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Baton Rouge Information

Relocation, travel info, sports, demographic data, and general statistics about the city of Baton Rouge, LA

General Baton Rouge Information

State: Louisiana

County: East Baton Rouge Parish

Close cities: Brownfields, LA, Port Allen, LA, Monticello, LA, Brusly, LA, Gardere, LA, Westminster, LA, Shenandoah, LA, Village St. George, LA, Merrydale, LA

Baton Rouge Population (census data)
Total 227,071 (+1.3% since 2000)
Male 107,900 (47.5%)
Female 119,171 (52.5%)

Population Density: 2,955 people per sq. mile

Cost of Living Index: 87.8 (US Avg is 100)

Baton Rouge Elevation: 53 feet above sea level

Incorporated in 1817

Land Area: 76.8 square miles

Median Household Income: $32,984

Zip Codes: 70894, 70807, 70814, 70892, 70808, 70813, 70895, 70822, 70898, 70801, 70831, 70827, 70896, 70817, 70826, 70809, 70825, 70823, 70821, 70819, 70874, 70835, 70893, 70812, 70833, 70815, 70884, 70818, 70820, 70805, 70810, 70836, 70879, 70804, 70803, 70802, 70837, 70811, 70806, 70816, and 70883.

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Ethnic Information:
  • Black (50.0%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (44.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.7%)
  • Vietnamese (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)
  • Chinese (0.6%)
Ancestry Information:
  • French (8.9%)
  • English (6.3%)
  • German (6.2%)
  • Irish (5.7%)
  • United States (4.2%)
  • Italian (3.9%)
Foriegn Born: 9,993 people (4.4%)
  • Asia (56.4%)
  • Latin America (25.6%)
  • Europe (17.9%)

Local Baton Rouge Sports Teams

Major League Baseball: Houston Astros, Texas Rangers
NFL Football: Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints
NBA Basketball: New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets
NHL Hockey: Dallas Stars
NCAA Sports: , , Southern University, Louisiana State University, Southeastern Louisiana University

