Parish
|
FIPS
code
[4]
|
Parish Seat
[5]
|
Est.
[5]
|
Origin
|
Etymology
[6]
|
Population
[7]
|
Area
[5]
|
Map
|
Acadia Parish
|
001
|
Crowley
|
1886
|
from part of St. Landry Parish.
|
From
Acadian French
. Named for the
Acadians
who settled the area.
|
56,489
|
658
sq mi
(
1,704
km
2
)
|
|
Allen Parish
|
003
|
Oberlin
|
1912
|
from part of Calcasieu Parish.
|
Henry Watkins Allen
, the
Confederate
governor of
Louisiana
|
22,112
|
766
sq mi
(
1,984
km
2
)
|
|
Ascension Parish
|
005
|
Donaldsonville
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Named for the
Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church
in
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
, which was named after the
Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
|
131,632
|
303
sq mi
(
785
km
2
)
|
|
Assumption Parish
|
007
|
Napoleonville
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Named for
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in
Plattenville
, the oldest in the state, which was named after the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
|
20,160
|
364
sq mi
(
943
km
2
)
|
|
Avoyelles Parish
|
009
|
Marksville
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
The
Avoyel
Native American
people
|
38,408
|
866
sq mi
(
2,243
km
2
)
|
|
Beauregard Parish
|
011
|
DeRidder
|
1912
|
from part of Calcasieu Parish.
|
Confederate
general
P. G. T. Beauregard
|
36,827
|
1,166
sq mi
(
3,020
km
2
)
|
|
Bienville Parish
|
013
|
Arcadia
|
1848
|
from part of Claiborne Parish.
|
Named after the founder of the city of
New Orleans
,
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
|
12,366
|
822
sq mi
(
2,129
km
2
)
|
|
Bossier Parish
|
015
|
Benton
|
1843
|
from part of Claiborne Parish.
|
U.S. Representative
Pierre Bossier
|
129,795
|
867
sq mi
(
2,246
km
2
)
|
|
Caddo Parish
|
017
|
Shreveport
|
1838
|
from part of Natchitoches Parish.
|
Named for the
Caddo
Native American
people
|
226,386
|
937
sq mi
(
2,427
km
2
)
|
|
Calcasieu Parish
|
019
|
Lake Charles
|
1840
|
from part of St. Landry Parish.
|
From
Atakapa
Calcasieu, meaning
crying eagle
, is said to be the name of an
Atakapa
Native American
leader
|
203,761
|
1,094
sq mi
(
2,833
km
2
)
|
|
Caldwell Parish
|
021
|
Columbia
|
1838
|
from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish.
|
Named for the Caldwell family, which owned a large plantation and remains politically active in the state.
|
9,389
|
541
sq mi
(
1,401
km
2
)
|
|
Cameron Parish
|
023
|
Cameron
|
1870
|
from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish.
|
U.S. Secretary of War
Simon Cameron
|
4,768
|
1,932
sq mi
(
5,004
km
2
)
|
|
Catahoula Parish
|
025
|
Harrisonburg
|
1808
|
from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish.
|
Catahoula Lake
, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a
Taensa
/
Natchez
word meaning
big, clear lake
|
8,414
|
739
sq mi
(
1,914
km
2
)
|
|
Claiborne Parish
|
027
|
Homer
|
1828
|
from part of Natchitoches Parish.
|
Governor of Louisiana
William C. C. Claiborne
|
13,670
|
768
sq mi
(
1,989
km
2
)
|
|
Concordia Parish
|
029
|
Vidalia
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Name is of uncertain origin; may be from an early land grant called
New Concordia
, from the "concord" reached by local authorities over a mutual surrender of slaves or for a mansion called Concord which was owned by Spanish governor
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
and located in
Natchez, Mississippi
|
17,688
|
749
sq mi
(
1,940
km
2
)
|
|
DeSoto Parish
|
031
|
Mansfield
|
1843
|
from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
|
Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto
|
27,114
|
895
sq mi
(
2,318
km
2
)
|
|
East Baton Rouge Parish
|
033
|
Baton Rouge
|
1810
|
from West Florida territory.
|
French
baton rouge
meaning
red stick
. A red stake was used by local
Native Americans
to mark the boundaries between tribal territories
|
448,467
|
471
sq mi
(
1,220
km
2
)
|
|
East Carroll Parish
|
035
|
Lake Providence
|
1877
|
when Carroll Parish was divided.
|
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
, the last surviving signer of the
U.S. Declaration of Independence
|
6,829
|
442
sq mi
(
1,145
km
2
)
|
|
East Feliciana Parish
|
037
|
Clinton
|
1824
|
when Feliciana Parish was divided.
|
Felicite de Galvez, the wife of
Bernardo de Galvez
, a Spanish governor of
Louisiana (New Spain)
|
19,229
|
456
sq mi
(
1,181
km
2
)
|
|
Evangeline Parish
|
039
|
Ville Platte
|
1910
|
from part of St. Landry Parish.
