Louisiana

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Parishes • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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Louisiana west of the Mississippi River was mostly part of the Louisiana Territory, which was ceded by Spain to France in 1803 and then sold by France to the United States. In 1804 much of the present State was included in the newly established Orleans Territory; the rest of the Louisiana Purchase became Louisiana Territory, renamed Missouri Territory in 1812. Louisiana was admitted as a State on April 30, 1812 and immediately added the Florida Parishes east of the Mississippi and north of Lake Pontchartrain, although these still were claimed by Spain until 1819. Also in 1819, the boundary with Mexico (Texas) was settled by treaty, bringing the State to essentially its present limits.

Federal Census Summary

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In 1810 the census covered most of the settled parts of what is now Louisiana, except for the Florida Parishes east of the Mississippi River. By 1820 census coverage extended to virtually all of the present State. Louisiana's primary subdivisions have long been termed parishes instead of counties; both terms appear in early censuses.

1790: ---	1800: ---	1810: 76,556	1820: 153,407	1830: 215,739	1840: 352,411	1850: 517,762	1860: 708,002
1870: 726,915	1880: 939,946	1890: 1,118,588	1900: 1,381,625	1910: 1,656,388	1920: 1,798,509	1930: 2,101,593	1940: 2,363,880
1950: 2,683,516	1960: 3,257,022	1970: 3,641,306	1980: 4,205,900	1990: 4,219,973	2000: 4,468,976

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 Lafayette Lafourche La Salle 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

State Resources

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Louisiana State University in Shreveport
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Louisiana State Map - Economic Development by Parish
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Louisiana 1895 Map Addendum
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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.