North Louisiana
North Louisiana | |
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 Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 802,618 |
North Louisiana (French: Louisiane du Nord), also known locally as Sportsman's Paradise,[2][3] (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas: Shreveport-Bossier City and Monroe-West Monroe; the Shreveport area is the largest metropolitan area by population in North Louisiana.
Geography[]
The northwestern portion of Louisiana is culturally and economically attached to Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. Combined they comprise the Ark-La-Tex area, just as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, and Northwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss. The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes,[4] extend into portions of North Louisiana's border with Central Louisiana.
Metropolitan and micropolitan areas[]
There are two combined statistical areas, two metropolitan statistical areas, and two micropolitan statistical areas that include North Louisiana parishes.
- Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area
- Monroe-West Monroe metropolitan statistical area
- Ruston micropolitan statistical area
- Bastrop micropolitan statistical area
- Monroe-Ruston-Bastrop combined statistical area
- Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden combined statistical area
Parishes[]
North Louisiana consists of the following 19 parishes:
See also[]
- Intrastate regions
- Driskill Mountain
- North Louisiana Historical Association
References[]
- ^ "Population, Population Change, and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NST-EST2019-alldata)". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Sports and Sporting Events in Shreveport and Bossier". www.shreveport-bossier.org. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "Louisiana's Dynamic Culture - Regions of Louisiana". microsite.smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "The People of the North Central Louisiana Hill Country". Louisiana State University.
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- "North Louisiana History". Michigan State University. 2003-03-15.<--Broken link, May 2017.
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