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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Charles, Louisiana</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="لیک چارلز، لوئیزیانا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لیک چارلز، لوئیزیانا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Lake Charles (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lake Charles (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Luisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Luisiana) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lake Charles (Luisiana)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="لیک چارلز، لوئیزیانا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیک چارلز، لوئیزیانا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_(%D9%84%DB%8A%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="لیک چارلز (لۊئيزيانا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="لیک چارلز (لۊئيزيانا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="레이크찰스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레이크찰스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A6%27%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A1" title="לייק צ'ארלס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לייק צ'ארלס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Lwizyana" title="Lake Charles, Lwizyana – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lake Charles, Lwizyana" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leik_%C4%8Carlsas" title="Leik Čarlsas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Leik Čarlsas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ليك تشارلز، لويزيانا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليك تشارلز، لويزيانا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B7_(%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лейк-Чарлз (Луизиана) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Лейк-Чарлз (Луизиана)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Luisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Luisiana) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lake Charles (Luisiana)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7" title="Лейк-Чарльз – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лейк-Чарльз" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles" title="Lake Charles – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Lake Charles" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BA_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81_(%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лејк Чарлс (Луизијана) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лејк Чарлс (Луизијана)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B7_(%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лейк-Чарлз (Луизиана) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лейк-Чарлз (Луизиана)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lake Charles, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lake Charles</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Louisiana" title="List of municipalities in Louisiana">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Charles_Collage.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Top to bottom, L-R: Downtown Lake Charles, L'Auberge du Lac Casino, McNeese State University, John McNeese statue, Israel LaFleur Bridge, Lake Charles City Court, Henderson Bayou"><img alt="Top to bottom, L-R: Downtown Lake Charles, L'Auberge du Lac Casino, McNeese State University, John McNeese statue, Israel LaFleur Bridge, Lake Charles City Court, Henderson Bayou" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Lake_Charles_Collage.png/300px-Lake_Charles_Collage.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="479" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Lake_Charles_Collage.png/450px-Lake_Charles_Collage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Lake_Charles_Collage.png/600px-Lake_Charles_Collage.png 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Top to bottom, L-R: Downtown Lake Charles, L'Auberge du Lac Casino, <a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_McNeese" title="John McNeese">John McNeese</a> statue, <a href="/wiki/Israel_LaFleur_Bridge" title="Israel LaFleur Bridge">Israel LaFleur Bridge</a>, Lake Charles City Court, Henderson Bayou</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lake_Charles.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Lake Charles"><img alt="Flag of Lake Charles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Lake_Charles.png/118px-Flag_of_Lake_Charles.png" decoding="async" width="118" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Lake_Charles.png/177px-Flag_of_Lake_Charles.png 1.5x, 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class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Charles_seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Lake Charles"><img alt="Official logo of Lake Charles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Lake_Charles_seal.png/100px-Lake_Charles_seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Lake_Charles_seal.png/150px-Lake_Charles_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Lake_Charles_seal.png/200px-Lake_Charles_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="177" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo of Lake Charles</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Lake Area</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calcasieu_Parish_Louisiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lake_Charles_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana"><img alt="Location of Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Calcasieu_Parish_Louisiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lake_Charles_Highlighted.svg/250px-Calcasieu_Parish_Louisiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lake_Charles_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Calcasieu_Parish_Louisiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lake_Charles_Highlighted.svg/375px-Calcasieu_Parish_Louisiana_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lake_Charles_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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.pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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Charles</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the United States</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&params=30_12_53_N_93_12_31_W_type:city(84872)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°12′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">93°12′31″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.21472°N 93.20861°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">30.21472; -93.20861</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GR1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="7040" data-file-height="4556" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">Parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana">Calcasieu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">About 1857 as Charleston<sup id="cite_ref-Leeper2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leeper2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Renamed</th><td class="infobox-data">March 16, 1867<span class="noprint">; 157 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1867-03-16</span>)</span> as Lake Charles</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sallier" title="Charles Sallier">Charles Sallier</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Charles Sallier</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nicholas E. "Nic" Hunter (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding: 0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Members list</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left;display:none;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist A: Ronnie Harvey, Jr.</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist B: Luvertha W. August</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist C: Rodney Geyen</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist D: John Ieyoub</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist E: Stuart Weatherford</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist F: Craig Marks</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Dist G: Mark Eckard</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Louisiana" title="List of municipalities in Louisiana">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">48.46 sq mi (125.51 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">45.65 sq mi (118.23 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">2.81 sq mi (7.28 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">15 ft (5 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Louisiana" title="List of municipalities in Louisiana">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">84,872</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">79,633<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,800/sq mi (680/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">162,501</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">254,652</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lake Charlesian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">70601, 70602, 70605, 70606, 70607, 70609, 70615, 70616, 70629</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Area_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_337" title="Area code 337">337</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">22-41155</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityoflakecharles.com">www<wbr />.cityoflakecharles<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lake Charles</b> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Louisiana" title="List of municipalities in Louisiana">fifth-most populous city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">parish seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana">Calcasieu Parish</a>, located on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)">Lake Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prien_Lake" title="Prien Lake">Prien Lake</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_River" title="Calcasieu River">Calcasieu River</a>. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">southwest region</a> of the state. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 U.S. census</a>, Lake Charles's population was 84,872.