Baton Rouge metropolitan area

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The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area, centered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is inhabited by about 750,000 people. Comprising the northeastern portion of Acadiana and the western edge of the Florida Parishes regions, it is known as "plantation country", the "capital region", and "the 225" (a reference to its area code).

Livingston and Ascension Parishes are by far the fastest growing in the state. The surge in population there is caused mainly by families from East Baton Rouge Parish who are seeking a better school system for their children. But due to the surge in students, the schools in these areas are becoming overcroweded. At Ascension High School alone, there were 900 new students at the begining of the 2005-2006 school year. Pointe Coupee Parish has an aging population that makes up close to 15% of the population. Down from 17% in 1990. Despite an influx of new families, this growth cannot keep up with the yearly amount of old age deaths in that parish. Iberville Parish is suffering from low birthrates. Most populated areas of St. Helena Parish are miles from Medical Centers and other necessities, and is therefore suffering from population decreases.

The effects of Hurricane Katrina temporarily acclerated the metro's then-population of 700,000 (August 2005), though the early estimates of soaring past 1 million have since been refuted. Joachim Singelmann, an LSU sociologist who directs the Louisiana Population Data Center, said metro area probably never topped 200,000 new people.[link] Business Report October 11, 2005

Contents

1 Parishes
2 Suburbs

2.1 Population Change in the Baton Rouge Metro Area

3 References

3.1 Footnotes

Parishes

Suburbs

Incorporated

Population Change in the Baton Rouge Metro Area

Based upon U.S. census data 2000-2003

Parish

Livingston

Ascension

West Feliciana

West Baton Rouge

East Baton Rouge

Pointe Coupee

East Feliciana

Iberville

St. Helena

Pop. 2000

91,814

76,627

15,111

21,601

412,852

22,763

21,360

33,320

10,525

Pop. 2003

102,046

84,424

15,253

21,717

412,447

22,564

21,105

32,811

10,307

Percentage

11.1%

10.2%

0.8%

0.5%

-0.1%

-0.9%

-1.2%

-1.5%

-2.1%

State Rank

References

Footnotes

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	State of Louisiana
Regions:	Acadiana \| Central Louisiana \| Florida Parishes \| Greater New Orleans \| North Louisiana
Largest cities and CDPs:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge (Capital) \| Bossier City \| Houma \| Kenner \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Marrero \| Metairie \| Monroe \| New Iberia \| New Orleans \| Shreveport
Metropolitan Areas:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge \| Houma-Bayou-Cane-Thibodaux \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Monroe \| New Orleans \| Shreveport-Bossier City
Parishes:	Acadia \| Allen \| Ascension \| Assumption \| Avoyelles \| Beauregard \| Bienville \| Bossier \| Caddo \| Calcasieu \| Caldwell \| Cameron \| Catahoula \| Claiborne \| Concordia \| De Soto \| East Baton Rouge \| East Carroll \| East Feliciana \| Evangeline \| Franklin \| Grant \| Iberia \| Iberville \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jefferson Davis \| La Salle \| Lafayette \| Lafourche \| Lincoln \| Livingston \| Madison \| Morehouse \| Natchitoches \| Orleans \| Ouachita \| Plaquemines \| Pointe Coupee \| Rapides \| Red River \| Richland \| Sabine \| St. Bernard \| St. Charles \| St. Helena \| St. James \| St. John the Baptist \| St. Landry \| St. Martin \| St. Mary \| St. Tammany \| Tangipahoa \| Tensas \| Terrebonne \| Union \| Vermilion \| Vernon \| Washington \| Webster \| West Baton Rouge \| West Carroll \| West Feliciana \| Winn