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Louisiana

United States
Cities listed
30
1.8M
combined population
New Orleans
largest city
30 listed cities in Louisiana
Cities listed
30
15,000 or more people
Largest city
New Orleans
362,701 people
Combined population
1.8M
Of the cities listed here
Share of country
0.9%
Of United States's listed city population

Cities in Louisiana

All 3,112 in United States

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

30 cities
58New Orleans362,701
106Baton Rouge227,470
141Shreveport187,593
207Metairie138,481
242Lafayette121,374
493Lake Charles76,070
572Bossier City68,094
584Kenner67,091
890Monroe49,598
927Alexandria47,889
1335Houma34,287
1394Marrero33,141
1507New Iberia30,754
1563Laplace29,872
1652Central28,295
1682Slidell27,942
1754Prairieville26,895
2040Terrytown23,319
2134Ruston22,340
2322Hammond20,480
2334Harvey20,348
2351Sulphur20,189
2455Bayou Cane19,355
2592Shenandoah18,399
2596Natchitoches18,365
2668Gretna17,880
2799Chalmette16,751
2831Opelousas16,591
2854Zachary16,448
2872Estelle16,377

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