Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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The city of Baton Rouge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is the county seat and the capital of Louisiana.

Baton Rouge is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Baton Rouge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

South Carolina has a community that is also named Baton Rouge.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Baton Rouge had a population of 227,818 people^<2> (or 55.17% of the total population of East Baton Rouge Parish). The population of Baton Rouge represented 5.1% of the total of Louisiana, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Baton Rouge had a population of 223,689 people. This is a decrease of 1.81% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Baton Rouge.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Addis	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	3,569	59.47% increase
	Baker	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	13,360	3.14% decrease
	Brusly	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,159	6.88% increase
	Denham Springs	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	10,308	17.71% increase
	Plaquemine	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	6,751	4.43% decrease
	Rosedale	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	726	3.59% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Baton Rouge.

The Commemorative Quarter for Louisiana<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Baton Rouge. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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