East Baton Rouge Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States, centred on Baton Rouge, the
\nstate capital. It had a population of 456,781 at the 2020 census, an estimated 456,180 by 2025,
\nand covers 470 square miles (1,200 km2) centred near 30\u00b032\u2032N 91\u00b005\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Baton Rouge is the parish seat; its postal code is 70801. The parish holds 5 incorporated
\ncities and 4 unincorporated census-designated communities, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS
\ncode is 22033.<\/p>\n
East Baton Rouge Parish has 9 named places on record: 5 incorporated cities, one of them the
\nparish’s newest, and 4 census-designated places (CDPs) with no local government of their own.
\nDozens of subdivision names appear in older gazetteers — Broadmoor, Goodwood, Sherwood
\nForest and similar — but these are residential neighborhoods inside Baton Rouge’s city
\nlimits, not separate places, and are not listed as towns here.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 227,470<\/td>\n | 70801<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Central<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 29,565<\/td>\n | 70739<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zachary<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 19,316<\/td>\n | 70791<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gardere<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 13,203<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Baker<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 12,455<\/td>\n | 70714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Merrydale<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 9,227<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monticello<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 5,431<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brownfields<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | 5,145<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| St. George<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 86,316<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n St. George is the parish’s newest and second-largest city. Its 2020 population figure ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n\nRouge codes running 70801–70898)<\/li>\n Gardere, Merrydale, Monticello and Brownfields have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is Geography<\/h2>\nEast Baton Rouge Parish sits on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana’s East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish lie to the north, Livingston Parish and Saint East Baton Rouge Parish had a population of 456,781 at the 2020 census, and the latest Louisiana’s state government is the parish’s largest single employer, with thousands of workers at The Louisiana territorial legislature created East Baton Rouge Parish in 1810, and it took its Baton Rouge’s most consequential local event of the twentieth century took place at the Interstate 10 crosses the parish east–west through downtown Baton Rouge, Interstate 12 Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, on the city’s north side, is the parish’s Where is East Baton Rouge Parish located?<\/strong> What is the population of East Baton Rouge Parish?<\/strong> How big is East Baton Rouge Parish?<\/strong> What is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish?<\/strong> How many towns and cities are in East Baton Rouge Parish?<\/strong> What ZIP codes does East Baton Rouge Parish use?<\/strong> |