|
Acadian
heroine of the poem "
Evangeline
" by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
|
31,754
|
680
sq mi
(
1,761
km
2
)
|
|
Franklin Parish
|
041
|
Winnsboro
|
1843
|
from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish
|
Founding Father
Benjamin Franklin
|
19,285
|
636
sq mi
(
1,647
km
2
)
|
|
Grant Parish
|
043
|
Colfax
|
1869
|
from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish.
|
U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant
|
21,911
|
664
sq mi
(
1,720
km
2
)
|
|
Iberia Parish
|
045
|
New Iberia
|
1868
|
from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish.
|
Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the
Iberian Peninsula
|
67,659
|
1,031
sq mi
(
2,670
km
2
)
|
|
Iberville Parish
|
047
|
Plaquemine
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Explorer
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
, the brother of
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
|
29,617
|
653
sq mi
(
1,691
km
2
)
|
|
Jackson Parish
|
049
|
Jonesboro
|
1845
|
from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish
|
U.S. President
Andrew Jackson
|
14,746
|
580
sq mi
(
1,502
km
2
)
|
|
Jefferson Parish
|
051
|
Gretna
|
1825
|
from part of Orleans Parish
|
Founding Father
Thomas Jefferson
|
421,777
|
642
sq mi
(
1,663
km
2
)
|
|
Jefferson Davis Parish
|
053
|
Jennings
|
1912
|
from part of Calcasieu Parish.
|
Jefferson Davis
, president of the
Confederate States of America
|
31,553
|
659
sq mi
(
1,707
km
2
)
|
|
Lafayette Parish
|
055
|
Lafayette
|
1823
|
from part of St. Martin Parish.
|
French-born
American Revolutionary War
hero, the
Marquis de Lafayette
|
249,750
|
270
sq mi
(
699
km
2
)
|
|
Lafourche Parish
|
057
|
Thibodaux
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853.
|
French phrase
la fourche
or in English,
the fork
; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the
Mississippi River
|
95,056
|
1,472
sq mi
(
3,812
km
2
)
|
|
LaSalle Parish
|
059
|
Jena
|
1910
|
from west half of Catahoula Parish.
|
Explorer
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
|
14,800
|
663
sq mi
(
1,717
km
2
)
|
|
Lincoln Parish
|
061
|
Ruston
|
1873
|
from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish.
|
U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln
|
47,962
|
472
sq mi
(
1,222
km
2
)
|
|
Livingston Parish
|
063
|
Livingston
|
1832
|
from part of St. Helena Parish.
|
U.S. Secretary of State
Edward Livingston
, brother of
Robert R. Livingston
who negotiated the
Louisiana Purchase
|
150,145
|
703
sq mi
(
1,821
km
2
)
|
|
Madison Parish
|
065
|
Tallulah
|
1838
|
from Concordia Parish.
|
U.S. President
James Madison
|
9,246
|
651
sq mi
(
1,686
km
2
)
|
|
Morehouse Parish
|
067
|
Bastrop
|
1844
|
from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish.
|
Abraham Morehouse, who led the first settlers into the region
|
23,955
|
805
sq mi
(
2,085
km
2
)
|
|
Natchitoches Parish
|
069
|
Natchitoches
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
The
Natchitoches
Native American
people
|
36,291
|
1,299
sq mi
(
3,364
km
2
)
|
|
Orleans Parish
|
071
|
New Orleans
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans.
|
Named after
Philippe
,
Duke of Orleans
, the
regent
of France
|
364,136
|
350
sq mi
(
906
km
2
)
|
|
Ouachita Parish
|
073
|
Monroe
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
The
Ouachita
Native American
people
|
157,568
|
633
sq mi
(
1,639
km
2
)
|
|
Plaquemines Parish
|
075
|
Pointe a la Hache
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
A word meaning
persimmons
created from the
Louisiana Creole
and the
Atakapa
language
|
22,386
|
2,429
sq mi
(
6,291
km
2
)
|
|
Pointe Coupee Parish
|
077
|
New Roads
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
French phrase
la pointe coupee
or in English,
the cut-off point
, which refers to a bend in the
Mississippi River
|
20,000
|
591
sq mi
(
1,531
km
2
)
|
|
Rapides Parish
|
079
|
Alexandria
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Named for local river rapids (French:
rapides
)
|
126,260
|
1,362
sq mi
(
3,528
km
2
)
|
|
Red River Parish
|
081
|
Coushatta
|
1871
|
from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
|
Named for the
Red River
, which is part of the
Mississippi River
watershed
|
7,356
|
402
sq mi
(
1,041
km
2
)
|
|
Richland Parish
|
083
|
Rayville
|
1868
|
from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish.
|
Named for its
rich land
|
19,712
|
564
sq mi
(
1,461
km
2
)
|
|
Sabine Parish
|
085
|
Many
|
1843
|
from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
|
Named for the
Sabine River
and the so-called
Sabine Free State
|
21,906
|
1,012
sq mi
(
2,621
km
2
)
|
|
St. Bernard Parish
|
087
|
Chalmette
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint Bernard
,
patron saint
of
Bernardo de Galvez
, the Spanish governor who granted land to the
Canary Islanders
settling the area in 1778
|
44,463
|
1,794
sq mi
(
4,646
km
2
)
|
|
St. Charles Parish
|
089
|
Hahnville
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint Charles
|
50,620
|
410
sq mi
(
1,062
km
2
)
|
|
St. Helena Parish
|
091
|
Greensburg
|
1810
|
from West Florida territory.
|
Saint
Helena
|
10,774
|
409
sq mi
(
1,059
km
2
)
|
|
St. James Parish
|
093
|
Convent
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint
James the Great
|
19,191
|
258
sq mi
(
668
km
2
)
|
|
St. John the Baptist Parish
|
095
|
Edgard
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint
John the Baptist
|
39,592
|
348
sq mi
(
901
km
2
)
|
|
St. Landry Parish
|
097
|
Opelousas
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint
Landry of Paris
|
81,464
|
939
sq mi
(
2,432
km
2
)
|
|
St. Martin Parish
|
099
|
St. Martinville
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes.
|
Saint
Martin of Tours
|
51,057
|
817
sq mi
(
2,116
km
2
)
|
|
St. Mary Parish
|
101
|
Franklin
|
1811
|
from part of St. Martin Parish.
|
Saint
Mary
|
47,055
|
612
sq mi
(
1,585
km
2
)
|
|
St. Tammany Parish
|
103
|
Covington
|
1810
|
from West Florida territory.
|
Legendary Indian Chief
Tamanend
.
|
275,583
|
1,124
sq mi
(
2,911
km
2
)
|
|
Tangipahoa Parish
|
105
|
Amite City
|
1869
|
from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish.
|
Comes from an
Acolapissa
word meaning
ear of corn
or
those who gather corn
|
138,064
|
823
sq mi
(
2,132
km
2
)
|
|
Tensas Parish
|
107
|
St. Joseph
|
1843
|
from part of Concordia Parish.
|
The
Taensa
Native American
people.
|
3,764
|
641
sq mi
(
1,660
km
2
)
|
|
Terrebonne Parish
|
109
|
Houma
|
1822
|
from part of Lafourche Interior Parish.
|
French phrase
terre bonne
or in English, "good earth"
|
103,616
|
2,080
sq mi
(
5,387
km
2
)
|
|
Union Parish
|
111
|
Farmerville
|
1839
|
from part of Ouachita Parish.
|
Named for the union of states which make up the U.S.
|
20,650
|
905
sq mi
(
2,344
km
2
)
|
|
Vermilion Parish
|
113
|
Abbeville
|
1844
|
from part of Lafayette Parish.
|
Both the
Vermilion River
and
Vermilion Bay
|
56,992
|
1,538
sq mi
(
3,983
km
2
)
|
|
Vernon Parish
|
115
|
Leesville
|
1871
|
from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish.
|
Mount Vernon
, the home of
George Washington
, the first U.S. President
|
46,250
|
1,341
sq mi
(
3,473
km
2
)
|
|
Washington Parish
|
117
|
Franklinton
|
1819
|
from part of St. Tammany Parish.
|
U.S. President
George Washington
|
44,865
|
676
sq mi
(
1,751
km
2
)
|
|
Webster Parish
|
119
|
Minden
|
1871
|
from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish.
|
U.S. Secretary of State
Daniel Webster
|
35,238
|
615
sq mi
(
1,593
km
2
)
|
|
West Baton Rouge Parish
|
121
|
Port Allen
|
1807
|
One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812.
|
French phrase
baton rouge
meaning
red stick
. A red stick was used by local
Native Americans
to mark the boundaries between tribal territories
|
28,266
|
203
sq mi
(
526
km
2
)
|
|
West Carroll Parish
|
123
|
Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish
|
1877
|
when Carroll Parish was divided.
|
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
, the last surviving signer of the
U.S. Declaration of Independence
|
9,323
|
360
sq mi
(
932
km
2
)
|
|
West Feliciana Parish
|
125
|
St. Francisville
|
1824
|
when Feliciana Parish was divided.
|
Felicite de Galvez, the wife of
Bernardo de Galvez
, a Spanish governor of
Louisiana (New Spain)
|
15,371
|
426
sq mi
(
1,103
km
2
)
|
|
Winn Parish
|
127
|
Winnfield
|
1852
|
from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish.
|
Louisiana state legislator Walter Winn
|
13,216
|
957
sq mi
(
2,479
km
2
)
|
|