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Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

The Baton Rouge, LA metro area is made up of 10 parishes in Louisiana; the largest are East Baton Rouge Parish, Livingston Parish, and Ascension Parish. About 888,699 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.1% more than in April 2020.

Ascension Parish, centralAssumption Parish, outlyingEast Baton Rouge Parish, centralEast Feliciana Parish, outlyingIberville Parish, centralLivingston Parish, centralPointe Coupee Parish, outlyingSt. Helena Parish, outlyingWest Baton Rouge Parish, centralWest Feliciana Parish, outlyingBaton Rouge
Central Outlying 10 parishes in Louisiana
Population, July 2025
888,699 2.1% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Parishes
10: 5 central, 5 outlying
Land area
4,368 sq mi (11,313 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Louisiana
Combined statistical area
Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA
CBSA code
12940
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Parishes in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area, largest first

ParishRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
East Baton Rouge ParishCentral456,18051.3%
Livingston ParishCentral155,03617.4%
Ascension ParishCentral135,10515.2%
Iberville ParishCentral29,5793.3%
West Baton Rouge ParishCentral28,7563.2%
Assumption ParishOutlying19,7202.2%
Pointe Coupee ParishOutlying19,5202.2%
East Feliciana ParishOutlying18,9112.1%
West Feliciana ParishOutlying15,1341.7%
St. Helena ParishOutlying10,7581.2%

A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying parish is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central parishes, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A parish belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Baton Rouge222,771 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Hammond, LA Metro Area141,346 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a parish on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Hammond, LA Metro Area40 mi east
  2. Morgan City, LA Micro Area51 mi south
  3. New Iberia, LA Micro Area51 mi southwest
  4. Lafayette, LA Metro Area56 mi west
  5. Opelousas, LA Micro Area57 mi west
  6. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area65 mi southeast
  7. New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area76 mi east
  8. Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area78 mi north

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