Food, harvest and wild game festivals Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana Andouille Festival — La Place Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond Franklin.

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Food, harvest and wild game festivals Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana Andouille Festival — La Place Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond Franklin Parish Catfish Festival — Winnsboro Louisiana Cattle Festival — Abbeville Louisiana Cotton Festival — Villa Platte Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival —Lacombe Cracklin Festival — Port Barre Crawfish Festival — Breaux Bridge Crawfish Etouffee Cook-off Festival — Eunice Duck Festival —Gueydan French Food Festival — Larose, Louisiana Frog Festival — Rayne Gumbo Festival — Bridge City Louisiana Gumbo Festival — Thibodaux Cajun Hot Sauce Festival — New Iberia Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales Mudbug Madness Festival — Shreveport Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival — Natchitoches Louisiana Area Codes Area CodesSelected Cities 225Baton Rouge 318Shreveport 337Lafayette 504New Orleans, Metairie 985Houma

Population In La. Year Rural Urban Total ,117,072 3,089,044 4,206, ,091,103 3,128,870 4,219, ,28,309 3,340,667 4,468, ,37,845 3,149,923 4,287,768 Education In La. Percent not completing high school Year Rural Urban Total Farm-Related Employment (2000) Louisiana: 380,774 jobs(16.1% of U.S.) United States: 25,834,574 jobs (15.6% of total U.S.) Number of Farms (2002) Louisiana: 27,413 (1.3% of U.S) United States: 2,128,982 Average Farm Size (2002) Louisiana: 286 acres United States:441 acres Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold (2002) Louisiana:$1.8 billion United States: $200.6 billiont

List of Louisiana numbered highways. Interstate highways: Interstate 10 Interstate 110 (Baton Rouge downtown spur) Interstate 210 (Lake Charles Loop) Interstate 310 (Spur connecting Houma-area to 10) Interstate 510 (Spur connecting New Orleans East and Chalmette to 10) Interstate 610 (New Orleans Downtown Bypass) Interstate 910 (Unofficial designation of West Bank Expressway, future 49) Interstate 12 (Baton Rouge to Slidell, New Orleans Bypass) Interstate 20 Interstate 220 (Shreveport/Bossier City bypass) Interstate 49 Interstate 55 Interstate 59 Louisiana Interstate Highways Miss. Tx

Facts and Figures Area : 48,523 sq mi (125,675 sq km). Pop.: ( 2000) 4,468,976, a 5.9% increase since the 1990 census. Capital: Baton Rouge. Statehood : Apr. 30, 1812 (18th state). Highest pt..: Driskill Mt., 535 ft (163 m); Lowest pt..: New Orleans, 5 ft ( 2 m) below sea level. Nickname: Pelican State. Motto: Union, Justice and Confidence. State bird: Eastern brown pelican. State flower: magnolia. State tree: cypress. State Pledge of Allegiance The official pledge of allegiance for the state was adopted in 1981 and reads as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of Louisiana and to the motto for which it stands: A state, under God, united in purpose and ideals, confident that justice shall prevail for all of those abiding here

La. General Infor. Packet I 1.From B.R. to Texas which interstate system should you take? 2.What is the name of the mountain in La.? 3.What is the Louisiana Motto? 4.Where is the Jambalaya Festival held? 5.Whish year had the largest population 1980 or What is the average farm size in La in 2002? 7.If you called Shreveport what area code would you use? 8.State Bird__________________ State Flower__________________ State Tree ____________________ La. General Infor. Packet I 1.From B.R. to Texas which interstate system should you take? 2.What is the name of the mountain in La.? 3.What is the Louisiana Motto? 4.Where is the Jambalaya Festival held? 5.Whish year had the largest population 1980 or What is the average farm size in La in 2002? 7.If you called Shreveport what area code would you use? 8.State Bird__________________ State Flower__________________ State Tree ____________________

La. General Infor. Packet II 1.To travel from Shreveport to Miss. which interstate system should you take? 2.When did La. Become a state? 3.What is the lowest point in La? 4.Where is the Frog Festival held? 5.Which year had the smallest population 1990 or 2006? 6.What percent of the farms in the U.S. are in La.? 7.If you called Houma what area code would you use? 8.Why do you think the dropout rate is higher in rural communities over urban? La. General Infor. Packet II 1.To travel from Shreveport to Miss. which interstate system should you take? 2.When did La. Become a state? 3.What is the lowest point in La? 4.Where is the Frog Festival held? 5.Which year had the smallest population 1990 or 2006? 6.What percent of the farms in the U.S. are in La.? 7.If you called Houma what area code would you use? 8.Why do you think the dropout rate is higher in rural communities over urban?