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city and metropolitan area of Lake Charles is considered a regionally significant center of <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petrochemical</a> refining, gambling, tourism, and education, being home to <a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sowela_Technical_Community_College" title="Sowela Technical Community College">Sowela Technical Community College</a>. Because of the lakes and waterways throughout the city, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_metropolitan_area" title="Lake Charles metropolitan area">metropolitan Lake Charles</a> is often called <i>the Lake Area</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="History of Lake Charles, Louisiana">History of Lake Charles, Louisiana</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg/220px-Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg/330px-Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg/440px-Ryan_Street_Lake_Charles_1903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Ryan Street in Lake Charles, 1903</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg/220px-Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg/330px-Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg/440px-Ryan_Street_Crowd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="679" data-file-height="483" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Lake Charles, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1917</span></figcaption></figure> <p>On March 7, 1861, Lake Charles was incorporated as the town of Charleston, Louisiana.<sup id="cite_ref-historicalmarker_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalmarker-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake Charles was founded by merchant and tradesman <a href="/wiki/History_of_Marksville,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Marksville, Louisiana">Marco Eliche</a> (or Marco de Élitxe) as an outpost. He was a <a href="/wiki/Sephardic_Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic Jewish">Sephardic Jewish</a> trader of either <a href="/wiki/Basque_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Basque people">Basque-Spanish</a> or <a href="/wiki/Italian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian people">Venetian-Italian</a> origins. He had arrived in Louisiana after hitchhiking and was invited onto a Spanish vessel due to his determination and loyalty to volunteer and work freely for the Spanish Empire. Long before incorporation and even before the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a>, other names for Lake Charles were <b>Porte du Lafitte</b> (Port of <a href="/wiki/Jean_Lafitte" title="Jean Lafitte">Jean Lafitte</a>) or <b>Rivière Lafitte</b> (River Lafitte/Lafitte's River), among many other names now lost. Eliche had also founded other outposts and towns in Louisiana prior, most notably <a href="/wiki/Marksville,_Louisiana" title="Marksville, Louisiana">Marksville</a>, which is named after him. There are also urban tales he had planned to name the settlement <b>Nouveau Cadix</b> (New <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz" title="Cádiz">Cádiz</a>)", after the city in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, but this is uncertain.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The town was first incorporated in 1857 as Charleston, after an early settler, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sallier" title="Charles Sallier">Charles Sallier</a>. Ten years later, on March 16, 1867, Charleston was reincorporated as the City of Lake Charles.<sup id="cite_ref-Leeper2012_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leeper2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Great Fire of April 1910 devastated much of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake Charles soon rebuilt, grew and expanded in the twentieth century. The <a href="/wiki/Charleston_Hotel" title="Charleston Hotel">Charleston Hotel</a> was completed in 1929, during the administration of Mayor Henry J. Geary.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During and after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Lake Charles experienced industrial growth with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petrochemical</a> refineries. The city grew to a high of some 75,000 people in the early 1980s, but with local economic recession, the population declined and stagnated. In 1985, the city was identified as a potential <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Homeport" title="Strategic Homeport">Strategic Homeport</a> to support Navy Secretary <a href="/wiki/John_Lehman" title="John Lehman">John Lehman</a>'s desire for a <a href="/wiki/600-ship_Navy" title="600-ship Navy">600-ship Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Support ships were to be operated from the new Naval Station Lake Charles; but with the tailing-off of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1988_Base_Realignment_and_Closure_Commission" title="1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission">1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission</a> recommended it be closed. By 1991, the incomplete base was dropped from the program and shuttered. </p><p>In 2005, the city was heavily damaged by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Rita" title="Hurricane Rita">Hurricane Rita</a>. In 2020, it was battered by two hurricanes, Category 4 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Laura" title="Hurricane Laura">Hurricane Laura</a> on August 26–27, and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Delta" title="Hurricane Delta">Hurricane Delta</a> on October 9, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Charles after the hurricane was described as if “20 tornadoes came in and wiped the city”. </p><p>The southern portion of the city was damaged by an EF2 tornado on October 27, 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an EF1 tornado caused minor damage to downtown Lake Charles on May 13, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henderson_Bayou.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Henderson_Bayou.JPG/220px-Henderson_Bayou.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Henderson_Bayou.JPG/330px-Henderson_Bayou.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Henderson_Bayou.JPG/440px-Henderson_Bayou.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2919" /></a><figcaption>Henderson Bayou</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles, located on a level plain about 30 miles (48 km) from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, has an elevation of approximately 13 feet (4.0 m) above sea level,<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is located on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_River" title="Calcasieu River">Calcasieu River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">southwestern Louisiana</a>. It borders both <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)">Lake Charles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prien_Lake" title="Prien Lake">Prien Lake</a>. <a href="/wiki/Contraband_Bayou" title="Contraband Bayou">Contraband Bayou</a>, Henderson Bayou, and English Bayou flow through the city. Oak trees and pine trees dot the landscape; the lumber industry was once the main economic engine of the area. The <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Ship_Channel" title="Calcasieu Ship Channel">Calcasieu Ship Channel</a>, which allows large ocean-going vessels to sail up from the Gulf, also borders the city. The 2010 census recorded Lake Charles total land size was 48.6 sq miles was to 2023 census records Lake Charles being 61.35 sq miles in total size. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the city has a total area of 44.8 square miles (116.0 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 42.0 square miles (108.9 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.1 km<sup>2</sup>), or 6.12%, is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/220px-Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/330px-Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/440px-Heavy_Rainfall_in_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Heavy Rainfall in Lake Charles</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles is tied with <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur, Texas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Astoria,_Oregon" title="Astoria, Oregon">Astoria, Oregon</a>, as the most humid city in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a>, and the second-most humid measured location behind unincorporated Quillayute, Washington. The average relative humidity in Lake Charles is 90% in the morning, and 72% in the afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Average annual precipitation is also high among U.S. cities, at 57.49 inches (1,460 mm) per year. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Regional_Airport" title="Lake Charles Regional Airport">Lake Charles Regional Airport</a>, Louisiana (1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1895–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.5<br />(24.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.1<br />(25.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.4<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.4<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.9<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.1<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.7<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.5<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.6<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99.1<br />(37.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.0<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.8<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.4<br />(31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.1<br />(27.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.2<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.4<br />(24.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.1<br />(27.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.9<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.0<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.3<br />(21.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.4<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.3<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.7<br />(20.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.1<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.1<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.6<br />(24.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.7<br />(21.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.6<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.1<br />(15.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(−0.3) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.9<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.0<br />(18.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.5<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.4<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(−1.2) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.1<br />(−3.