Louisiana Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

You can see this information for all fifty states at Reference > North America > USA > Counties. Also, see the Counties home page.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Acadia	Crowley	655	1,697	85	33	58,861	55,882
Allen	Oberlin	765	1,980	28	11	25,440	21,226
Ascension	Donaldsonville	292	755	200	77	76,627	58,214
Assumption	Napoleonville	339	877	67	26	23,388	22,753
Avoyelles	Marksville	833	2,156	47	18	41,481	39,159
Beauregard	De Ridder	1,160	3,005	26	10	32,986	30,083
Bienville	Arcadia	811	2,100	20	8	15,752	15,979
Bossier	Benton	839	2,172	103	40	98,310	86,088
Caddo	Shreveport	882	2,285	281	109	252,161	248,253
Calcasieu	Lake Charles	1,071	2,774	157	61	183,577	168,134
Caldwell	Columbia	530	1,371	19	7	10,560	9,810
Cameron	Cameron	1,313	3,401	7	3	9,991	9,260
Catahoula	Harrisonburg	704	1,823	16	6	10,920	11,065
Claiborne	Homer	755	1,955	23	9	16,851	17,405
Concordia	Vidalia	696	1,804	30	12	20,247	20,828
De Soto	Mansfield	877	2,272	29	11	25,494	25,346
East Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	456	1,180	834	322	412,852	380,105
East Carroll	Lake Providence	422	1,092	23	9	9,421	9,709
East Feliciana	Clinton	453	1,174	42	16	21,360	19,211
Evangeline	Ville Platte	664	1,721	50	19	35,434	33,274
Franklin	Winnsboro	623	1,615	36	14	21,263	22,387
Grant	Colfax	645	1,671	27	11	18,698	17,526
Iberia	New Iberia	575	1,490	119	46	73,266	68,297
Iberville	Plaquemine	619	1,602	50	19	33,320	31,049
Jackson	Jonesboro	570	1,476	28	11	15,397	15,705
Jefferson	Gretna	306	792	1,465	566	31,435	448,306
Jefferson Davis	Jennings	652	1,690	47	18	455,466	30,722
Lafayette	Lafayette	270	699	611	236	190,503	164,762
Lafourche	Thibodaux	1,085	2,810	79	31	89,974	85,860
La Salle	Jena	624	1,616	22	9	14,282	13,662
Lincoln	Ruston	471	1,221	89	34	42,509	41,745
Livingston	Livingston	648	1,679	109	42	91,814	70,526
Madison	Tallulah	624	1,617	20	8	13,728	12,463
Morehouse	Bastrop	794	2,057	40	16	31,021	31,938
Natchitoches	Natchitoches	1,256	3,254	29	11	39,080	36,689
Orleans	New Orleans	181	468	2,751	1,062	484,674	496,938
Ouachita	Monroe	611	1,583	233	90	147,250	142,191
Plaquemines	Pointe a la Hache	845	2,188	30	12	26,757	25,575
Pointe Coupee	New Roads	557	1,444	40	16	22,763	22,540
Rapides	Alexandria	1,323	3,426	100	38	126,337	131,556
Red River	Coushatta	389	1,007	24	9	9,622	9,387
Richland	Rayville	559	1,447	37	14	20,981	20,629
Sabine	Many	865	2,241	26	10	23,459	22,646
St. Bernard	Chalmette	465	1,205	143	55	67,229	66,631
St. Charles	Hahnville	284	735	150	58	48,072	42,437
St. Helena	Greensburg	408	1,058	24	9	10,525	9,874
St. James	Convent	246	638	85	33	21,216	20,879
St. John the Baptist	Edgard	219	567	183	71	43,044	39,996
St. Landry	Opelousas	929	2,405	87	33	87,700	80,331
St. Martin	St. Martinville	740	1,916	59	23	48,583	43,978
St. Mary	Franklin	613	1,588	95	37	53,500	58,086
St. Tammany	Covington	854	2,213	169	65	191,268	144,508
Tangipahoa	Amite	790	2,047	108	42	100,588	85,709
Tensas	St. Joseph	603	1,561	12	5	6,618	7,103
Terrebonne	Houma	1,255	3,251	77	30	104,503	96,982
Union	Farmerville	878	2,273	24	9	22,803	20,690
Vermilion	Abbeville	1,174	3,040	43	17	53,807	50,055
Vernon	Leesville	1,329	3,441	47	18	52,531	61,961
Washington	Franklinton	670	1,734	65	25	43,926	43,185
Webster	Minden	596	1,544	71	27	41,831	41,989
West Baton Rouge	Port Allen	191	495	102	39	21,601	19,419
West Carroll	Oak Grove	359	931	34	13	12,314	12,093
West Feliciana	St. Francisville	406	1,052	32	12	15,111	12,915
Winn	Winnfield	951	2,462	17	7	16,894	16,269

