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What is the capital of Louisiana?

Baton RougeOfficialNew Orleans · historical, to 1846

Louisiana is a state of the United States. New Orleans was the capital until 1846.

Population
4,515,939
2020
Districts
64
Second level
4
subdistricts
ISO code
US-LA
Population
4515939

Map

Louisiana and its 52 districts, with their seatsAcadia ParishAllen ParishAscension ParishAssumption ParishAvoyelles ParishBeauregard ParishBienville ParishBossier ParishCaddo ParishCalcasieu ParishCaldwell ParishCameron ParishCatahoula ParishClaiborne ParishConcordia ParishDe Soto ParishEast Baton Rouge ParishEast Carroll ParishEast Feliciana ParishEvangeline ParishFranklin ParishGrant ParishIberia ParishIberville ParishJackson ParishJefferson Davis ParishJefferson ParishLafayette ParishLafourche ParishLaSalle ParishLincoln ParishLivingston ParishMadison ParishMorehouse ParishNatchitoches ParishOrleans ParishOuachita ParishPlaquemines ParishPointe Coupee ParishRapides ParishRed River ParishRichland ParishSabine ParishSt. Mary ParishTangipahoa ParishTensas ParishTerrebonne ParishUnion ParishVermilion ParishVernon ParishWashington ParishWebster Parish
Baton Rouge

Boundaries: Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain; United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html) via geoBoundaries, public domain

Districts and their capitals

sort:name/population
Acadia ParishCrowley62 k
Allen ParishOberlin26 k
Ascension ParishDonaldsonville107 k
Assumption ParishNapoleonville23 k
Avoyelles ParishMarksville42 k
Beauregard ParishDeRidder36 k
Bienville ParishArcadia14 k
Bossier ParishBenton117 k · 1 subdistrict
Caddo ParishShreveport255 k
Calcasieu ParishLake Charles193 k
Caldwell ParishColumbia10 k
Cameron ParishCameron7 k
Catahoula ParishHarrisonburg10 k
Claiborne ParishHomer17 k
Concordia ParishVidalia21 k
De Soto ParishMansfield27 k
East Baton Rouge ParishBaton Rouge440 k · 1 subdistrict
East Carroll ParishLake Providence8 k
East Feliciana ParishClinton20 k
Evangeline ParishVille Platte34 k
Franklin ParishWinnsboro21 k
Grant ParishColfax22 k
Iberia ParishNew Iberia73 k
Iberville ParishPlaquemine33 k
Jackson ParishJonesboro16 k
Jefferson Davis ParishJennings32 k
Jefferson ParishGretna433 k
Lafayette ParishLafayette222 k · 1 subdistrict
Lafourche ParishThibodaux96 k
LaSalle ParishJena15 k
Lincoln ParishRuston47 k
Livingston ParishLivingston128 k
Madison ParishTallulah12 k
Morehouse ParishBastrop28 k
Natchitoches ParishNatchitoches40 k
Orleans ParishNew Orleans344 k · 1 subdistrict
Ouachita ParishMonroe154 k
Plaquemines Parishno seat recorded24 k
Pointe Coupee ParishNew Roads23 k
Rapides ParishAlexandria132 k
Red River ParishCoushatta9 k
Richland ParishRayville20 k
Sabine ParishMany24 k
Saint Bernard ParishChalmette46 k
Saint Charles ParishHahnville51 k
Saint Helena ParishGreensburg11 k
Saint James ParishConvent19 k
Saint John the Baptist ParishEdgard42 k
Saint Landry ParishOpelousas81 k
Saint Martin ParishSaint Martinville51 k
Saint Tammany ParishCovington265 k
St. Mary ParishFranklin50 k
Tangipahoa ParishAmite121 k
Tensas ParishSaint Joseph5 k
Terrebonne ParishHouma112 k
Union ParishFarmerville23 k
Vermilion ParishAbbeville58 k
Vernon ParishLeesville52 k
Washington ParishFranklinton47 k
Webster ParishMinden41 k
West Baton Rouge ParishPort Allen24 k
West Carroll ParishOak Grove12 k
West Feliciana ParishSaint Francisville16 k
Winn ParishWinnfield15 k

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