List of metropolitan areas of Louisiana

New Orleans, largest city and metropolitan area

Baton Rouge, second largest metropolitan area

Rank	Metropolitan Area	Population 2009 estimates
1	New Orleans	1,189,981
2	Baton Rouge	786,947
3	Shreveport	391,516
4	Lafayette	263,171
5	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux	202,973
6	Lake Charles	194,138
7	Monroe	174,086
8	Alexandria	154,101
		3,356,913

Rank	Combined Statistical area	Population 2009 estimates
1	New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa	1,235,650
2	Baton Rouge-Pierre Part	809,821
3	Lafayette-Acadiana	546,834
4	Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden	432,060
5	Lake Charles-Jennings	225,235
6	Monroe-Bastrop	202,309
7	Fort Polk South-De Ridder	82,035

State of Louisiana

Baton Rouge (capital)

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Regions	Acadiana Ark-La-Tex Central Louisiana Florida Parishes Greater New Orleans Northwest Louisiana North Louisiana Southwest Louisiana

Cities	Alexandria Baton Rouge Bossier City Hammond Houma Kenner Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe Natchitoches New Iberia New Orleans Opelousas Ponchatoula Ruston Shreveport Slidell Sulphur

CDPs	Chalmette Harvey LaPlace Marrero Metairie Moss Bluff Terrytown

Metros	Alexandria Baton Rouge Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans Shreveport‑Bossier City

Parishes	See: List of parishes in Louisiana

See also

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