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List of Louisiana metropolitan areas
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]
Louisiana
rank
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Metro Area
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Parishes
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Population
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| 1
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New Orleans–Metairie
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(7); Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist
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962,165
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| 2
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Baton Rouge
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(10); Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
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873,661
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| 3
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Lafayette
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(4); Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Vermilion
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414,288
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| 4
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Shreveport–Bossier City
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(3); Bossier, Caddo, De Soto
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383,295
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| 5
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Slidell–Mandeville–Covington
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(1); St. Tammany
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275,583
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| 6
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Lake Charles
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(3); Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis
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240,082
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| 7
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Monroe
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(4); Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Union
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221,885
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| 8
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Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux
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(2); Lafourche, Terrebonne
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198,672
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| 9
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Alexandria
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(2); Grant, Rapides
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148,171
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| 10
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Hammond
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(1); Tangipahoa
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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.
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