The U.S. state of Louisiana has a total of ten Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Thirty-seven (37) of Louisiana's sixty-four (64) parishes are classified as metropolitan.[1] As of the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
The following table lists Louisiana's metropolitan areas, ranked by population as of the 2023 estimate.[2]
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rank |
Metro Area |
Parishes |
Population |
| 1 |
New Orleans–Metairie |
(7); Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist |
962,165 |
| 2 |
Baton Rouge |
(10); Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana |
873,661 |
| 3 |
Lafayette |
(4); Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Vermilion |
414,288 |
| 4 |
Shreveport–Bossier City |
(3); Bossier, Caddo, De Soto |
383,295 |
| 5 |
Slidell–Mandeville–Covington |
(1); St. Tammany |
275,583 |
| 6 |
Lake Charles |
(3); Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis |
240,082 |
| 7 |
Monroe |
(4); Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Union |
221,885 |
| 8 |
Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux |
(2); Lafourche, Terrebonne |
198,672 |
| 9 |
Alexandria |
(2); Grant, Rapides |
148,171 |
| 10 |
Hammond |
(1); Tangipahoa |
138,064 |
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Louisiana parishes classified as part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area from 1950 to 2003
Louisiana parishes classified as part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area from 1950 to the present.
