Detailed profiles for cities and towns in Louisiana

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New Orleans
Louisiana
  Population
484,674
  Median Home Value
$87,300
New Orleans (pronounced /nulinz/, locally /nulnz/; French: La Nouvelle-Orlans [lanuvlle] (helpinfo)) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana along both the east and westbanks ....
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
  Population
227,920
  Median Home Value
$94,700
Baton Rouge (French: Bton Rouge pronounced /btn ru/ in English, and [bt u] (helpinfo) in French) is the capital and the second largest city in Louisiana behind New Orleans. The effects of Hurricane Katrina have reduced the population of Orleans Parish suc....
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Shreveport
Louisiana
  Population
200,549
  Median Home Value
$73,200
Shreveport, Louisiana, is the third-largest city and the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the 99th-largest city in the United States.[1][2][3] It is the seat of Caddo Parish. Bossier City lies across the Red River in Boss....
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Metairie
Louisiana
  Population
145,852
  Median Home Value
$139,100
Metairie (local pronunciations /mti/, /mti/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 146,136 at the 2000 census. A suburb of New Orleans, it is an unincorporated area that would be larger than m....
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Lafayette
Louisiana
  Population
110,261
  Median Home Value
$103,700
Lafayette is a city on the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [1] [2] Lafayette is the parish seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 110,257; a 2006 census estimate put the metro area's population....
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
  Population
71,519
  Median Home Value
$72,100
Lake Charles is the fifth largest incorporated city in the US state of Louisiana. [1] [2] It is the major cultural and educational center in the southwest region of the state and one of the most important in Acadiana. As of the 2000 U.S. census, Lake Char....
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Kenner
Louisiana
  Population
70,517
  Median Home Value
$111,900
Kenner is a suburb of New Orleans that has a population of 70,517 (census 2000). The city is part of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
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Bossier City
Louisiana
  Population
56,349
  Median Home Value
$80,700
Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1] [2] As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,461. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. ....
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Monroe
Louisiana
  Population
53,091
  Median Home Value
$72,300
The city of Monroe is the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. [1] [2] It is the principal city of the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area (pop. 171,188), which is included in the Monroe-Bastrop, Louisiana Combined Sta....
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Alexandria
Louisiana
  Population
46,738
  Median Home Value
$72,200
Alexandria is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Rapides Parish. [1] [2] It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area (population 147,00....
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