The U.S. State of Louisiana currently has 25 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas , ten metropolitan statistical areas , and nine micropolitan statistical areas in Louisiana.[ 1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA , comprising the area around New Orleans in the southeast region of the state.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico .[ 2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau , planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA ) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents ) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[ 2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[ 2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[ 2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[ 2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
The 25 United States statistical areas and 64 parishes of the State of Louisiana [ a]
Combined statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Core-based statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
County
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell, LA–MS CSA
1,340,591 1,282,613 (LA )
New Orleans–Metairie, LA MSA
962,165
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
421,777
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
364,136
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
50,620
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
44,463
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
39,592
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
22,386
St. James Parish, Louisiana
19,191
Slidell–Mandeville–Covington, LA MSA
275,583
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
275,583
Picayune, MS μSA
57,978
Pearl River County, Mississippi
57,978
Bogalusa, LA μSA
44,865
Washington Parish, Louisiana
44,865
Baton Rouge–Hammond, LA CSA
1,011,725
Baton Rouge, LA MSA
873,661
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
448,467
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
150,145
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
131,632
Iberville Parish, Louisiana
29,617
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
28,266
Assumption Parish, Louisiana
20,160
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
20,000
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
19,229
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
15,371
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
10,774
Hammond, LA MSA
138,064
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
138,064
Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas, LA CSA
563,411
Lafayette, LA MSA
414,288
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
249,750
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
56,992
Acadia Parish, Louisiana
56,489
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
51,057
Opelousas, LA μSA
81,464
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
81,464
New Iberia, LA μSA
67,659
Iberia Parish, Louisiana
67,659
Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden, LA CSA
418,533
Shreveport–Bossier City, LA MSA
383,295
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
226,386
Bossier Parish, Louisiana
129,795
De Soto Parish, Louisiana
27,114
Minden, LA μSA
35,238
Webster Parish, Louisiana
35,238
Lake Charles–DeRidder, LA CSA
276,909
Lake Charles, LA MSA
240,082
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
203,761
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
31,553
Cameron Parish, Louisiana
4,768
De Ridder, LA μSA
36,827
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
36,827
Monroe–Ruston, LA CSA
269,847
Monroe, LA MSA
221,885
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
157,568
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
23,955
Union Parish, Louisiana
20,650
Richland Parish, Louisiana
19,712
Ruston, LA μSA
47,962
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
47,962
none
Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux, LA MSA
198,672
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
103,616
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
95,056
Alexandria, LA MSA
148,171
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
126,260
Grant Parish, Louisiana
21,911
Morgan City, LA μSA
47,005
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
47,005
Natchitoches, LA μSA
36,291
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
36,291
Natchez, MS-LA μSA
53,375 17,688 (LA)
Adams County, Mississippi
28,746
Concordia Parish, Louisiana
17,688
Jefferson County, Mississippi
6,941
none
Vernon Parish, Louisiana
46,250
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
38,408
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
31,754
Allen Parish, Louisiana
22,112
Sabine Parish, Louisiana
21,906
Franklin Parish, Louisiana
19,285
La Salle Parish, Louisiana
14,800
Jackson Parish, Louisiana
14,746
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
13,670
Winn Parish, Louisiana
13,216
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
12,366
Madison Parish, Louisiana
9,389
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
9,323
Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
9,246
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
8,414
Red River Parish, Louisiana
7,356
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
6,829
Tensas Parish, Louisiana
3,764
State of Louisiana
4,573,749
Primary statistical areas [ edit ]
Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 25 statistical areas of Louisiana, 11 are PSAs comprising six combined statistical areas, two metropolitan statistical areas and three micropolitan statistical areas.
The 11 primary statistical areas of the State of Louisiana[ b]
2020 rank
Primary statistical area [ 1]
Population
2023 estimate[ 3]
Change
2020 Census [ 4]
Change
2010 Census [ 5]
1
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA (LA)
1,282,613
−2.63 %
1,317,308
+6.49 %
1,237,034
2
Baton Rouge–Hammond, LA CSA
1,011,725
+0.80 %
1,003,726
+5.99 %
947,002
3
Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas, LA CSA
563,411
+0.44 %
560,924
+1.96 %
550,134
4
Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden, LA CSA
418,533
−2.75 %
430,373
−2.15 %
439,811
5
Lake Charles–DeRidder, LA CSA
276,909
−4.91 %
291,201
+9.12 %
266,855
6
Monroe–Ruston, LA CSA
269,847
−2.07 %
275,543
+1.35 %
271,880
7
Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux, LA MSA
198,672
−4.09 %
207,137
−0.50 %
208,178
8
Alexandria, LA MSA
148,171
−2.64 %
152,192
−1.12 %
153,922
9
Morgan City, LA μSA
47,055
−4.76 %
49,406
−9.60 %
54,650
10
Natchitoches, LA μSA
36,291
−3.26 %
37,515
−5.18 %
39,566
11
Natchez, MS-LA μSA (LA)
17,688
−5.35 %
18,687
−10.25 %
20,822
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA
1,340,591
−2.39 %
1,373,453
+6.23 %
1,292,868
Natchez, MS-LA μSA
53,375
−3.80 %
55,485
−8.81 %
60,845
^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF) . Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved February 20, 2024 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas" . Office of Management and Budget . July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021 .
^ a b c d "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023" . United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
31°04′08″N 91°59′48″W / 31.0689°N 91.9968°W / 31.0689; -91.9968 (State of Louisiana )