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3<br />(−16) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #1FFF1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.89<br />(150) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.26<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.67<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.44<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.40<br />(137) </td> <td style="background: #00FE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.54<br />(166) </td> <td style="background: #26FF26; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.69<br />(145) </td> <td style="background: #15FF15; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.19<br />(157) </td> <td style="background: #33FF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.18<br />(132) </td> <td style="background: #49FF49; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.80<br />(122) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.13<br />(105) </td> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.56<br />(116) </td> <td style="background: #3FFF3F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.75<br />(1,518) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">108.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000D0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000D9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000D6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000D2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000CC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000CE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000D6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D4; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (relative humidity 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAAhumidity_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAhumidity-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricanes">Hurricanes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hurricanes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Laura" title="Hurricane Laura">Hurricane Laura</a> devastated the city in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a> called the storm surge "unsurvivable" with one-minute sustained wind speeds of 150 mph (240 km/h). Numerous trees were blown down. The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Regional_Airport" title="Lake Charles Regional Airport">Lake Charles Regional Airport</a> saw a gust of 128 miles per hour (206 km/h) as well as multiple <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangars</a> destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another gust in the city reached 137 miles per hour (220 km/h). Many windows were blown out of <a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Tower_(Louisiana)" title="Capital One Tower (Louisiana)">Capital One Tower</a> downtown. A communications tower collapsed onto the <a href="/wiki/KPLC" title="KPLC">KPLC</a> studio building (which had been evacuated) and part of a sky bridge was blown out. The radar at the NWS Lake Charles forecast office (whose staff evacuated, with the office's operations transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville, Texas</a> office) was destroyed around the time of landfall, with its dome and much of its internal equipment sheared from the radar tower's base. A few weeks later, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Delta" title="Hurricane Delta">Hurricane Delta</a> also hit Lake Charles.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>838</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>3,442</td><td></td><td>310.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>6,680</td><td></td><td>94.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>11,449</td><td></td><td>71.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>13,088</td><td></td><td>14.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>15,791</td><td></td><td>20.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>21,207</td><td></td><td>34.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>41,272</td><td></td><td>94.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>63,392</td><td></td><td>53.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>77,998</td><td></td><td>23.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>75,226</td><td></td><td>−3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>70,580</td><td></td><td>−6.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>71,757</td><td></td><td>1.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>71,993</td><td></td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>84,872</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html">U.S. Decennial Census</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Lake Charles is the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_metropolitan_area" title="Lake Charles metropolitan area">Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area</a>, which had a population of 240,082 as of 2023. It is the larger principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles%E2%80%93DeRidder_CSA" title="Lake Charles–DeRidder CSA">Lake Charles-DeRidder combined statistical area</a>, with a population of 276,909.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2020 population of the five-parish region of <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">Southwest Louisiana</a> was 313,951.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the city proper of Lake Charles at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, it had a population of 84,872, with a population density of 1,890 people per square mile among 38,434 housing units.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the population was 71,993,<sup id="cite_ref-c2K_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c2K-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reflecting a rebound from its 1990 population of 70,580. </p><p>In 2010, the median income for a household in the city was $36,001. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $22,855. 20.9% of the population was below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>; in 2020, the median income for a household in the city was $37,894. 26.7% of the population was below the poverty line. The average commute time was 22.4 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_and_ethnicity">Race and ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Race and ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Lake Charles city, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>35,540 </td> <td>32,793 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">35,143 </td> <td>49.53% </td> <td>45.55% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">41.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>33,414 </td> <td>34,120 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">38,943 </td> <td>46.57% </td> <td>47.39% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">45.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>158 </td> <td>272 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">289 </td> <td>0.22% </td> <td>0.38% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>766 </td> <td>1,184 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,230 </td> <td>1.07% </td> <td>1.64% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>13 </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">82 </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>133 </td> <td>300 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">460 </td> <td>0.19% </td> <td>0.42% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>726 </td> <td>1,234 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,953 </td> <td>1.01% </td> <td>1.71% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>1,007 </td> <td>2,069 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,772 </td> <td>1.40% </td> <td>2.87% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">5.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>71,757</b> </td> <td><b>71,993</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>84,872</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 2010 census determined that the racial and ethnic makeup for the city was 47% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a>, 46% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a> <1% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 2% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 1% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, 2% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> people of any race were 3% of the population. In 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the racial and ethnic makeup for Lake Charles was 46.2% Black or African American, 42.5% non-Hispanic white, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.6% Asian, 2.6% some other race, 5.6% two or more races, and 5.6% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In common with most of the <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Southern_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in the Southern United States">American South</a>, Christianity is the predominant religion in the Lake Area. According to the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Religion_Data_Archives" title="Association of Religion Data Archives">Association of Religion Data Archives</a> in 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic church">Roman Catholic Church</a> is the area's largest individual Christian denomination, with 51,161 adherents in Calcasieu Parish alone.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Southern Baptist Convention was the city and area's second largest denomination, followed by non-denominational Protestant churches. Other prominent Christian denominations have included the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.">National Baptist Convention, USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_God_in_Christ" title="Church of God in Christ">Church of God in Christ</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God_USA" title="Assemblies of God USA">Assemblies of God USA</a>. </p><p>Additionally, outside of Christianity, there were an estimated 354 adherents of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in the city and metropolitan area. According to Dwellics and <a href="/wiki/Sperling%27s_BestPlaces" class="mw-redirect" title="Sperling's BestPlaces">Sperling's BestPlaces</a>, there is also a small <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> population.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime">Crime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, the violent crime rate in the Lake Charles area was of the highest in the United States, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked include rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Charles is safer than 13% of cities in the United States. For every 100,000 people, 13.11 daily crimes occur in Lake Charles. Year over year, crime in Lake Charles has decreased by 25%.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg/220px-SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg/330px-SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg/440px-SWIMMING_IN_POLLUTED_LAKE_CHARLES._OLIN-MATHIESON_PLANT_IN_BACKGROUND_-_NARA_-_546145.