North Louisiana | |
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.jpg) DowntownShreveport, Louisiana | |
 The North region is shaded in brown. | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
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| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 830,266 |
North Louisiana (French:Louisiane du Nord), also known locally asSportsman's Paradise,[1][2] (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in theU.S. state ofLouisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas:Shreveport-Bossier City andMonroe-West Monroe, two micropolitian areas:Ruston micropolitan area andMinden micropolitan area, and two combined statistical areas:Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden CSA andMonroe–Ruston Combined Statistical Area. The Shreveport area has the largest metropolitan and CSA by population in North Louisiana.
The northwestern portion of Louisiana is culturally and economically attached toNortheast Texas andSouthwest Arkansas. Combined they comprise theArk-La-Tex area, just as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, andNorthwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss. The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes,[3] extend into portions of North Louisiana's border withCentral Louisiana.
There are twocombined statistical areas, twometropolitan statistical areas, and twomicropolitan statistical areas that include North Louisiana parishes.
North Louisiana consists of the following 20 parishes:
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