The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Louisiana:

Louisana – U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 located in the southern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties

County-equivalent

A county-equivalent in the United States is a term used by the federal government to describe one of the two following governmental subdivisions:#A unit of local government in certain states which is comparable to a county as found in most states....

. Some Louisiana urban environments have a strong multicultural

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...

 and multilingual

Multilingualism

Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...

 heritage, influenced by an admixture of 18th century French

Culture of France

The culture of France and of the French people has been shaped by geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture and of decorative arts since the seventeenth...

, Spanish

Culture of Spain

The culture of Spain is based on a variety of influences.The Visigothic Kingdom left a sense of a united Christian Hispania that was going to be welded in the Reconquista. Muslim influences were strong during the period of 711 AD to the 15th century, especially linguistically...

, Native American (Indian) and African

Culture of Africa

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 inhabitants.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Louisiana
    Louisiana
    Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
    
    
    • Pronunciation: luːˌiːziːˈænə or ˌluːziːˈænə
  • Official name: State of Louisiana
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: LA
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-LA
    • Internet
      Internet
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       second-level domain
      Second-level domain
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      : .la.us
  • Nicknames
    • Bayou
      Bayou
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       State (previously used on license plates
      Vehicle registration plates of Louisiana
      The U.S. state of Louisiana first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1915.-Passenger plates 1963 to present:|2011|White on Green with forest on bottom|200 Years|ABC 123| NSF 000 to present...
      
      )
    • Child of the Mississippi
    • Creole
      Louisiana Creole people
      Louisiana Creole people refers to those who are descended from the colonial settlers in Louisiana, especially those of French and Spanish descent. The term was first used during colonial times by the settlers to refer to those who were born in the colony, as opposed to those born in the Old World...
      
       State
    • Fisherman's Paradise
    • Holland
      Netherlands
      The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
      
       of America
    • Pelican
      Brown Pelican
      The Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:...
      
       State
    • Sportsman's Paradise (currently used on license plates)
    • Sugar State
• Adjectival: Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
  
• Demonym: Louisianian

Geography of Louisiana

Main article: Geography of Louisiana

• Louisiana is: a U.S. state
  U.S. state
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  , a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • Western hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
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    • Americas
      Americas
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      • North America
        North America
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        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          Northern America
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          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              Contiguous United States
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              • Central United States
                Central United States
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                • West South Central States
                  West South Central States
                  The West South Central States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions of the United States that are officially designated by the United States Census Bureau.Four states compose the division: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas...
                  
                  
              • Western United States
                Western United States
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              • Southern United States
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                • Deep South
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                  • Gulf Coast of the United States
                    Gulf Coast of the United States
                    The Gulf Coast of the United States, sometimes referred to as the Gulf South, South Coast, or 3rd Coast, comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States...
                    
                    
                • South Central United States
                  South Central United States
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• Population of Louisiana: 4,533,372 (2010 U.S. Census)
• Area of Louisiana:
• Atlas of Louisiana

Places in Louisiana

• Historic places in Louisiana
  • National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
• National Natural Landmarks in Louisiana
• National parks in Louisiana
• State parks in Louisiana

Environment of Louisiana

• Climate of Louisiana
• Protected areas in Louisiana
  • State forests of Louisiana
• Superfund sites in Louisiana

Natural geographic features of Louisiana

• Rivers of Louisiana

Administrative divisions of Louisiana

• The 64 parishes of the state of Louisiana
  • Municipalities in Louisiana
    • Cities in Louisiana
      • State capital of Louisiana:
      • City nicknames in Louisiana
    • Towns in Louisiana
  • Census-designated places in Louisiana

Government and politics of Louisiana

Main article: Government of Louisiana and Politics of Louisiana

Politics of Louisiana

Politics in Louisiana has always been a controversial yet interesting combination. Since statehood, Louisiana has been a traditionally conservative state full of middle-class whites and African Americans...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : U.S. state government
  State governments of the United States
  State governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S...
  
  
• United States congressional delegations from Louisiana
  United States Congressional Delegations from Louisiana
  These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1806 - 1811: 1 non-voting delegate:...
  
