Louisiana
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Louisiana is a Southern state in the United States of America.
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Louisiana is a Southern state in the United States of America. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge, and the most populous city is New Orleans.
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Religion
Like the other southern states in the USA, Louisiana is mostly Protestant; however, there is also a large Catholic population in the state, which makes Louisiana unique among southern states. The current religious affiliations of the people of Louisiana are shown in the table below:
- Christian — 80%
- Protestant — 50%
- Baptist — 38%
- Methodist — 4%
- Other Protestant – 16%
- Pentecostal — 2%
- Roman Catholic — 30%
- Other Christian — 1%
- Other Religions — 10%
- Non-Religious — 10%
- Protestant — 50%
A number of cities in Louisiana are also home to Jewish communities, notably Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. The most significant of these is the Jewish community of the New Orleans area, with a pre-hurricane Katrina population of about 12,000.
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