How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 91.6°W, standard parallels 29.6°N and 32.3°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Louisiana shows all 64 parishes of Louisiana, from Acadia to Winn, with Baton Rouge, the capital, in East Baton Rouge Parish; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 64 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Acadia and 64 on Winn, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Louisiana on the map
Louisiana has parishes, not counties, a name from the church parishes of Spanish and French rule. Cameron Parish, on the Gulf coast, is among the largest. Its neighbors, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi, are drawn around it without numbers.
Students expect counties; tell them first that Louisiana calls its counties parishes.
Questions and answers
How many parishes does Louisiana have?
Sixty-four in the Census Bureau count, from Acadia Parish to Winn Parish in alphabetical order.
What parish is Baton Rouge in?
Baton Rouge stands in East Baton Rouge Parish, which is number 17 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Baton Rouge beside it.
Why does Louisiana have parishes instead of counties?
The name comes from the church parishes of French and Spanish colonial rule. They work like counties in other states.
Which parish of Louisiana has the most people?
East Baton Rouge Parish, around Baton Rouge, has more people than any other parish in Louisiana, and it holds the capital too.