Louisiana
Louisiana: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 4,600,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Louisiana at a glance
Rolled up from the 14 regions inside Louisiana on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Louisiana, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 4,618,189 persons (resident population, Census Bureau annual estimate) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 342,321.2 USD millions, nominal (BEA) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4 percent, seasonally adjusted (BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 60,670 USD, current dollars (Census CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 69.3 percent (Census CPS/HVS) (2025) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie ↗ | 280,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com, CBSA) | 2026-10 |
| Baton Rouge ↗ | 299,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com, CBSA) | 2026-10 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City ↗ | 240,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com, CBSA) | 2026-10 |
| Lafayette ↗ | 260,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com, CBSA) | 2026-10 |
| Lake Charles ↗ | 244,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com, CBSA) | 2026-10 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English at home ↗ | 9% | share of population age 5+ speaking a language other than English at home (ACS 2024; about 387,300 people) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 57.5% | share of non-English-at-home speakers age 5+ (ACS 2024) | 2024 |
| French (incl. Cajun) ↗ | second most spoken non-English language at home; no share given (ACS 2024) | 2024 | |
| None constitutionally specified; Louisiana French has special status under CODOFIL ↗ | official status | 2026 |
Largest companies in Louisiana
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Corporation (New Orleans) ↗ | revenue | 12.947 USD billions (FY2025, 10-K XBRL 'Revenues') | 2025 |
| Lumen Technologies (Monroe) ↗ | revenue | 12.402 USD billions (FY2025, 10-K XBRL 'Revenues') | 2025 |
| Pool Corporation (Covington) ↗ | revenue | 5.289 USD billions (FY2025, 10-K XBRL 'Revenues') | 2025 |
| Lamar Advertising (Baton Rouge) ↗ | revenue | 2.266 USD billions (FY2025, 10-K XBRL revenue incl. assessed tax) | 2025 |
| Globalstar (Covington) ↗ | revenue | 0.273 USD billions (FY2025, 10-K XBRL revenue from contracts with customers) | 2025 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-09Louisiana's nominal GDP rose to $342.3 billion in 2025 from $330.4 billion in 2024 (BEA). ↗
- 2026-09The state unemployment rate fell to 4.0% in September 2026, down from 4.5% in May 2026 (BLS, seasonally adjusted). ↗
- 2025Louisiana's population was estimated at 4,618,189 in 2025, slightly above 4,614,878 in 2024 but below the 4,628,595 estimated for 2021. ↗
- 2024Louisiana is home to 4.5% of all US speakers of French (incl. Cajun), the largest US share it holds for any language (ACS 2024). ↗
- 2020In the 2020 census, Louisiana was 55.75% non-Hispanic white, 31.18% non-Hispanic Black and 6.92% Hispanic or Latino. ↗
- 2026Lumen Technologies' revenue fell to $12.40B in FY2025 from $13.11B in FY2024, while Entergy's rose to $12.95B from $11.88B (10-K XBRL). ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish195,221 · 4.2%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun65,936 · 1.4%
- Vietnamese22,554 · 0.5%
- Other Indo-European languages22,449 · 0.5%
- Arabic12,962 · 0.3%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages9,636 · 0.2%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)9,462 · 0.2%
- Other and unspecified languages6,099 · 0.1%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)5,401 · 0.1%
Largest places in Louisiana
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.New Orleans, Louisiana full364,000
- 2.Baton Rouge, Louisiana full227,470
- 3.Shreveport, Louisiana full187,593
- 4.Lafayette, Louisiana full121,374
- 5.Lake Charles, Louisiana full84,872
- 6.Kenner, LA full66,448
- 7.Bossier City, Louisiana full62,701
- 8.Alexandria, Louisiana full44,566
- 9.Houma, LA full32,760
- 10.Slidell, LA full28,781
- 11.New Iberia, Louisiana full28,555
- 12.Monroe-West Monroe, Louisiana full13,103
- 13.Covington, Louisiana11,564
- 14.Morgan City, LA full10,813
Inside Louisiana
14 regions have Louisiana as their parent.
Companies based in Louisiana
40 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Louisiana. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Louisiana are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.