Cities

Baton Rouge

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Baton Rouge." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/baton-rouge.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Baton Rouge. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/baton-rouge

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-baton-rouge,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Baton Rouge},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/baton-rouge},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Baton Rouge is the capital city of Louisiana and the state's second most populous municipality, sitting on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River as the seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. It has developed into a significant industrial, petrochemical, medical, research and technology hub for the southern United States, and is home to Louisiana State University and Southern University.

Facts

Population

227,470 1

2020 census figure, from Baton Rouge's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

223.56 1

Founding Year

1817 1

January 16, 1817 is the incorporation date the infobox itself gives (Baton Rouge was founded 1699, settled 1721).

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude