BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The suburbs of Baton Rouge were among Louisiana’s fastest growing parishes over the last decade, while the parishes hardest-hit by hurricanes Katrina and Rita had the largest losses.
Louisiana received its more detailed breakdown of the 2010 Census data Thursday.
Among the statistics:
—Ascension and Livingston parishes had the largest percentage of growth, topping more than 39 percent.
—Orleans, Cameron and St. Bernard Parishes — all devastated by the 2005 hurricanes — had the largest percentage drops in population. Orleans lost 29 percent of its residents, Cameron took a nearly 32 percent hit and St. Bernard lost nearly half of its people.
—East Baton Rouge Parish is now Louisiana’s largest, with more than 440,000 residents.