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption>Swimming in polluted Lake Charles opposite the Olin Mathieson chemical plant in 1972. Cleanup efforts of Lake Charles' waterways have been so successful that <a href="/wiki/Prien_Lake" title="Prien Lake">Prien Lake</a> now supports both recreational and commercial fishing, and has a safe public beach.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The top employer, the Calcasieu Parish School System, employs approximately 5,000 workers. The second-largest employer is L'Auberge Casino Resort, which has 2,400 workers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry_and_manufacturing">Industry and manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Industry and manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several petrochemical plants and an oil refinery are located nearby along the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Ship_Channel" title="Calcasieu Ship Channel">Calcasieu Ship Channel</a>. Turner Industries, <a href="/wiki/Westlake_Chemical" class="mw-redirect" title="Westlake Chemical">Westlake Chemical Corporation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Citgo_Petroleum_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Citgo Petroleum Corporation">Citgo</a> each employ over a thousand people.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Trunkline_LNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Trunkline LNG">Trunkline LNG</a> terminal, immediately southwest of Lake Charles, is one of the United States' few <a href="/wiki/Liquified_natural_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquified natural gas">liquified natural gas</a> terminals. It has facilities for LNG receipt, storage, and re-gasification. Other industrial companies include <a href="/wiki/PPG_Industries" title="PPG Industries">PPG Industries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phillips_66" title="Phillips 66">Phillips 66</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sasol" title="Sasol">Sasol</a>, and <a href="/wiki/W._R._Grace_and_Company" title="W. R. Grace and Company">W. R. Grace</a>. Local industry also includes a number of manufacturing companies. <a href="/wiki/Chennault_International_Airport" title="Chennault International Airport">Chennault International Airport</a> hosts <a href="/wiki/AAR_Corp" title="AAR Corp">AAR Corp</a>, which services airplanes, and a <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> facility. <a href="/wiki/The_Shaw_Group" title="The Shaw Group">The Shaw Group</a> has a manufacturing facility which manufactures and exports parts for nuclear power plants.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commerce_and_retail">Commerce and retail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Commerce and retail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With small businesses, big box stores, and a regional mall, Lake Charles serves as the shopping and retail hub of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">five-parish area</a>. <a href="/wiki/Prien_Lake_Mall" title="Prien Lake Mall">Prien Lake Mall</a>, which serves nearly 300,000 people is anchored by three department stores.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lake Charles Power Center is a <a href="/wiki/Power_center_(retail)" title="Power center (retail)">shopping area</a> that has 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of shopping space.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cottage Shop District supports approximately a dozen small businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casinos">Casinos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Casinos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG/220px-Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG/330px-Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG/440px-Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles has Louisiana's biggest casino market.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/L%27Auberge_du_Lac_Resort" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Auberge du Lac Resort">L'Auberge du Lac</a> Casino Resort is a 242 acres (98 ha), 26-story hotel in Lake Charles. It has nearly 1000 guest rooms, a casino, golf course, spa, and meeting center.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second casino, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Nugget_Lake_Charles" title="Golden Nugget Lake Charles">Golden Nugget Lake Charles</a>, opened in 2014 next to L'Auberge du Lac.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 18-story casino resort hotel has more than 740 guest rooms, a casino, golf course, meeting space, retail corridor and a private beach and marina.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Entertainment" title="Caesars Entertainment">Horseshoe Lake Charles</a> is technically in one of the city's suburbs known as <a href="/wiki/Westlake,_Louisiana" title="Westlake, Louisiana">Westlake, Louisiana</a>, it forms part of the city's gambling market along with <a href="/wiki/Delta_Downs" title="Delta Downs">Delta Downs</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vinton,_Louisiana" title="Vinton, Louisiana">Vinton, Louisiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coushatta_Casino_Resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Coushatta Casino Resort">Coushatta Casino Resort</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kinder,_Louisiana" title="Kinder, Louisiana">Kinder, Louisiana</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG/220px-Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG/330px-Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG/440px-Old_City_Hall_LC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>City Hall Arts and Cultural Center</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles has a <a href="/wiki/Creole_peoples" title="Creole peoples">Creole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cajun" class="mw-redirect" title="Cajun">Cajun</a> culture because of its location in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">Southwest Louisiana</a>—an extension of <a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Acadiana</a>. </p><p>The city has its own <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Symphony" title="Lake Charles Symphony">symphony orchestra</a>, the Lake Charles Symphony. It was founded in 1938 and hosts concerts at the Rosa Hart Theatre,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has a capacity of over 2,000.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lake Charles Little Theatre was founded in 1927 and is the second oldest community theater in Louisiana.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake Charles is home to a number of museums and art galleries. The largest, the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, features a permanent historical exhibit with artifacts and an art gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its grounds are home to the Sallier oak tree, which is around 400 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Historic City Hall Arts and Cultural Center is used as exhibition space; moving art exhibits are displayed at this public art gallery each month.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also hosts the Charlestown Farmers' Market, which provides a venue for local farmers and merchants to sell goods.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Central School Arts and Humanities Center, located in the historical Charpentier District, is owned by the city. <i>Charpentier</i> is French for "carpenter", a reference to the carpenter-architects who built the mixed-style homes in the district. Central School features the Black Heritage Art Gallery, which is on the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_African_American_Heritage_Trail" title="Louisiana African American Heritage Trail">Louisiana African American Heritage Trail</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu, which features extravagant costumes and an interactive float. It has the largest collection of Mardi Gras memorabilia in the South.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other studios and cultural activities include the Art Associates Gallery, Studio 347 Gallery, the Lake Charles Symphony, and the Lake Charles Community Band. </p><p><a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a> produces the annual Banners Series of various musical and theatrical performances. Banners also hosts lectures and presentations from notable persons and academics. Local theaters include the Lake Charles Little Theatre, the Artists Civic Theatre and Studio (ACTS), and the Children's Theatre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Louisiana_Pirate_Festival">Louisiana Pirate Festival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Louisiana Pirate Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Contraband_Days" title="Contraband Days">Contraband Days</a></div> <p>Many festivals are held at the Civic Center. The most popular, the Louisiana Pirate Festival (formerly Contraband Days), is hosted on the Civic Center grounds and lakefront. The festival is a twelve-day annual festival held during the first two weeks of May. The celebrations are filled with savory Cajun food, family fun, and live entertainment, including several national acts. The festival is regularly attended by more than 200,000 people, making it one of the largest celebrations in Louisiana. In a reference to the legends of piracy on the lake and Contraband Bayou, the festival begins when the pirate <a href="/wiki/Jean_Lafitte" title="Jean Lafitte">Jean Lafitte</a><sup id="cite_ref-historicalmarker_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicalmarker-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his crew capture the city and force the mayor to walk the plank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mardi_Gras">Mardi Gras</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Mardi Gras"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg/220px-Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg/330px-Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg/440px-Lake_Charles_Mardi_Gras_Museum_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2430" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a> in Lake Charles has a long history dating back to 1882, when Momus, King of Mardi Gras, landed his royal yacht at the foot of Pujo Street downtown. Throughout the two World Wars, Mardi Gras was downsized which led to a lack of participation by the area's youth. However, an interest in redeveloping the festivities arose, and the first Mardi Gras Ball in Lake Charles was staged in 1964. The full revival of Mardi Gras in Lake Charles was not realized until 1979, when several <a href="/wiki/Krewe" title="Krewe">Krewe</a> captains formed the "Krewe of Krewes", with the primary purpose of parading and promoting Mardi Gras for local residents. In 1985, Mardi Gras of Imperial Calcasieu, Inc. was formed by a group of civic-minded volunteers to further aid in the preservation of this festival.