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Shreveport (/ˈʃriːvpɔːrt/ SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the most populous city in the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area and Northern Louisiana. Shreveport ranks third in population in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge and 126th in the U.S. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat.[5] Shreveport extends along the west bank of the Red River (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring Bossier Parish. The population of Shreveport was 199,311 as of the 2010 U.S. Census.[6] The United States Census Bureau's 2018 estimate for the city's population decreased to 192,036.[7]
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Shreveport, Louisiana | |
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City of Shreveport | |
Coordinates: 32°30′53″N 93°44′50″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parishes | Caddo, Bossier |
Founded | 1836 |
Incorporated | March 20, 1839 |
Named for | Captain Henry Miller Shreve |
Government | |
• Mayor | Adrian Perkins (D) |
• City Council | Members list
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Area | |
• City | 122.35 sq mi (316.88 km2) |
• Land | 107.14 sq mi (277.48 km2) |
• Water | 15.21 sq mi (39.40 km2) |
• Metro | 2,698 sq mi (6,987.8 km2) |
Elevation | 154 to 253 ft (46 to 77.1 m) |
Population | |
• City | 199,311 |
• Estimate (2017)[3] | 192,036 |
• Rank | 3rd in Louisiana 126th in United States |
• Density | 1,819.35/sq mi (702.45/km2) |
• Urban | 298,317 (US: 126th) |
• Metro | 443,708 (US: 119th) |
Demonym | Shreveporter[4] |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 318 |
FIPS code | 22-70000 |
Primary airport | Shreveport Regional Airport |
Interstates | |
Website | shreveportla.gov |
Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas. Prior to Texas becoming independent, this trail entered Mexico.[8] The city grew throughout the 20th century and, after the discovery of oil in Louisiana, became a national center for the oil industry. Standard Oil of Louisiana (absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey and now part of ExxonMobil) and United Gas Corporation (now part of Pennzoil) were headquartered in the city until the 1960s and 1980s. After the loss of jobs in the oil industry, the close of Shreveport Operations (a General Motors vehicle factory), and other economic problems the city struggled with a declining population, poverty, drugs and violent crime.[9] Since Cedric Glover's tenure as mayor of Shreveport, the city has revitalized its neighborhoods and roads to end its population decline, revive the economy through diversification, and lower crime.[10][11]
Shreveport is the educational, commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region, where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. It is the location of Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana Tech University Shreveport, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University. Its neighboring city Bossier is the location of Bossier Parish Community College. The city forms part of the I-20 Cyber Corridor linking Shreveport, Bossier, Ruston, and Monroe to Dallas and Tyler, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.[12][13] Companies with significant operations or headquarters in Shreveport are AT&T, Chase Bank, Capital One, Regions Financial Corporation, SWEPCO, UPS, General Electric, UOP LLC,[14] Calumet Specialty Products Partners, and APS Payroll.