Louisiana — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions42
Athletic Sections9
Concepts (12)
Louisiana
Local NameLouisiana
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameState Legislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsParishes
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesNew Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles
Parish
Local NameParish
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NamePolice Jury
Executive TitleParish President
Executive RequiredNo
SubdivisionsCities, Towns, Villages
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor
SubdivisionsNo
Town
Local NameTown
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameTown Council
Executive TitleMayor
Executive RequiredNo
Legislative CommitteesNo
Village
Local NameVillage
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameVillage Council
Executive RequiredNo
Legislative CommitteesNo
Parish School District
Local NameParish School District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameParish School Board
Class
Local NameClass
Parent Org NameLHSAA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (1)
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Statusno live LADOTD-native source confirmed (giswebnew.dotd.la.gov was unreachable this session — may be a transient block, worth a retry)
Fallbackhttps://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/State_County/MapServer/1 (Census TIGERweb, filter STATE='22') — verified 64 parishes.
Municipalities
Urlhttps://data-ladotd.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/LADOTD::municipal-boundaries
ProviderLouisiana DOTD Open Data (ETL'd from Census + LADOTD)
TypeArcGIS/Esri Hub, geojson download
Noteverified 304 records.
Field mapping (4)
PlaceNameShort (Or PlaceNameFull)name — the suffix ("village"/"city") carries the legal class directly, e.g. "Morganza village"
PlaceFIPS / GEOIDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "census_geoid")
PlaceClassCode / PlaceClassCodeDescriptionconcept_id
ParishName1 (Through 5) / ParishFIPS1parent parish (some places span multiple)
School Districts
Statusno LDOE-hosted GIS/API found
Fallbackhttps://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/School/MapServer/0 (Census TIGERweb, filter STATE='22') — verified 69 unified school districts.
Educational Region
Statusconfirmed none — Louisiana's closest analog is the state-run Special School District (a single statewide agency for special-needs/ deaf/blind schools, not a regional shared-services confederation like BOCES).
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the parish FIPS from the counties source above.