- Alternate Nicknames:
- Sportsman's Paradise
- Creole State
- Sugar State
- Capital: Baton Rouge
- Major Cities:
- New Orleans
- Shreveport
- Lafayette
- Lake Charles
- Major Geographical Features
- Mississippi River
- Red River
- Sabine River
- Atchafalaya River
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Gulf Coastal Plain
- Gulf of Mexico
- Driskill Mountains
- Sabine Lake
- Grand Lake
- White Lake
- Vermillion Bay
- Atchafalaya Bay
- Pearl River
- Ouachita River
- National Parks: none
- 1803: Present-day Louisiana acquired through the Louisiana Purchase
- 1812: Louisiana becomes the 18th state
- 1815: The War of 1812's final battle takes place at New Orleans
- 1861: Louisiana secedes from the Union
- 2005: Hurricane Katrina leads to a 53% decrease in New Orleans' population
- Motto: "Union, Justice, and Confidence"
- Name Meaning: Honors King Louis XIV of France
- Industries
- Cotton
- Sugarcane
- Petroleum
- Minerals
- Fishing
- Tourism
- World's longest bridge (24 miles) crosses Lake Pontchartrain
- Bayous and marshes house alligators, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, mink and pelicans
- New Orleans holds a famous Mardi Gras celebration each year
- Louisiana is the only state with parishes instead of counties
- New Orleans is susceptible to flooding as part of the city lies below sea level
- Greatest concentration of oil, natural gas plants, and petrol-chemical facilities in the Western Hemisphere
- More than 40% of United States exports go through Louisiana
- Longest coastline (15,000 miles) in United States
- Home to 41% of nation's wetlands
- Ranks 4th in oil in the United States
- Ranks 2nd in natural gas in the United States
- New Orleans is the nation's busiest port
- Famous People
- Louis Armstrong
- Terry Bradshaw
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Clyde Drexler
- Randy Jackson
- Karl Malone
- Archie Manning
- Peyton Manning
- Eli Manning
- Tim McGraw
- Bill Russell
- Reese Witherspoon
- The Robertson Family (Phil, Kay, Willy, Jase, Si)
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