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardi Gras in Lake Charles regularly draws in crowds of 150,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_events">Cultural events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cultural events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the city's cultural events include Chuck Fest, Martin Luther King Festival, Livestock Show & Rodeo, Black Heritage Festival, Garden Festival, Palm Sunday Tour of Homes, Downtown at Sundown, Memorial Day Avenue of Flags, Crawfish Festival, Asian/American Culturefest, Cajun French, Creole, Zydeco Music & Zydeco Trail Rides, Food Festivals, Marshland Festival, Gatorman Triathlon, Music & Food Festival, Arts Fest, and Riverside Fall Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg/220px-Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg/330px-Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg/440px-Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3413" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Central Library</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles has four libraries. The largest, with over 400,000 volumes, is Frazar Memorial Library, on the McNeese State University campus.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first library, Carnegie Memorial Library, was financed by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" title="Andrew Carnegie">Andrew Carnegie</a> and opened in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also houses the Southwest Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Library. It, Central Library and Epps Memorial Library are part of the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish_Public_Library" title="Calcasieu Parish Public Library">Calcasieu Parish Public Library</a>, which has 13 locations in <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcasieu Parish">Calcasieu Parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bonnettefield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bonnettefield.jpg/220px-Bonnettefield.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bonnettefield.jpg/330px-Bonnettefield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bonnettefield.jpg/440px-Bonnettefield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="973" /></a><figcaption>Cowboy Stadium</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles is home to the <a href="/wiki/McNeese_Cowboys" class="mw-redirect" title="McNeese Cowboys">McNeese Cowboys</a>, whose football team hosts games at <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Stadium" title="Cowboy Stadium">Cowboy Stadium</a> which has a seating capacity of 17,410.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Burton_Coliseum" title="Burton Coliseum">Burton Coliseum</a> hosts the McNeese basketball teams. </p><p>Lake Charles has been home to the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Charles Lakers">Lake Charles Lakers</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Minor-league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor-league baseball">minor-league baseball</a> teams, indoor football teams, a minor-league ice hockey team and soccer teams. </p><p>Golf is popular at the city's Mallard Cove Golf Course. Other golf courses include Gray Plantation Golf Course, Lake Charles Country Club Golf Course, the Contraband Bayou Golf Club, and the Country Club at Golden Nugget. Gray Plantation Golf Course is featured on Louisiana's Audubon Golf Trail.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Lake Charles Little League has had nationally winning teams televised on ESPN. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/220px-Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/330px-Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg/440px-Boardwalk_at_Lake_Charles%2C_Louisiana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1283" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Boardwalk</figcaption></figure> <p>The city has 31 parks, many of which include playground equipment, athletic facilities, and walking paths.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiver-Me-Timbers Millennium Park, located downtown, was built entirely by volunteers in 2000. Adventure Cove, a state-of-the-art park, was also built by volunteers, and is specifically designed for handicapped children.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hunting and fishing are popular with both residents and visitors to the Lake Area.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/National_Scenic_Byway" title="National Scenic Byway">All-American Road</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Creole_Nature_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="Creole Nature Trail">Creole Nature Trail</a> – "Louisiana's Outback" – brings tourists to Lake Charles and throughout <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">Southwest Louisiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Charles has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> government. The elected officials include the mayor, the clerk of court, and seven city council members. Each council member represents a district within the city limits. One is elected president and presides over each meeting. The mayor serves a four-year term. The current mayor is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nic_Hunter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nic Hunter (page does not exist)">Nic Hunter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor appoints the <a href="/wiki/City_attorney" title="City attorney">city attorney</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Charles Police Department">Lake Charles Police Department</a> (LCPD) provides law enforcement and protection for the city. The police chief is appointed to a six-year term,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the fire chief is also appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lake Charles Fire Department has eight stations and 15 companies.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a> also has its own police department, the McNeese State University Police Department.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lake Charles City Court's jurisdiction covers the city and Ward 3 in <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcasieu Parish">Calcasieu Parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Fourteenth Judicial District Court, in downtown Lake Charles, covers Calcasieu Parish and includes nine judges who preside over family, juvenile, civil, and criminal trials.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Charles is home to a <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Louisiana" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana">United States District Court</a>, also downtown.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Circuit_Courts_of_Appeal" title="Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal">Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals</a> is headquartered in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake Charles is represented by <a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Clay Higgins</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">Louisiana's 3rd congressional district</a>. Most of the city is represented by Senator Jeremy Stine of District 27 in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a>, though Mark Abraham's District 25 includes some neighborhoods of south Lake Charles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities_and_colleges">Universities and colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Universities and colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center,_McNeese_State_University.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg/220px-Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg/330px-Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg/440px-Shearman_Fine_Arts_Center%2C_McNeese_State_University.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption>Entrance Plaza and Shearman Fine Arts Center at <a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The city has one university and one community college. <a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State University</a>, on a 121-acre (0.49 km<sup>2</sup>) campus lined with oak trees in the heart of Lake Charles, is a four-year public university in the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisiana_System" title="University of Louisiana System">University of Louisiana System</a>. <a href="/wiki/Contraband_Bayou" title="Contraband Bayou">Contraband Bayou</a> flows through it. McNeese was founded in 1939 and named after educator <a href="/wiki/John_McNeese" title="John McNeese">John McNeese</a>. It offers over 80 majors, and includes the colleges of <a href="/wiki/Business" title="Business">Business</a>, <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a>, Engineering and Engineering Technology, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Arts">Liberal Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nursing" title="Nursing">Nursing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">Science</a>, Honors College, and the Doré School of Graduate Studies. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">Southern Association of Colleges and Schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other properties include a 65-acre (260,000 m<sup>2</sup>) athletic plant and student apartment complex, the Louisiana Environmental Research Center, <a href="/wiki/Burton_Coliseum" title="Burton Coliseum">Burton Coliseum</a>, the 503-acre (2.04 km<sup>2</sup>) MSU Farm, and nearly 1,600 acres (6.5 km<sup>2</sup>) of donated farm property used for research, farming, and ranching.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 8,500 students attend McNeese.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/SOWELA_Technical_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="SOWELA Technical Community College">SOWELA Technical Community College</a> offers associate degrees, technical diplomas, certificate programs, and general education courses that can transfer to four-year universities.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Delta School of Business and Technology specializes in vocational courses.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_schools">Primary and secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Charles's public schools are operated by the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish_Public_School_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcasieu Parish Public School System">Calcasieu Parish Public School System</a>. 