Baton Rouge School Information

High Schools
Baton Rouge High School (2825 Government Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Belaire High School (12121 Tams Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Broadmoor Senior High School (10100 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Capitol Senior High School (1000 North 23rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Central High School (10200 East Brookside Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Glen Oaks Senior High School (6650 Cedar Grove Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70812 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Istrouma Senior High School (3730 Winbourne Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
McKinley Senior High School (800 East McKinley Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Northeast High School (13700 Pride-Port Hudson Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70791 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Robert E. Lee High School (1105 Lee Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Scenic Alternative High School (15200 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - Special School District # 1 District)
Scenic Alternative High School (15200 Scenic Highway Baton Ro, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - La Office Of Youth Development District)
Scenic Alternative High School (JRDC) (15200 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - Special School District # 1 District)
Scotlandville Magnet High School (9147 Elm Grove Gardem Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Tara High School (9002 Whitehall Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Woodlawn High School (15755 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70817 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Middle Schools
Broadmoor Middle School (1225 Sharp Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Capitol Middle School (5100 Greenwell Springs Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Central Middle School (11526 Sullivan Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Crestworth Middle School (10650 Avenue F, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Glasgow Middle School (1676 Glasgow Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Glen Oaks Middle School (5300 Monarch Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Kenilworth Middle School (7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
McKinley Middle Magnet School (4200 Gus Young Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Park Forest Middle School (3760 Aletha Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70814 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Prescott Middle School (4055 Prescott Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Sherwood Middle School (1020 Marlbrook Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Southeast Middle School (15000 Harrells Ferry Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Westdale Middle School (5650 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Woodlawn Middle School (14939 Tiger Bend Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70817 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Elementary Schools
Audubon Elementary School (10730 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Banks Elementary School (2401 72nd Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Belfair Elementary School (4451 Fairfields Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Bernard Terrace Elementary School (241 Edison Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Broadmoor Elementary School (9650 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Brookstown Elementary School (4375 East Brookstown Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Brownfields Elementary School (11615 Ellen Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Buchanan Elementary School (1222 East Buchanan Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School (10187 Twin Cedars Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Claiborne Elementary School (4700 Denham Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Crestworth Elementary School (11200 Avenue F, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Dalton Elementary School (3605 Ontario Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Delmont Elementary School (5300 Douglas Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Dufrocq Elementary School (330 South 19th Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Eden Park Elementary School (1650 N Acadian Thruway East, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Forest Heights Elementary School (7447 Sumrall Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70812 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Glen Oaks Park Elementary School (5656 Lanier Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70812 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Greenbrier Elementary School (12203 Canterbury Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70814 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Greenville Elementary School (1645 North Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Highland Elementary School (280 Sunset Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Howell Park Elementary School (6125 Winbourne Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
J. K. Haynes Elementary Charter School (356 East Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Jefferson Terrace Elementary School (9902 Cal Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Labelle Aire Elementary School (12255 Tams Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Lanier Elementary School (4705 Lanier Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70812 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Lasalle Elementary School (8000 Lasalle Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Magnolia Woods Elementary School (760 Maxine Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Melrose Elementary School (1348 Valcour Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Merrydale Elementary School (6700 Rio Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70812 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
North Highlands Elementary School (3875 Byron Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Park Elementary School (2700 Fuqua Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Park Forest Elementary School (10717 Elain Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70814 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Parkview Elementary School (5660 Park Forest Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Polk Elementary School (408 East Polk Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Progress Elementary School (855 Progress Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Riveroaks Elementary School (950 Fontainbleau Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Ryan Elementary School (10337 Elm Grove Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Scotlandville Elementary School (9147 Elm Grove Garden Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Sharon Hills Elementary School (6450 Guynell Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Shenandoah Elementary School (16555 Appomattox Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Tanglewood Elementary School (9352 Rustling Oaks Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Twin Oaks Elementary School (819 Trammel Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
University Terrace Elementary School (575 West Roosevelt Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Villa Del Rey Elementary School (9765 Cuyhanga Parkway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Wedgewood Elementary School (2330 Aspenwood Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70816 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Westdale Elementary School (2000 College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Westminster Elementary School (8935 Westminster Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Wildwood Elementary School (444 Halfway Tree Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70810 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Winbourne Elementary School (4501 Winbourne Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Other/Private Schools
Arlington Preparatory Academy (931 Dean Lee Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70820 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Baton Rouge Marine Institute, Inc. (5555 Beechwood Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Baton Rouge Preparatory Academy (5959 Cadillac Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Baton Rouge Visual And Performing Arts Center (2040 South Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Capitol Pre-College Academy For Boys (1000 North 23rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Capitol Pre-College Academy For Girls (1000 North 23rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Children's Charter School (900 McClung Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Community School For Apprenticeship Learning (1555 Madison Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
East Baton Rouge Arts And Technology School (101 Saint Ferdinand Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Arts And Technology School - Agency District)
East Baton Rouge Laboratory Academy (3730 Winbourne Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School District District)
LSU Laboratory School (45 Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 - Louisiana State University Laboratory School District)
Louisiana School For The Deaf (2888 Brightside Lane, Baton Rouge, LA, 70821 - LA School For The Deaf District)
Louisiana School For The Visually Impaired (1120 Government Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - LA School For The Visually Impaired District)
McAuliffe Pre-Ged Center (12000 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Mohican Education Center (4050 Tunica Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Northdale Alternative Magnet Academy (10755 Cletus Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70815 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
South Boulevard Extended Day School (802 Mayflower Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Southdowns School (2050 Hood Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Southern University Laboratory School (129 Swan Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70813 - Southern University Laboratory School District)
Staring Education Center (1919 Staring Lane, Baton Rouge, LA, 70810 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
The CAN Academies of East Baton Rouge (5959 Cadillac Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811 - East Baton Rouge Parish School District District)
Valley Park School (4510 Bawell Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)
Wyandotte Early Childhood Center (2525 Wyandotte Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District)

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