. Martin Parish, Louisiana page.

Parishes in Louisiana

1. Acadia
2. Allen
3. Ascension
4. Assumption
5. Avoyelles
6. Beauregard
7. Bienville
8. Bossier
9. Caddo
10. Calcasieu
11. Caldwell
12. Cameron
13. Catahoula
14. Clairborne
15. Concordia
16. De Soto
17. East Baton Rouge
18. East Carroll
19. East Feliciana
20. Evangeline
21. Franklin
22. Grant
23. Iberia
24. Iberville: Jungle Gardens of Avery Island; McIlhenny Co.'s Tabasco Factory
25. Jackson
26. Jefferson
27. Jefferson Davis
28. La Salle
29. Lafayette
30. Lafourche
31. Lincoln
32. Livingston
33. Madison: The Former DeSoto Point
34. Morehouse
35. Natchitoches
36. Orleans: Largest parish population in Louisiana (484,674 people in 2000 Census, but 274,000 estimated in 2007 post-Katrina; East Baton Rouge parish may now have a larger population); Canal Street / Algiers Ferry; Crescent City Brewhouse
37. Ouachita
38. Plaquemines: Belle Chasse Ferry
39. Point Coupee
40. Rapides: Largest parish in Louisiana (1,323 square miles).
41. Red River
42. Richland
43. Sabine: Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States
44. St. Bernard
45. St. Charles
46. St. Helena
47. St. James
48. St. John the Baptist
49. St. Landry
50. St. Martin: Split in Two - St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
51. St. Mary
52. St. Tammany: Abita Brewing Company
53. Tangipahoa: Global Wildlife Center
54. Tensas: Smallest parish population in Louisiana (6,618 people in 2000 Census).
55. Terrebonne
56. Union: Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States
57. Vermilion
58. Vernon
59. Washington
60. Webster
61. West Baton Rouge: Smallest parish in Louisiana (204 square miles).
62. West Carroll
63. West Feliciana
64. Winn

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.

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