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Jan 21, 2021 · The two images below show one of Louisiana’s major bays, Barataria Bay, in 1985 (top image) and just last year, in 2020 (bottom image). 1 At first glance these seem similar, but zooming in one can see the brownish areas in the 2020 image are actually areas of water covering what were once green bits in the 1985 photo. Note for instance the ...
4 days ago · The most recent county-level data available by age, race, sex, and ethnicity are the Vintage 2020 Population Estimates (census.gov) for 2010 to 2019 and the Vintage 2022 Population Estimates (census.gov) for 2020 through 2022. We will update this experience, including the 2010-2019 estimates, when the Bureau releases county-level 2010-2020 ...
Apr 5, 2013 · The second image shows the state of the coast in 1932. The image combines the 2011 satellite image with a U.S. Geological Survey map in which land areas that were present in 1932 are light gray. Since the 1930s, Louisiana's coast has lost 1,900 square miles of land, primarily marshes. In Southeast Louisiana, relative sea level is rising at a ...
Aug 30, 2014 · Over the last 80 years, Louisiana has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of coastland — land that has simply vanished into the Gulf of Mexico. ... And over the past century, various human activities ...
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
4 days ago · Louisiana - Politics, Economy, Culture: Louisiana’s current constitution, its 11th, was adopted in 1974; it requires a two-thirds majority of each house of the state legislature, and then a majority of the electorate, to amend it. Louisiana has had more constitutions than any other state in the country. The constitution that was adopted in 1921 was Louisiana’s 10th in 108 years. It ...
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Sep 14, 2023 · Louisiana may be the state most at risk from climate change, and the year 2050 could prove to be an inflection point as seas rise and more land is lost. Explore our interactive data to see ...
