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A.D.Lytle BatonRouge1862, 1862
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About Baton Rouge
Capital city of Louisiana, United StatesBaton Rouge ( BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ] ; lit. 'Red Baton') is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It had a population of 227,470 at the 2020 United States census, making it Louisiana's second-most populous city. It is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Baton Rouge, which had 870,569 residents in 2020. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, the Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. T…
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Housing in Baton Rouge
The typical Baton Rouge home is worth about $232,000, up 1.7% in a year, 7% above the Louisiana typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Baton Rouge
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Baton Rouge's police department reported only 2023, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Baton Rouge
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The public schools Baton Rouge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within LA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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