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<a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Acadiana</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dd>This region includes the following cities: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Charles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/DeRidder,_Louisiana" title="DeRidder, Louisiana">DeRidder</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jennings,_Louisiana" title="Jennings, Louisiana">Jennings</a><br />Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KPLC" title="KPLC">KPLC</a> (7.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 7.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>, 7.3 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 7.4 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 7.5 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 7.6 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSWL-LD" title="KSWL-LD">KSWL-LD</a> (17.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 17.2 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 17.3 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>, 17.4 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, 17.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Public_Broadcasting" title="Louisiana Public Broadcasting">KLTL-TV</a> (18.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Public_Broadcasting" title="Louisiana Public Broadcasting">LPB</a>, 18.2 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 18.3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWWE-LD" title="KWWE-LD">KWWE-LD</a> (19.1 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>/<a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 19.2 <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, 19.3 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart" title="Jimmy Swaggart">Sonlife</a>, 19.4 <a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>, 19.5 <a href="/wiki/Jewelry_Television" title="Jewelry Television">JTV</a>)</li> <li>KFAM-CD 24 (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVHP" title="KVHP">KVHP</a> (29.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 29.2 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 29.3 Blank, 29.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 29.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 29.6 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KITU-TV" title="KITU-TV">KITU-TV</a> (34.1 <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a>, 34.2 <a href="/wiki/TBN_Inspire" title="TBN Inspire">Inspire</a>, 34.3 <a href="/wiki/Enlace" title="Enlace">Enlace</a>, 34.4 <a href="/wiki/Smile_(TV_network)" title="Smile (TV network)">Smile</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K21OB-D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K21OB-D (page does not exist)">K21OB-D</a> (45.1 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Distant<br />stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Lafayette_TV" title="Template:Lafayette TV">Lafayette</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/KATC_(TV)" title="KATC (TV)">KATC</a> (3.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 3.2 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>, 3.3 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 3.4 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 3.5 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 3.6 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KLFY-TV" title="KLFY-TV">KLFY-TV</a> (10.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 10.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>, 10.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 10.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KLAF-LD" title="KLAF-LD">KLAF-LD</a> (14.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KADN-TV" title="KADN-TV">KADN-TV</a> (15.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/KLAF-LD" title="KLAF-LD">15.2</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 15.3 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, 15.4 <a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">Toons</a>, 15.5 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KDCG-CD" title="KDCG-CD">KDCG-CD</a> (22.1 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, 22.2 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 22.3 <a href="/wiki/Buzzr" title="Buzzr">Buzzr</a>, 22.4 <a href="/wiki/Movies!" title="Movies!">Movies!</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KXKW-LD" title="KXKW-LD">KXKW-LD</a> (32.1/.3 <a href="/wiki/Get_After_It_Media" title="Get After It Media">Action</a>/simulcast of <a href="/wiki/KLWB-FM" title="KLWB-FM">KLWB-FM</a> 103.7, 32.2 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 32.4 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 32.5 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quest (TV network)">Quest</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KLWB_(TV)" title="KLWB (TV)">KLWB</a> (50.1 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/KDCG-CD" title="KDCG-CD">50.2</a> <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, 50.3 <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, 50.4 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>, 50.5 <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, 50.6 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>)</dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Beaumont_TV" title="Template:Beaumont TV">Beaumont</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/KBTV-TV" title="KBTV-TV">KBTV-TV</a> (4.1 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 4.2 <a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a>, 4.3 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a>, 4.4 <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>, 4.5 <a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KFDM" title="KFDM">KFDM</a> (6.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 6.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>, 6.3 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KBMT" title="KBMT">KBMT</a> (12.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 12.2 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 12.3 <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, 12.4 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 12.7 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 12.8 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>, 12.16 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a> → <a href="/wiki/The365" class="mw-redirect" title="The365">The365</a> (soon))</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KTAG-TV" title="KTAG-TV">KTAG-TV 25</a> (<a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KYHT-LD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KYHT-LD (page does not exist)">KYHT-LD</a> (43.1 <a href="/wiki/Heartland_(TV_network)" title="Heartland (TV network)">Heartland</a>, 43.2 VidorVision, 43.3 <a href="/wiki/The_Family_Channel_(American_TV_network,_founded_2008)" title="The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)">FAM</a>, 43.4 Familia TV, 43.5 <a href="/wiki/Rev%27n" title="Rev'n">Rev'n</a>, 43.6 <a href="/wiki/Retro_TV" title="Retro TV">Retro</a>, 43.7 <a href="/wiki/KHTW" title="KHTW">KHTW</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast television</a> areas by city</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Alexandria_LA_TV" title="Template:Alexandria LA TV">Alexandria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Baton_Rouge_TV" title="Template:Baton Rouge TV">Baton Rouge</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Lafayette_TV" title="Template:Lafayette TV">Lafayette</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Lake_Charles_TV" title="Template:Lake Charles TV">Lake Charles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Monroe_TV" title="Template:Monroe TV">Monroe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:New_Orleans_TV" title="Template:New Orleans TV">New Orleans</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Shreveport-Texarkana_TV" title="Template:Shreveport-Texarkana TV">Shreveport/Texarkana</a></dd></dl> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/KBYS_(FM)" title="KBYS (FM)">KBYS</a> 88.3 <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">Oldies</a>, <a href="/wiki/KRVS" title="KRVS">KRVS</a> 88.7 <a href="/wiki/Npr" class="mw-redirect" title="Npr">Npr</a>, <a href="/wiki/KRLR_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KRLR (FM)">KRLR</a> 89.1 <a href="/wiki/K-Love" title="K-Love">K-Love</a>, <a href="/wiki/KYLC" class="mw-redirect" title="KYLC">KYLC</a> 90.3, <a href="/wiki/KOJO_(FM)" title="KOJO (FM)">KOJO (FM)</a> 91.1, <a href="/wiki/KBAN" class="mw-redirect" title="KBAN">KBAN</a> 91.5, <a href="/wiki/KTSR" title="KTSR">KTSR</a> 92.1 <a href="/wiki/Classic_rock" title="Classic rock">Classic Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/KHLA" title="KHLA">KHLA</a> 92.9 <a href="/wiki/Classic_Hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Hits">Classic Hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/KPPM-LP" title="KPPM-LP">KPPM-LP</a> 93.5 <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary_gospel" title="Urban contemporary gospel">Black Gospel</a>, <a href="/wiki/KSMB-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="KSMB-FM">KSMB</a> 94.5 <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Hit_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Hit Radio">Top40(Chr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/KYKZ" title="KYKZ">KYKZ</a> 96.1 <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="/wiki/KQLK" title="KQLK">KQLK</a> 97.9 <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="/wiki/W252AQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W252AQ">W252AQ</a> 98.3, <a href="/wiki/KNGT" title="KNGT">KNGT</a> 99.5 <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="/wiki/KELB-LP" title="KELB-LP">KELB-LP</a> 100.5, <a href="/wiki/KKGB" title="KKGB">KKGB</a> 101.3 <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainstream Rock">Mainstream Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/KYBG" title="KYBG">KYBG</a> 102.1 <a href="/wiki/Classic_Hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic Hits">Classic Hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/KAJN-FM" title="KAJN-FM">KAJN-FM</a> 102.9 <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Christian">Contemporary Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/KBIU" title="KBIU">KBIU</a> 103.3 <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Hit_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Hit Radio">Chr</a>, <a href="/wiki/KLCJ" class="mw-redirect" title="KLCJ">KLCJ</a> 104.1 <a href="/wiki/Oldies" title="Oldies">Oldies</a>, <a href="/wiki/KKMY" title="KKMY">KKMY</a> 104.5 <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Top_40" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythmic Top 40">Rhythmic Top 40</a>, <a href="/wiki/KZWA" title="KZWA">KZWA</a> 104.9 <a href="/wiki/Urban_Adult_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Adult Contemporary">Urban Adult Contemporary</a>, <a href="/wiki/KIOC" title="KIOC">KIOC</a> 106.1 <a href="/wiki/Active_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Active Rock">Active Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/KJMH" title="KJMH">KJMH</a> 