Editing List of parishes in Louisiana (section)

==Listing==
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| fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ar.html |title=EPA County FIPS Code Listing |work=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=February 23, 2008}}</ref>
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| region_seat_title = Parish Seat
| region_seat_ref = <ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-counties-total.html 
|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Louisiana: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (CO-EST2019-ANNRES-22) |author=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. |access-date=May 12, 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327080648/https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-counties-total.html |archive-date=March 27, 2020 }}</ref>
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| data3_title = Origin
| data4_title = Etymology
| data4_ref = <ref>[http://www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/php/default.html Louisiana Dept. of Public Health Parish Profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051117221722/http://www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/php/default.html |date=November 17, 2005 }}</ref>
| population_ref = <ref name="2024CensusEstimate"> {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/LA/PST045219 
|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Louisiana |author=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. |access-date=March 15, 2025 }}</ref>
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{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Acadia |N=22 |Num=001 |Seat=Crowley |Data2=1886 |Data3=from part of St. Landry Parish. |Data4=From [[Acadian French]]. Named for the [[Acadians]] who settled the area.|Population=56604|Area=658}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Allen |N=22 |Num=003 |Seat=Oberlin  |Data2=1912 |Data3=from part of Calcasieu Parish. |Data4=[[Henry Watkins Allen]], the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] governor of [[Louisiana]]|Population=22501|Area=766}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Ascension |N=22 |Num=005 |Seat=Donaldsonville |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Named for the [[Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church (Louisiana)|Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church]] in [[Donaldsonville, Louisiana]], which was named after the [[Ascension of Jesus|Ascension of Jesus into Heaven]]|Population=133534|Area=303}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Assumption |N=22 |Num=007 |Seat=Napoleonville |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Named for [[Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Plattenville, Louisiana)|Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] in [[Plattenville, Louisiana|Plattenville]], the oldest in the state, which was named after the [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption of the Virgin Mary]]|Population=20050|Area=364}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Avoyelles |N=22 |Num=009 |Seat=Marksville |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=The [[Avoyel]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people|Population=38373|Area=866}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Beauregard |N=22 |Num=011 |Seat=DeRidder |Data2=1912 |Data3=from part of Calcasieu Parish. |Data4=[[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general [[P. G. T. Beauregard]]|Population=36695|Area=1166}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Bienville |N=22 |Num=013 |Seat=Arcadia |Data2=1848 |Data3=from part of Claiborne Parish. |Data4=Named after the founder of the city of [[New Orleans]], [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville]]|Population=12412|Area=822}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Bossier |N=22 |Num=015 |Seat=Benton
 |Data2=1843 |Data3=from part of Claiborne Parish. |Data4=U.S. Representative [[Pierre Bossier]]|Population=131102|Area=867}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Caddo |N=22 |Num=017 |Seat=Shreveport |Data2=1838 |Data3=from part of Natchitoches Parish. |Data4= Named for the [[Caddo]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people|Population=224893|Area=937}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Calcasieu |N=22 |Num=019 |Seat=Lake Charles |Data2=1840 |Data3=from part of St. Landry Parish. |Data4=After the French form of the [[Atakapa language|Atakapa]] name {{lang|aqp|Katkōsh Yōk}}, meaning 'Crying Eagle', an [[Atakapa]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] leader|Population=206861|Area=1094}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Caldwell |N=22 |Num=021 |Seat=Columbia |Data2=1838 |Data3=from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish. |Data4=Named for the Caldwell family, which owned a large plantation and remains politically active in the state.|Population=9393|Area=541}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Cameron |N=22 |Num=023 |Seat=Cameron |Data2=1870 |Data3=from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish. |Data4=U.S. Secretary of War [[Simon Cameron]]|Population=4678|Area=1932}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Catahoula |N=22 |Num=025 |Seat=Harrisonburg |Data2=1808 |Data3=from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish. |Data4=[[Catahoula Lake]], formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a [[Taensa language|Taensa]]/[[Natchez language|Natchez]] word meaning ''big, clear lake''|Population=8280|Area=739}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Claiborne |N=22 |Num=027 |Seat=Homer |Data2=1828 |Data3=from part of Natchitoches Parish. |Data4=[[Governor of Louisiana]] [[William C. C. Claiborne]]|Population=13537|Area=768}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Concordia |N=22 |Num=029 |Seat=Vidalia |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=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 ]]|Population=17797|Area=749}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=DeSoto |N=22 |Num=031 |Seat=Mansfield |Data2=1843 |Data3=from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. |Data4=Spanish explorer [[Hernando de Soto]]|Population=27274|Area=895}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=East Baton Rouge |N=22 |Num=033 |Seat=Baton Rouge |Data2=1810 |Data3=from West Florida territory. |Data4=French ''bâton rouge'' meaning ''red stick''. A red stake was used by local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] to mark the boundaries between tribal territories|Population=453022|Area=471}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=East Carroll |N=22 |Num=035 |Seat=Lake Providence |Data2=1877 |Data3=when Carroll Parish was divided. |Data4=[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], the last surviving signer of the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence]]|Population=6892|Area=442}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=East Feliciana |N=22 |Num=037 |Seat=Clinton |Data2=1824 |Data3=when Feliciana Parish was divided. |Data4=Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of [[Bernardo de Gálvez]], a Spanish governor of [[Louisiana (New Spain)]]|Population=19112|Area=456}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Evangeline |N=22 |Num=039 |Seat=Ville Platte |Data2=1910 |Data3=from part of St. Landry Parish. |Data4=[[Acadians|Acadian]] heroine of the poem "[[Evangeline]]" by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]|Population=31745|Area=680}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Franklin |N=22 |Num=041 |Seat=Winnsboro |Data2=1843 |Data3=from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish |Data4=Founding Father [[Benjamin Franklin]]|Population=19107|Area=636}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Grant |N=22 |Num=043 |Seat=Colfax |Data2=1869 |Data3=from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish. |Data4=U.S. President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]|Population=22109|Area=664}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Iberia |N=22 |Num=045 |Seat=New Iberia |Data2=1868 |Data3=from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish. |Data4=Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]|Population=67540|Area=1031}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Iberville |N=22 |Num=047 |Seat=Plaquemine |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Explorer [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]], the brother of [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville]]|Population=29766|Area=653}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Jackson |N=22 |Num=049 |Seat=Jonesboro |Data2=1845 |Data3=from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish |Data4=U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]]|Population=14797|Area=580}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Jefferson |N=22 |Num=051 |Seat=Gretna |Data2=1825 |Data3=from part of Orleans Parish |Data4=Founding Father [[Thomas Jefferson]]|Population=427253|Area=642}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Jefferson Davis |N=22 |Num=053 |Seat=Jennings |Data2=1912 |Data3=from part of Calcasieu Parish. |Data4=[[Jefferson Davis]], president of the [[Confederate States of America]]|Population=31436|Area=659}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Lafayette |N=22 |Num=055 |Seat=Lafayette |Data2=1823 |Data3=from part of St. Martin Parish. |Data4=French-born [[American Revolutionary War]] hero, the [[Marquis de Lafayette]]|Population=254241|Area=270}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Lafourche |N=22 |Num=057 |Seat=Thibodaux |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853. |Data4=French phrase ''la fourche'' or in English, ''the fork''; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the [[Mississippi River]]|Population=95342|Area=1472}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=LaSalle |N=22 |Num=059 |Seat=Jena |Data2=1910 |Data3=from west half of Catahoula Parish. |Data4=Explorer [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]]|Population=14702|Area=663}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Lincoln |N=22 |Num=061 |Seat=Ruston |Data2=1873 |Data3=from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish. |Data4= U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]]|Population=48243|Area=472}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Livingston |N=22 |Num=063 |Seat=Livingston |Data2=1832 |Data3=from part of St. Helena Parish. |Data4=U.S. Secretary of State [[Edward Livingston]], brother of [[Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston]] who negotiated the [[Louisiana Purchase]]|Population=152886|Area=703}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Madison |N=22 |Num=065 |Seat=Tallulah |Data2=1838 |Data3=from Concordia Parish. |Data4=U.S. President [[James Madison]]|Population=9093|Area=651}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Morehouse |N=22 |Num=067 |Seat=Bastrop |Data2=1844 |Data3=from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish. |Data4=Abraham Morehouse, who led the first settlers into the region |Population=23787|Area=805}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Natchitoches |N=22 |Num=069 |Seat=Natchitoches |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=The [[Natchitoches people|Natchitoches]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people|Population=35982|Area=1299}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Orleans |N=22 |Num=071 |Seat=New Orleans |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans. |Data4=Named after [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Philippe]], [[Duke of Orléans]], the [[regent]] of France|Population=362701|Area=350}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Ouachita |N=22 |Num=073 |Seat=Monroe |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=The [[Ouachita people|Ouachita]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people