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Acadia	116	47,521	10,740	89	4	117	274	538
Allen	438	18,291	6,259	144	3	62	243	1,146
Ascension	209	59,304	15,539	258	19	759	539	1,883
Assumption	72	15,710	7,371	55	2	40	138	284
Avoyelles	421	28,402	12,233	72	1	80	272	404
Beauregard	218	27,790	4,261	198	16	98	405	468
Bienville	42	8,651	6,897	24	0	51	87	149
Bossier	511	73,403	20,468	1,234	81	988	1,625	3,063
Caddo	978	133,424	112,483	1,732	76	1,056	2,412	3,750
Calcasieu	564	135,107	44,025	1,172	52	754	1,903	2,463
Caldwell	48	8,493	1,890	15	0	50	64	157
Cameron	37	9,357	388	44	2	94	69	215
Catahoula	21	7,838	2,962	14	0	21	64	101
Claiborne	24	8,728	7,982	17	5	14	81	128
Concordia	33	12,300	7,637	48	1	111	117	300
De Soto	129	14,269	10,748	29	14	137	168	396
East Baton Rouge	850	231,886	165,526	8,585	121	2,031	3,853	7,363
East Carroll	17	2,977	6,339	31	0	24	33	112
East Feliciana	35	11,063	10,057	49	1	39	116	157
Evangeline	81	24,951	10,122	51	3	63	163	368
Franklin	57	14,281	6,721	40	1	31	132	160
Grant	166	15,973	2,222	26	5	67	239	213
Iberia	228	47,682	22,574	1,414	15	438	915	1,101
Iberville	59	16,412	16,560	86	4	48	151	343
Jackson	44	10,934	4,291	33	1	37	57	94
Jefferson	121	25,337	5,591	61	4	62	259	312
Jefferson Davis	2,032	318,002	104,121	14,065	154	9,239	7,853	32,418
Lafayette	540	139,758	45,346	2,055	51	983	1,770	3,320
Lafourche	2,066	74,544	11,349	599	21	518	877	1,284
La Salle	92	12,301	1,742	25	1	29	92	117
Lincoln	76	24,409	16,934	543	6	221	320	492
Livingston	335	86,625	3,874	163	14	175	628	1,017
Madison	21	5,197	8,283	22	2	48	155	288
Morehouse	40	17,297	13,451	57	2	37	137	230
Natchitoches	421	22,608	15,017	171	7	358	498	566
Orleans	991	135,956	325,947	10,972	109	4,498	6,201	14,826
Ouachita	337	94,947	49,526	940	37	480	983	1,747
Plaquemines	553	18,668	6,258	700	4	194	380	433
Pointe Coupee	39	13,865	8,601	57	0	73	128	245
Rapides	930	84,024	38,445	1,087	45	529	1,277	1,739
Red River	27	5,568	3,936	9	2	21	59	97
Richland	28	12,791	7,974	37	0	42	109	227
Sabine	1,828	17,048	3,958	35	5	74	511	642
St. Bernard	329	59,356	5,122	889	14	494	1,025	3,425
St. Charles	123	34,803	12,130	265	7	308	436	1,346
St. Helena	10	4,897	5,517	10	1	15	75	104
St. James	19	10,606	10,476	10	0	26	79	130
St. John the Baptist	112	22,633	19,268	229	11	371	420	1,230
St. Landry	120	49,555	36,952	178	12	270	613	794
St. Martin	141	32,040	15,535	449	2	98	318	405
St. Mary	741	33,591	17,009	877	9	470	803	1,152
St. Tammany	825	166,458	18,929	1,420	57	1,164	2,415	4,737
Tangipahoa	242	70,175	28,519	395	8	461	788	1,536
Tensas	3	2,874	3,665	8	0	19	49	83
Terrebonne	5,533	77,401	18,594	845	16	568	1,546	1,631
Union	43	15,914	6,373	59	11	288	115	461
Vermilion	161	44,488	7,624	977	6	141	410	742
Vernon	768	38,717	8,962	828	160	1,311	1,785	3,111
Washington	100	29,614	13,851	73	1	48	239	334
Webster	143	27,405	13,735	80	16	94	358	378
West Baton Rouge	44	13,561	7,666	40	5	114	171	313
West Carroll	31	9,838	2,325	16	1	53	50	166
West Feliciana	30	7,348	7,633	25	3	5	67	157
Winn	84	11,195	5,411	27	9	22	146	147

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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