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LALouisiana Fun Facts
Louisiana fun facts
- Louisiana is the only US state where the legal system is based on French civil law, not English common law.
- The state has parishes instead of counties — a legacy of French Catholic administration.
- Jazz was born in New Orleans around 1900. So was Mardi Gras as we know it.
- It's losing land to the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of about one football field every 100 minutes (subsidence + sea level rise).
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Quick stats
- Population: 1 to 5 million
- Area rank: #31 of 50
- Admitted: 1812
- Capital: Baton Rouge
- Largest city: New Orleans
- Time zone: Central