  
• Louisiana State Capitol
  Louisiana State Capitol
  The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the Louisiana State Legislature, the governor's office, and parts of the executive branch...
  
  

• Elections in Louisiana
  Elections in Louisiana
  Since 1977 state elections in Louisiana have used a jungle primary system, which in Louisiana has become known as "open" primary, where all the candidates for an office run together in one election. If someone gets a majority, that individual wins outright; otherwise, the top two candidates,...
  
  
• Political party strength in Louisiana
  Political party strength in Louisiana
  The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Louisiana:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Secretary of State*Attorney General*State Treasurer*Auditor /Comptroller...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Louisiana

• Governor of Louisiana
  • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
    Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
    The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current Lieutenant Governor is Jay Dardenne, a Republican...
    
    
  • Secretary of State of Louisiana
    Secretary of State of Louisiana
    The Secretary of State of Louisiana is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution.The current Secretary of State is Tom Schedler....
    
    
• State departments
  • Louisiana Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Louisiana

• Louisiana State Legislature
  Louisiana State Legislature
  The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Louisiana Senate
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Louisiana House of Representatives
    Louisiana House of Representatives
    The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people . Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of...
    
    

Judicial branch of the government of Louisiana

• Supreme Court of Louisiana
  Louisiana Supreme Court
  The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans....
  
  

Law and order in Louisiana

Main article: Law of Louisiana

• Capital punishment in Louisiana
  • Individuals executed in Louisiana
• Constitution of Louisiana
• Crime in Louisiana
  Crime in Louisiana
  -Statistics:In 2008 there were 197,574 crimes reported in Louisiana including 541 murders.Louisiana by far is the worst state for lethal violence. Its per capita murder rate has led all states for 21 consecutive years according to Bureau of Justice Statistics...
  
  
• Gun laws in Louisiana
• Law enforcement in Louisiana
  • Law enforcement agencies in Louisiana
    • Louisiana State Police
      Louisiana State Police
      The Louisiana State Police is the state police department of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, headquartered in Baton Rouge. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Louisiana. It falls under the authority of the Louisiana...
      
      
• Same-sex marriage in Louisiana

Military in Louisiana

• Louisiana Air National Guard
  Louisiana Air National Guard
  The Louisiana Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is, along with the Louisiana Army National Guard, an element of the Louisiana National Guard...
  
  
• Louisiana Army National Guard
  Louisiana Army National Guard
  The Louisiana Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. In fact, the National Guard is the only United States military force...
  
  

History of Louisiana, by period

• Poverty Point culture
  Poverty Point culture
  Poverty Point culture is an archaeological culture that corresponds to an ancient group of Indigenous peoples who inhabited the area of the lower Mississippi Valley and surrounding Gulf coast from about 2200 BCE - 700 BCE...
  
  , 2200 - 700 BCE
• Tchefuncte culture, 600 BCE - 200 CE
• Marksville culture
  Marksville culture
  The Marksville culture was an archaeological culture in the lower Lower Mississippi valley, Yazoo valley, and Tensas valley areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and extended eastward along the Gulf Coast to the Mobile Bay area, from 100 BCE to 400 CE. This culture takes its name...
  
  , 100 BCE to 400 CE
• Fourche Maline culture
  Fourche Maline culture
  The Fourche Maline culture was a Woodland Period Native American culture that existed from 300 BCE to 800 CE, in southeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, and northeastern Texas. They are considered to be one of the main ancestral groups of the Caddoan Mississippian...
  
  , 300 BCE to 800 CE
• Baytown culture
  Baytown culture
  The Baytown culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 300 to 700 CE in the lower Mississippi River Valley, consisting of sites in eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, Louisiana, and western Mississippi. The Baytown Site on the White River in Monroe County, Arkansas is...
  
  , 300 to 700 CE
• Coles Creek culture
  Coles Creek culture
  Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the southern United States. It followed the Troyville culture. The period marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area...
  
  , 700 - 1200
• Plaquemine culture
  Plaquemine culture
  The Plaquemine culture was an archaeological culture in the lower Mississippi River Valley in western Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. Good examples of this culture are the Medora Site in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and the Anna, Emerald Mound, Winterville and Holly Bluff sites located...
  
  , 1200–1400
• Caddoan Mississippian culture
  Caddoan Mississippian culture
  The Caddoan Mississippian culture was a prehistoric Native American culture considered by archaeologists as a variant of the Mississippian culture. The Caddoan Mississippians covered a large territory, including what is now Eastern Oklahoma, Western Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and Northwest Louisiana...
  
  , 800 - 1600
• Native groups at time of European settlement
• Spanish
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
   colony of Florida
  Spanish Florida
  Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish territory of Florida, which formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire. Originally extending over what is now the southeastern United States, but with no defined boundaries, la Florida was a component of...
  
  , 1565–1763
  • Treaty of Paris of 1763
    Treaty of Paris (1763)
    The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
    
    
• French
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   colony of Louisiane
  Louisiana (New France)
  Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...
  
  , 1699–1764
  • History of slavery in Louisiana
    History of slavery in Louisiana
    The history of slavery in Louisiana began before its settlement by Europeans, as Native Americans also captured enemies to use as slaves. The French began to use slaves in the area soon after their first settlement at New Orleans; the Spanish also had slavery, as did the United States, which...
    
    , 1706–1865
  • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
• Spanish
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
   colony of Tejas
  Spanish Texas
  Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 until 1821. Although Spain claimed ownership of the territory, which comprised part of modern-day Texas, including the land north of the Medina and Nueces Rivers, the Spanish did not attempt to colonize the area until after...
  
  , (1721–1773)-1821
  • Los Adaes
    Los Adaes
    Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1729 to 1770. It included a mission, San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes, and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes . The site is located in the present-day Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The Los Adaes...
    
    , 1721–1773
• British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   Colony of West Florida, 1763–1783
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
    Treaty of Paris (1783)
    The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...
    
    
• Spanish
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
   (though predominantly Francophone
  Francophone
  The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
  
  ) district of Baja Luisiana
  History of Louisiana
  The history of Louisiana is long and rich. From its earliest settlement by Native Americans to its status as linchpin of an empire to its incorporation as a U.S...
  
  , 1764–1803
  • Rebellion of 1768
    Rebellion of 1768
    The Rebellion of 1768 was an unsuccessful attempt by Creole and German settlers around New Orleans, Louisiana to stop the handover of the French Louisiana Territory, as had been stipulated in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, to Spain in 1768....
    
    
  • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
    Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
    The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain in which Spain returned the colonial territory of...
    
     of 1800
• Spanish
  Spain
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   colony of Florida Occidental, 1783–1821
  • Republic of West Florida, 1810
• French
  France
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   district of Basse-Louisiane
  Louisiana (New France)
  Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...
  
  , 1803
  • Louisiana Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...
    
     of 1803
• Unorganized territory of the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  , 1803–1804
• Territory of Orleans, 1804–1812
  • Sabine Free State
    Sabine Free State
    The Neutral Ground was a disputed area between Spanish Texas and the United States' newly acquired Louisiana Purchase...
    
    , 1806–1821
  • U.S. unilaterally annexes Florida Parishes
    Florida Parishes
    The Florida Parishes , also known as the North Shore region, are eight parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana, which were part of West Florida in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Unlike much of Louisiana, this region was not part of the Louisiana Purchase, as it had been...
    
    , 1810
• History of Louisiana#Incorporation into the United States and antebellum years (1803-1860)State of Louisiana since April 30, 1812
  • War of 1812
    War of 1812
    The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
    
    , 1812–1815
    • Battle of New Orleans
      Battle of New Orleans
      The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the...
      
      , 1815
  • Adams-Onis Treaty
    Adams-Onís Treaty
    The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain . It settled a standing border dispute between the two...
    
     of 1819
  • Louisiana in the American Civil War
    Louisiana in the American Civil War
    Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where enslaved Africans and African Americans comprised the majority of the population through the eighteenth century. By 1860 47% of the population was enslaved. The state also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States...
    
    , 1861–1865
    • Confederate States of America
      Confederate States of America
      The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
      
      , 1861–1865
  • Louisiana in Reconstruction, 1865–1868
  • Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
    
    , 2005

History of Louisiana, by region

• by city
  • History of New Orleans
    History of New Orleans
    The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French, through its period under Spanish control, then back to French rule before being sold to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase...
    
