List of parishes in Louisiana

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The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states of the United States are divided into counties (Alaska is divided into boroughs and census areas).

1 History
2 Alphabetical listing
3 Demographics
4 Defunct parishes
5 Counties (1805-45)
6 Fictional parishes
7 Source

[edit] History

In colonial Louisiana, which was officially Roman Catholic under both France and Spain, civil government was centered on the ecclesiastical governing unit.

After the Louisiana Purchase, Territorial Governor William C. C. Claiborne and his Legislative Council in 1805 divided Orleans Territory into twelve counties. Their boundaries were somewhat indefinite, but they generally coincided with the old church parishes, and kept the same names. In 1807, the territorial legislature passed an act dividing the territory into nineteen parishes — but without abolishing the earlier twelve counties. For several years following this, both terms were used pretty much interchangeably. When a constitutional convention met in 1811 to prepare for Louisiana's admission as a state, they organized the state into seven judicial districts — as groups of parishes. The first official map of the state, in 1816, continued the use of the term, as did the revised Constitution of 1845. Louisiana's primary civil divisions have been officially known as parishes ever since.

[edit] Alphabetical listing

This also includes a "List of Louisiana parish seats."

State Abbr.	FIPS State Code	State
LA	22	Louisiana
	FIPS Parish Code	Parish Name	Parish Seat	Formed in	History
	001	Acadia Parish	Crowley	1886	from part of St. Landry Parish.
	003	Allen Parish	Oberlin	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	005	Ascension Parish	Donaldsonville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	007	Assumption Parish	Napoleonville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	009	Avoyelles Parish	Marksville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	011	Beauregard Parish	De Ridder	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	013	Bienville Parish	Arcadia	1848	from part of Claiborne Parish.
	015	Bossier Parish	Benton	1843	from part Claiborne Parish.
	017	Caddo Parish	Shreveport	1838	from part of Natchitoches Parish.
	019	Calcasieu Parish	Lake Charles	1840	from part of St. Landry Parish.
	021	Caldwell Parish	Columbia	1838	from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	023	Cameron Parish	Cameron	1870	from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish.
	025	Catahoula Parish	Harrisonburg	1808	from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish.
	027	Claiborne Parish	Homer	1828	from part of Natchitoches Parish.
	029	Concordia Parish	Vidalia	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	031	De Soto Parish	Mansfield	1843	from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	033	East Baton Rouge Parish	Baton Rouge	1810	from West Florida territory.
	035	East Carroll Parish	Lake Providence	1877	when Carroll Parish was divided.
	037	East Feliciana Parish	Clinton	1824	when Feliciana Parish was divided.
	039	Evangeline Parish	Ville Platte	1910	from part of St. Landry Parish.
	041	Franklin Parish	Winnsboro	1843	from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	043	Grant Parish	Colfax	1869	from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish.
	045	Iberia Parish	New Iberia	1868	from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish.
	047	Iberville Parish	Plaquemine	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	049	Jackson Parish	Jonesboro	1845	from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish.
	051	Jefferson Parish	Gretna	1825	from part of Orleans Parish.
	053	Jefferson Davis Parish	Jennings	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	055	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette	1823	from part of St. Martin Parish.
	057	Lafourche Parish	Thibodaux	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853.
	059	La Salle Parish	Jena	1908	from part of Catahoula Parish.
	061	Lincoln Parish	Ruston	1873	from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish.
	063	Livingston Parish	Livingston	1832	from part of St. Helena Parish.
	065	Madison Parish	Tallulah	1838	from Concordia Parish.
	067	Morehouse Parish	Bastrop	1844	from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	069	Natchitoches Parish	Natchitoches	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	071	Orleans Parish	New Orleans	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans.
	073	Ouachita Parish	Monroe	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	075	Plaquemines Parish	Pointe a la Hache	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	077	Pointe Coupee Parish	New Roads	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	079	Rapides Parish	Alexandria	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	081	Red River Parish	Coushatta	1871	from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	083	Richland Parish	Rayville	1868	from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	085	Sabine Parish	Many	1843	from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	087	St. Bernard Parish	Chalmette	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	089	St. Charles Parish	Hahnville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	091	St. Helena Parish	Greensburg	1810	from West Florida territory.
	093	St. James Parish	Convent	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	095	St. John the Baptist Parish	Edgard	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	097	St. Landry Parish	Opelousas	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	099	St. Martin Parish	Saint Martinville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.
	101	St. Mary Parish	Franklin	1811	from part of St. Martin County.
	103	St. Tammany Parish	Covington	1810	from West Florida territory.
	105	Tangipahoa Parish	Amite	1868	from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish.
	107	Tensas Parish	Saint Joseph	1843	from part of Concordia Parish.
	109	Terrebonne Parish	Houma	1822	from part of Lafourche Parish.
	111	Union Parish	Farmerville	1839	from part of Ouachita Parish.
	113	Vermilion Parish	Abbeville	1844	from part of Lafayette Parish.
	115	Vernon Parish	Leesville	1871	from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish.
	117	Washington Parish	Franklinton	1819	from part of St. Tammany Parish.
	119	Webster Parish	Minden	1871	from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish.
	121	West Baton Rouge Parish	Port Allen	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812.
	123	West Carroll Parish	Oak Grove	1877	when Carroll Parish was divided.
	125	West Feliciana Parish	Saint Francisville	1824	when Feliciana Parish was divided.
	127	Winn Parish	Winnfield	1852	from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish.

[edit] Demographics

Five most populous parishes in Louisiana

Orleans Parish: pop.473,681
Jefferson Parish: pop.455,466
East Baton Rouge Parish: pop.412,852
Caddo Parish: pop.252,161
St. Tammany Parish: pop 201.462

Five least populous parishes in Louisiana

Tensas Parish: pop.6,618
East Carroll Parish: pop.9,421
Red River Parish: pop.9,622
Cameron Parish: pop.9,991
St. Helena Parish: pop.10,525

Parishes with highest African American population

Parishes with highest Latino population

Parishes with highest White non-Hispanic population

Parishes ranked by per capita income: Further information: Louisiana locations by per capita income

[edit] Defunct parishes

Biloxi Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. Eliminated in 1812 when part of West Florida was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
Carroll Parish formed in 1838 from part of Ouachita Parish. Divided in 1877 into East Carroll Parish and West Carroll Parish.
Feliciana Parish formed in 1810 from West Florida territory. Divided in 1824 into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
Pascagoula Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. Eliminated in 1812 when part of West Florida was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
Warren Parish formed in 1811 from part of Concordia Parish. Merged into Concordia Parish and Ouachita Parish in 1814.