Baton Rouge, Louisiana
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated city-parish[n 1][1] | ||
| City of Baton Rouge | ||
From top clockwise: the Horace Wilkinson Bridge spanning across the Mississippi River, Tiger Stadium during an LSU football game, the Shaw Center for the Arts on Lafayette Street, an aerial view of Louisiana State University, the Huey P. Long Memorial in the State Capitol Gardens, the Varsity Theatre near LSU, and the Louisiana State Capitol in downtown Baton Rouge.
|
||
|
||
| Nickname(s): Red Stick, The Capital City, B.R. | ||
 Location of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. |
||
 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
||
| Coordinates: 30°26′55″N 91°07′33″W / 30.44861°N 91.12583°W | ||
| Country |  United States |
|
| State |  Louisiana |
|
| Parish | East Baton Rouge Parish | |
| Founded | 1699 | |
| Settled | 1721 | |
| Incorporated | January 16, 1817 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor-President | Sharon Weston Broome[2] (D) | |
| Area[3] | ||
| • Consolidated city-parish[n 1][1] | 88.12 sq mi (228.23 km2) | |
| • Land | 85.93 sq mi (222.55 km2) | |
| • Water | 2.19 sq mi (5.68 km2) | |
| • Total[n 2] | 79.11 sq mi (204.89 km2) | |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) | |
| Population (2010)[4] | 229,493 | |
| • Estimate (2016)[5] | 227,715 | |
| • Rank | US: 97th | |
| • Density | 2,650.13/sq mi (1,023.22/km2) | |
| • Urban | 594,309 (US: 68th) | |
| • Metro | 830,480 (US: 70th) | |
| Demonym(s) | Baton Rougean | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP code | 70801, 70802, 70803, 70804, 70805, 70806, 70807, 70808, 70809, 70810, 70811, 70812, 70813, 70814, 70815, 70816, 70817, 70819, 70820, 70821, 70822, 70823, 70825, 70826, 70827, 70831, 70833, 70835, 70836, 70837, 70874, 70879, 70883, 70884, 70892, 70893, 70894, 70895, 70896, 70898 | |
| Area code(s) | 225 | |
| FIPS code | 22-05000 | |
| Website | www |
|
Baton Rouge is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
References[change | change source]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
- ↑ "City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge". Baton Rouge Government Website. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ "Office of Mayor President". Baton Rouge Government Website. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 2, 2017.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedUSCensusEst2016.
This short article about a place or feature in the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist|group=n}} template or a <references group="n"/> tag.