    
    • New Orleans in the American Civil War
  • History of Baton Rouge
    History of Baton Rouge
    The European-American settlement history of Baton Rouge, Louisiana dates to 1699, but the area was inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples.-Prehistory:...
    
    
  • History of Shreveport
    History of Shreveport
    Shreveport, Louisiana was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a development corporation established to start a town at the meeting point of the Red River and the Texas Trail. The Red River was cleared and made newly navigable by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, who commanded the United States...
    
    
  • History of Metairie, Louisiana

• by parish
  • History of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Orleans Parish has the same boundaries as the city of New Orleans)
  • History of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Culture of Louisiana

Main article: Culture of Louisiana

Culture of Louisiana

According to the National Geographic, a group's culture defines its way of life and its own view of itself and other groups. The elements of a culture include religion, music, food, clothing, language, architecture, art, literature, games, and sports. All of these elements combine to create the...

• Museums in Louisiana
• Religion in Louisiana
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisiana
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisiana
    As of year-end 2007, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 27,119 members, 7 stakes, 49 Congregations , 1 mission, and 1 temple in Louisiana.-History:...
    
    
  • Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
    Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
    The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the eastern part of the state of Louisiana. The see city is New Orleans.-History:...
    
    
• Scouting in Louisiana
  Scouting in Louisiana
  Scouting in Louisiana has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.-Early history :...
  
  
• State symbols of Louisiana
  • Flag of the State of Louisiana  
  • Great Seal of the State of Louisiana 

Economy and infrastructure of Louisiana

Main article: Economy of Louisiana

• Communications in Louisiana
  • Newspapers in Louisiana
  • Radio stations in Louisiana
  • Television stations in Louisiana
• Health care in Louisiana
  • Hospitals in Louisiana
• Transportation in Louisiana
  • Airports in Louisiana
  • Roads in Louisiana
    • State highways in Louisiana

Education in Louisiana

Main article: Education in Louisiana

• Schools in Louisiana
  • School districts in Louisiana
    • High schools in Louisiana
  • Colleges and universities in Louisiana
    • University of Louisiana (disambiguation)
    • Louisiana State University
      Louisiana State University
      Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
      
      

See also

• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
  • Outline of North America
    • Outline of the United States
• Index of Louisiana-related articles

External links

• Louisiana Geographic Information Center
• Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
• Louisiana Weather and Tides

Ecoregions

• Ecoregions of Louisiana
• Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Geology links

• Geology
  • Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana, 2008
  • Generalized Geology of Louisiana (text to Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana)
  • Loess Map of Louisiana
  • Other Louisiana Geological Maps
  • Louisiana Geofacts

Government

• Official State of Louisiana website
• Louisiana State Databases – Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Louisiana state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
• Census Statistics on Louisiana

Federal politics

• Energy Profile for Louisiana
• USDA Louisiana Statistical Facts
• USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Louisiana: Steve Scalise
  Steve Scalise
  Stephen Joseph "Steve" Scalise is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2008. He is a member of the Republican Party...
  
   – Website: Cedric Richmond
  Cedric Richmond
  Cedric Levon Richmond is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, which includes most of New Orleans. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...
  
   – Website & Campaign Website: Jeff Landry
  Jeff Landry
  Jeffrey Martin "Jeff" Landry is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party Caucus.-Early life, education, and military service:...
  
   – Website: John C. Fleming
  John C. Fleming
  John Calvin Fleming, Jr. is a Minden, Louisiana physician, the author of the book Preventing Addiction, and the Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district...
  
   –: Rodney Alexander
  Rodney Alexander
  Rodney McKinnie Alexander is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district covers twenty-two parishes in roughly the northeast quadrant of the state...
  
   – Website: Bill Cassidy
  Bill Cassidy
  William "Bill" Cassidy is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
  : Charles Boustany
  Charles Boustany
  Charles William Boustany, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and medical career:...
  
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News media

• The Times-Picayune major Louisiana newspaper
• WWL-TV Louisiana television station

Tourism

• Official site of Louisiana tourism
• Official site of the New Orleans Convention & Tourism Bureau
• Official site of New Orleans Plantation Country tourism