Southwest Louisiana

Southwest Louisiana
Southwest Louisiana
Region
	West Acadiana
	Southwest Louisiana subregion highlighted in pink.
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Largest city	Lake Charles
Population (2010)
• Total	292,619

Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis.^[1]^[2] As of 2020, the combined population of the five parish area was 313,951.^[3]

Southwest Louisiana has one metropolitan area: Lake Charles. The southwestern portion of Louisiana is also geographically and culturally attached to Southeast Texas.

References[]

^ "Chamber / Southwest Louisiana". chamberswla.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^ "Archived copy". www.dhh.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 19 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Swift, George (August 17, 2021). "Census data key to redistricting". American Press. The American Press. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links[]

Clickable map of Louisiana regions at the Louisiana Board of Regents, a state agency created by the 1974 Louisiana Constitution
Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau

[1] "Chamber / Southwest Louisiana". chamberswla.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[2] "Archived copy". www.dhh.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 19 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Swift, George (August 17, 2021). "Census data key to redistricting". American Press. The American Press. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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