|Population=157874|Area=633}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Plaquemines |N=22 |Num=075 |Seat=Pointe à la Hache |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=A word meaning ''[[persimmon]]s'' created from the [[Louisiana Creole]] and the [[Atakapa]] language|Population=22289|Area=2429}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Pointe Coupee |N=22 |Num=077 |Seat=New Roads |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=French phrase ''la pointe coupée'' or in English, ''the cut-off point'', which refers to a bend in the [[Mississippi River]] |Population=19845|Area=591}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Rapides |N=22 |Num=079 |Seat=Alexandria |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Named for local river rapids (French:'' rapides'')|Population=125899|Area=1362}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Red River |N=22 |Num=081 |Seat=Coushatta |Data2=1871 |Data3=from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. |Data4=Named for the [[Red River of the South|Red River]], which is part of the [[Mississippi River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]]|Population=7238|Area=402}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Richland |N=22 |Num=083 |Seat=Rayville |Data2=1868 |Data3=from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish. |Data4=Named for its ''rich land''|Population=19643|Area=564}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Sabine |N=22 |Num=085 |Seat=Many |Data2=1843 |Data3=from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. |Data4=Named for the [[Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)|Sabine River]] and the so-called [[Sabine Free State]]|Population=21746|Area=1012}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Bernard |N=22 |Num=087 |Seat=Chalmette |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=[[Bernard of Clairvaux|Saint Bernard]], [[patron saint]] of [[Bernardo de Gálvez]], the Spanish governor who granted land to the [[Canary Islands|Canary Islanders]] settling the area in 1778 |Population=44783|Area=1794}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Charles |N=22 |Num=089 |Seat=Hahnville |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=[[Charles Borromeo|Saint Charles]]|Population=50400|Area=410}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Helena |N=22 |Num=091 |Seat=Greensburg |Data2=1810 |Data3=from West Florida territory. |Data4=Saint [[Helena (empress)|Helena]]|Population=10857|Area=409}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. James |N=22 |Num=093 |Seat=Convent |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Saint [[James the Great]]|Population=19110|Area=258}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. John the Baptist |N=22 |Num=095 |Seat=Edgard |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Saint [[John the Baptist]]|Population=39694|Area=348}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Landry |N=22 |Num=097 |Seat=Opelousas |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Saint [[Landry of Paris]]|Population=80869|Area=939}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Martin |N=22 |Num=099 |Seat=St. Martinville |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. |Data4=Saint [[Martin of Tours]]|Population=51218|Area=817}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Mary |N=22 |Num=101 |Seat=Franklin |Data2=1811 |Data3=from part of St. Martin Parish. |Data4=Saint [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]]|Population=46799|Area=612}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=St. Tammany |N=22 |Num=103 |Seat=Covington |Data2=1810 |Data3=from West Florida territory. |Data4=Legendary Indian Chief [[Tamanend]].|Population=277615|Area=1124}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Tangipahoa |N=22 |Num=105 |Seat=Amite City |Data2=1869 |Data3=from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish. |Data4=Comes from an [[Acolapissa]] word meaning ''ear of corn'' or ''those who gather corn''|Population=139823|Area=823}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Tensas |N=22 |Num=107 |Seat=St. Joseph |Data2=1843 |Data3=from part of Concordia Parish. |Data4=The [[Taensa]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people.
|Population=3844|Area=641}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Terrebonne |N=22 |Num=109 |Seat=Houma |Data2=1822 |Data3=from part of Lafourche Interior Parish. |Data4=French phrase ''terre bonne'' or in English, "good earth"|Population=103864|Area=2080}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Union |N=22 |Num=111 |Seat=Farmerville |Data2=1839 |Data3=from part of Ouachita Parish. |Data4=Named for the union of states which make up the U.S.|Population=20617|Area=905}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Vermilion |N=22 |Num=113 |Seat=Abbeville |Data2=1844 |Data3=from part of Lafayette Parish. |Data4=Both the [[Vermilion River (Louisiana)|Vermilion River]] and [[Vermilion Bay (Louisiana)|Vermilion Bay]]|Population=57641|Area=1538}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Vernon |N=22 |Num=115 |Seat=Leesville |Data2=1871 |Data3=from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish. |Data4=[[Mount Vernon]], the home of [[George Washington]], the first U.S. President|Population=45819|Area=1341}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Washington |N=22 |Num=117 |Seat=Franklinton |Data2=1819 |Data3=from part of St. Tammany Parish. |Data4=U.S. President [[George Washington]]|Population=45090|Area=676}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Webster |N=22 |Num=119 |Seat=Minden |Data2=1871 |Data3=from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish. |Data4=U.S. Secretary of State [[Daniel Webster]]|Population=35184|Area=615}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=West Baton Rouge |N=22 |Num=121 |Seat=Port Allen |Data2=1807 |Data3=One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. |Data4=French phrase ''bâton rouge'' meaning ''red stick''. A red stick was used by local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] to mark the boundaries between tribal territories|Population=28425|Area=203}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=West Carroll |N=22 |Num=123 |Seat=Oak Grove |Data2=1877 |Data3=when Carroll Parish was divided. |Data4=[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], the last surviving signer of the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence]]|Population=9254|Area=360}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=West Feliciana |N=22 |Num=125 |Seat=St. Francisville |Data2=1824 |Data3=when Feliciana Parish was divided. |Data4=Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of [[Bernardo de Gálvez]], a Spanish governor of [[Louisiana (New Spain)]]|Population=15155|Area=426}}

{{Countyrow| Type=Parish| Name=Winn |N=22 |Num=127 |Seat=Winnfield |Data2=1852 |Data3=from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish. |Data4=Louisiana state legislator Walter Winn|Population=13405|Area=957}}

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