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The Pelican State

If you are looking for place with huge tourist potential, great football, old plantation homes, Spanish Moss on the trees and a warm climate then Louisiana is for you. The picturesque French Quarter and Mardi Gras are major tourist attractions. Louisiana is the only state in the union that does not have counties and its political subdivisions are called parishes. For those with Acadian Heritage the Cajun culture which is really the Culture fo the Displaced Acadians of Nova Scotia, Canada will appeal to you.

Louisiana is a leader in natural gas, salt, petroleum, and sulfur production. Much of the oil and sulfur comes from offshore deposits. The state also produces large crops of sweet potatoes, rice, sugar cane, pecans, soybeans, corn, and cotton. Leading manufactured items include chemicals, processed food, petroleum and coal products, paper, lumber and wood products, transportation equipment, and apparel.

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Quick Facts

Population: 4,523,628 as of 2005
Size: 43,562 sq mi
Per Capita Personal Income: $34,756 as of 2007
Capital: Baton Rouge


Professional Sports Teams


Football: New Orleans Saints

Basketball: New Orleans Hornets


That the nickname “Pelican State” is a tribute to the official state bird, the brown pelican, which is native to Louisiana?

That Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV?

That Breaux Bridge is known as the "Crawfish Capital of the World"?