107.5 <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">Urban</a>, <a href="/wiki/KLVI" title="KLVI">KLVI</a> 560 <a href="/wiki/News/Talk" class="mw-redirect" title="News/Talk">News/Talk</a>, <a href="/wiki/KAOK" title="KAOK">KAOK</a> 1400 <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">Talk</a>, <a href="/wiki/KLCL" title="KLCL">KLCL</a> 1470 <a href="/wiki/Urban_Adult_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Adult Contemporary">Urban Adult Contemporary</a>, <a href="/wiki/KHB42" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB42">KHB42</a> 162.400 <a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Radio_stations_in_the_Lake_Charles_metropolitan_area_(Louisiana)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lake_Charles_Radio" title="Template:Lake Charles Radio"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lake_Charles_Radio" title="Template talk:Lake Charles Radio"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lake_Charles_Radio" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lake Charles Radio"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Radio_stations_in_the_Lake_Charles_metropolitan_area_(Louisiana)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Radio stations in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_metropolitan_area" title="Lake Charles metropolitan area">Lake Charles metropolitan area</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KLVI" title="KLVI">560</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAOK" title="KAOK">1400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLCL" title="KLCL">1470</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBYS_(FM)" title="KBYS (FM)">88.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRVS" title="KRVS">88.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLR_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KRLR (FM)">89.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KITA_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KITA (FM)">89.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTXB" class="mw-redirect" title="KTXB">89.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYLC" class="mw-redirect" title="KYLC">90.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOJO_(FM)" title="KOJO (FM)">91.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTSR" title="KTSR">92.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHLA" title="KHLA">92.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYKZ" title="KYKZ">96.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQLK" title="KQLK">97.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNGT" title="KNGT">99.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKGB" title="KKGB">101.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYBG" title="KYBG">102.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBIU" title="KBIU">103.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLCJ" class="mw-redirect" title="KLCJ">104.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZWA" title="KZWA">104.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIOC" title="KIOC">106.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJMH" title="KJMH">107.5</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting" title="Low-power broadcasting">LPFM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KPPM-LP" title="KPPM-LP">93.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELB-LP" title="KELB-LP">100.5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KEBL-LP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KEBL-LP (page does not exist)">105.5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K246CK" class="mw-redirect" title="K246CK">97.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252AQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W252AQ">98.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K261EB" class="mw-redirect" title="K261EB">100.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K272EI" class="mw-redirect" title="K272EI">102.3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a><br />frequency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHB42" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB42">162.400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">call sign</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K246CK" class="mw-redirect" title="K246CK">K246CK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K261EB" class="mw-redirect" title="K261EB">K261EB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K272EI" class="mw-redirect" title="K272EI">K272EI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAOK" title="KAOK">KAOK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBIU" title="KBIU">KBIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBYS_(FM)" title="KBYS (FM)">KBYS</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KEBL-LP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KEBL-LP (page does not exist)">KEBL-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELB-LP" title="KELB-LP">KELB-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHB42" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB42">KHB42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHLA" title="KHLA">KHLA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIOC" title="KIOC">KIOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KITA_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KITA (FM)">KITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJMH" title="KJMH">KJMH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKGB" title="KKGB">KKGB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLCJ" class="mw-redirect" title="KLCJ">KLCJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLCL" title="KLCL">KLCL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLVI" title="KLVI">KLVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOJO_(FM)" title="KOJO (FM)">KOJO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNGT" title="KNGT">KNGT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPPM-LP" title="KPPM-LP">KPPM-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQLK" title="KQLK">KQLK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLR_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KRLR (FM)">KRLR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRVS" title="KRVS">KRVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTSR" title="KTSR">KTSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTXB" class="mw-redirect" title="KTXB">KTXB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYBG" title="KYBG">KYBG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYKZ" title="KYKZ">KYKZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYLC" class="mw-redirect" title="KYLC">KYLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZWA" title="KZWA">KZWA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252AQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W252AQ">W252AQ</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KJEF_(AM)" title="KJEF (AM)">KJEF (1290 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEZM" title="KEZM">KEZM (1310 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXZZ_(AM)" title="KXZZ (AM)">KXZZ (1580 AM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Nearby regions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Alexandria_Radio" title="Template:Alexandria Radio">Alexandria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Beaumont-Port_Arthur_Radio" title="Template:Beaumont-Port Arthur Radio">Beaumont-Port Arthur</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Fort_Polk_South_Radio" title="Template:Fort Polk South Radio">Fort Polk South</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Houston_Radio" title="Template:Houston Radio">Houston</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Lafayette_Radio" title="Template:Lafayette Radio">Lafayette</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Louisiana" title="List of radio stations in Louisiana">List of radio stations in Louisiana</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's streets are laid out primarily in a <a href="/wiki/Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid pattern</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Louisiana" title="Interstate 10 in Louisiana">Interstate 10</a> passes through Lake Charles, connecting the city with <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans</a> to the east. The <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_River_Bridge" title="Calcasieu River Bridge">Calcasieu River Bridge</a> crosses the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_River" title="Calcasieu River">Calcasieu River</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Louisiana)" title="Lake Charles (Louisiana)">lake</a>. Featuring decorative flintlock pistols on the railing, it is 135 feet (41 m) high. About 50,000 vehicles pass over it daily.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its age of over 60 years, it is considered safe by the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Transportation_and_Development" title="Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development">Louisiana DOTD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_210_(Louisiana)" title="Interstate 210 (Louisiana)">Interstate 210</a> is an interstate highway bypass that loops through the southern portion of the city. The curving <a href="/wiki/Israel_LaFleur_Bridge" title="Israel LaFleur Bridge">Israel LaFleur Bridge</a> goes over the <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Ship_Channel" title="Calcasieu Ship Channel">Calcasieu Ship Channel</a>. This bridge has a 96% rating even after withstanding recent hurricanes. The loop has served Lake Charles commuters for 40 years, and carries about 40,000 vehicles per day.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other major highways include <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_90_in_Louisiana" title="U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana">U.S. Highway 90</a>, which runs parallel with Interstate 10, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_171_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 171 in Louisiana">U.S. Highway 171</a>, which connects the city to the north with <a href="/wiki/Moss_Bluff,_Louisiana" title="Moss Bluff, Louisiana">Moss Bluff</a>, <a href="/wiki/DeRidder,_Louisiana" title="DeRidder, Louisiana">DeRidder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a>. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_165" title="U.S. Route 165">Highway 165</a>, which runs northeast to <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria</a> terminates at Highway 90 just a few miles east of the city. <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Highway_14" title="Louisiana Highway 14">Louisiana Highway 14</a> ends at a junction with Highway 90, and runs south then east of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG/220px-Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG/330px-Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG/440px-Lake_Charles_Airport.