Editing Louisiana (section)

===Major cities===
{{See also|List of municipalities in Louisiana|List of Louisiana metropolitan areas|List of Louisiana locations by per capita income}}
Louisiana contains 308 incorporated municipalities, consisting of four [[Consolidated city-county|consolidated city-parishes]], and 304 cities, towns, and villages. Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.9% of the state's land mass but are home to 45.3% of its population.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 13, 2020|title=American FactFinder—Results|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114736/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-13|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=archive.vn}}</ref> The majority of urban Louisianians live along the coast or in northern Louisiana. The oldest permanent settlement in the state is [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Nachitoches]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Natchitoches|url=https://www.louisianatravel.com/cities/natchitoches|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=Louisiana Official Travel and Tourism Information|archive-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226054426/https://www.louisianatravel.com/cities/natchitoches|url-status=live}}</ref> Baton Rouge, the state capital, is the second-largest city in the state. The most populous city is New Orleans. As defined by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Louisiana contains 10 metropolitan statistical areas. Major areas include [[Greater New Orleans]], [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|Greater Baton Rouge]], [[Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana|Lafayette]], [[Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area|Shreveport–Bossier City]], and [[Slidell metropolitan area|Slidell]].
{{Largest cities
| country = Louisiana
| stat_ref = Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|title=U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts|date=July 1, 2017|publisher=City Population|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = 
| div_name = 
| div_link = Parishes of Louisiana{{!}}Parish
| city_1 = New Orleans, Louisiana{{!}}New Orleans
| div_1 = New Orleans, Louisiana{{!}}Orleans
| pop_1 = 383,997
| img_1 = New Orleans skyline-02.jpg
| city_2 = Baton Rouge, Louisiana{{!}}Baton Rouge
| div_2 = East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana{{!}}East Baton Rouge
| pop_2 = 227,470
| img_2 = Baton Rouge skyline 2013.jpg
| city_3 = Shreveport, Louisiana{{!}}Shreveport
| div_3 = Caddo Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Caddo
| pop_3 = 187,593
| img_3 = Shreveport LA, USA - panoramio (6).jpg
| city_4 = Lafayette, Louisiana{{!}}Lafayette
| div_4 = Lafayette Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Lafayette
| pop_4 = 121,374
| img_4 = Downtown Lafayette LA 2021.jpg
| city_5 = Lake Charles, Louisiana{{!}}Lake Charles
| div_5 = Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Calcasieu
| pop_5 = 84,872
| img_5 = 
| city_6 = Kenner, Louisiana{{!}}Kenner
| div_6 = Jefferson Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Jefferson
| pop_6 = 66,448
| img_6 = 
| city_7 = Bossier City, Louisiana{{!}}Bossier City
| div_7 = Bossier Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Bossier
| pop_7 = 62,701
| img_7 = 
| city_8 = Monroe, Louisiana{{!}}Monroe
| div_8 = Ouachita Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Ouachita
| pop_8 = 47,702
| img_8 = 
| city_9 = Alexandria, Louisiana{{!}}Alexandria
| div_9 = Rapides Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Rapides
| pop_9 = 45,275
| img_9 = 
| city_10 = Houma, Louisiana{{!}}Houma
| div_10 = Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana{{!}}Terrebonne
| pop_10 = 33,406
| img_10 = 
}}