
Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the present–day U.S. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century French, Saint Dominican, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadian, Native American, and West African cultures that they are considered to be exceptional in the U.S. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs).

state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S.

Louisiana ( Standard French: État de Louisiane ( listen) or La Louisiane Spanish: Luisiana) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah