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2294" /></a><figcaption>Lake Charles Regional Airport terminal</figcaption></figure> <p>Lake Charles is served by two airports. <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Regional_Airport" title="Lake Charles Regional Airport">Lake Charles Regional Airport</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located south of the city, provides commercial airline service to <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chennault_International_Airport" title="Chennault International Airport">Chennault International Airport</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a fully operational airport, is an industrial and maintenance center. The latter airport, a former <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> base during the Cold War, is named for Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Claire_Chennault" class="mw-redirect" title="Claire Chennault">Claire Chennault</a>, the aviator famous for commanding the <a href="/wiki/Flying_Tigers" title="Flying Tigers">Flying Tigers</a> fighter group during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seaports">Seaports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Seaports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Lake_Charles" title="Port of Lake Charles">Port of Lake Charles</a> is the thirteenth-busiest <a href="/wiki/Seaport" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaport">seaport</a> in the United States, the fourth-largest liner service seaport in the U.S. Gulf, and a major West Gulf container load center. The City Docks in Lake Charles are the main hub of shipping activity.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Ship_Channel" title="Calcasieu Ship Channel">Calcasieu Ship Channel</a> provides direct access to the Gulf of Mexico 34 miles (55 km) downstream. The ship channel, which has a projected depth of 40 feet (12 m) and a bottom width of 400 feet (120 m), intersects the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Gulf Intracoastal Waterway">Gulf Intracoastal Waterway</a> just north of Calcasieu Lake.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Transit" title="Lake Charles Transit">Lake Charles Transit</a>, the city's bus system, provides five routes throughout the city.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has one <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyhound bus">Greyhound bus</a> station, and the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Charles (Amtrak station)">Amtrak station</a> serves the <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Limited" title="Sunset Limited">Sunset Limited</a> train route. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Electrical needs are provided by the energy company <a href="/wiki/Entergy" title="Entergy">Entergy</a>. The city provides <a href="/wiki/Drinking_water" title="Drinking water">drinking water</a> and sewage service to residents within city limits. Water is treated at six water treatment facilities in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare_and_medicine">Healthcare and medicine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Healthcare and medicine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Charles is served by two hospitals with multiple locations. Christus St. Patrick Hospital operates the Lake Area Medical Center campus in south Lake Charles, and Lake Charles Memorial Hospital operates a birthing hospital called Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The musical <i><a href="/wiki/Caroline,_or_Change" title="Caroline, or Change">Caroline, or Change</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Kushner" title="Tony Kushner">Tony Kushner</a>, which was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> for Best Musical in 2004, is set in Lake Charles.</li> <li>Lake Charles is mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Road" title="On the Road">On the Road</a></i>. After leaving Sal Paradise in Mexico, Dean Moriarty's car breaks down in Lake Charles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucinda_Williams" title="Lucinda Williams">Lucinda Williams</a>, singer and songwriter, wrote the song "Lake Charles" about her hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lake Charles is mentioned as the traveler's destination in the song "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_Cripple_Creek" title="Up on Cripple Creek">Up on Cripple Creek</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Charles is featured or mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowning_Pool_(film)" title="The Drowning Pool (film)">The Drowning Pool</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beyond_(1981_film)" title="The Beyond (1981 film)">The Beyond</a></i>, <i>A Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Passion_Fish" title="Passion Fish">Passion Fish</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Eats" title="Good Eats">Good Eats</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/UFC_22" title="UFC 22">UFC 22</a>: There Can Be Only One Champion</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/UFC_24" title="UFC 24">UFC 24</a>: First Defense</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Vinyl" title="Blue Vinyl">Blue Vinyl</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Chenier" title="Little Chenier">Little Chenier</a></i>, <i>Mercy</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Split_Ends_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Split Ends (U.S. TV series)">Split Ends</a></i>, <i>All Over But to Cry</i>, <i>Film Hustle</i>, <i>Good Boy</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/10_Cloverfield_Lane" title="10 Cloverfield Lane">10 Cloverfield Lane</a></i>. </p> <ul><li>In the 1969 film <i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Rider" title="Easy Rider">Easy Rider</a></i>, the as-yet unfinished I-210 Israel LaFleur Bridge can be seen in the background of a motorcycle scene with <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hopper" title="Dennis Hopper">Dennis Hopper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fonda" title="Peter Fonda">Peter Fonda</a> traveling west through Lake Charles on the I-10 Interstate.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_sister_cities_in_the_United_States" title="List of sister cities in the United States">List of sister cities in the United States</a></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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newspapers in Louisiana">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Louisiana" title="List of radio stations in Louisiana">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Louisiana" title="List of television stations in Louisiana">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Louisiana" title="Politics of Louisiana">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Acadiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ark-La-Tex" title="Ark-La-Tex">Ark-La-Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Louisiana" title="Central Louisiana">Central Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Parishes" title="Florida Parishes">Florida Parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_metropolitan_area" title="New Orleans metropolitan area">Greater New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest Louisiana">Northwest Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Louisiana" title="North Louisiana">North Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">Southwest Louisiana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities,_towns,_and_villages_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities, towns, and villages in Louisiana">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma,_Louisiana" title="Houma, Louisiana">Houma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenner,_Louisiana" title="Kenner, Louisiana">Kenner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Iberia,_Louisiana" title="New Iberia, Louisiana">New Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opelousas,_Louisiana" title="Opelousas, Louisiana">Opelousas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponchatoula,_Louisiana" title="Ponchatoula, Louisiana">Ponchatoula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruston,_Louisiana" title="Ruston, Louisiana">Ruston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slidell,_Louisiana" title="Slidell, Louisiana">Slidell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulphur,_Louisiana" title="Sulphur, Louisiana">Sulphur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chalmette,_Louisiana" title="Chalmette, Louisiana">Chalmette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey,_Louisiana" title="Harvey, Louisiana">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaPlace,_Louisiana" title="LaPlace, Louisiana">LaPlace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marrero,_Louisiana" title="Marrero, Louisiana">Marrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metairie,_Louisiana" title="Metairie, Louisiana">Metairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Bluff,_Louisiana" title="Moss Bluff, Louisiana">Moss Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrytown,_Louisiana" title="Terrytown, Louisiana">Terrytown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_metropolitan_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana metropolitan areas">Metros</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma,_Louisiana" title="Houma, Louisiana">Houma</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bayou_Cane,_Louisiana" title="Bayou Cane, Louisiana">Bayou Cane</a>–<a href="/wiki/Thibodaux,_Louisiana" title="Thibodaux, Louisiana">Thibodaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">Parishes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Acadia Parish, Louisiana">Acadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Allen Parish, Louisiana">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Ascension Parish, Louisiana">Ascension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Assumption Parish, Louisiana">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana">Avoyelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauregard_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Beauregard Parish, Louisiana">Beauregard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienville_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bienville Parish, Louisiana">Bienville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bossier Parish, Louisiana">Bossier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caddo_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caddo Parish, Louisiana">Caddo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana">Calcasieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caldwell Parish, Louisiana">Caldwell</a></li> 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