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Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area

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Shreveport–Bossier City
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Shreveport–Bossier City, LA
Metropolitan Statistical Area
From top to bottom: Shreveport, Bossier City
Map
Map of Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden, LACSA
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
Principal communities
List
Area
• Metro
2,699 sq mi (6,990 km2)
Population
(2020)
•MSA
393,406 (140th)
Time zoneUTC-6(CST)
• Summer (DST)UTC-5(CDT)
Interstates
TheRed RiverbetweenShreveportandBossier City

TheShreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area,officially designatedShreveport–Bossier Cityby theU.S. Office of Management and Budget,[1]or simplyGreater Shreveport,is ametropolitan statistical areainnorthwesternLouisianathat covers three parishes:Caddo,Bossier,andDeSoto.[2]At the2020 United States census,the metropolitan region had a population of 393,406; itsAmerican Community Surveypopulation was 397,590 per census estimates.[3]With a2010 censuspopulation of 439,000, it declined to become Louisiana's fourth largest metropolis at 394,706 residents at the 2019 census estimates.[1]

Shreveport–Bossier City is the largest economic and cultural center of North Louisiana and the widerArk-La-Texregion.[4]The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan region comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities in the Ark-La-Tex.[5]It is part of theI-20Cyber Corridor linking the area toRuston,Grambling,andMonroe,Louisiana;DallasandTyler,Texas;andAtlanta,Georgia.[6][7][8]

Shreveport–Bossier City's metropolitan economy is primarily based onoil and natural gas,manufacturing,casinos,restaurants,commerce,telecommunications,technology,banking,healthcareandmedical research,andadvertising.The largest companies operating within the metropolitan statistical area areAmazon,Calumet Specialty Products Partners,SWEPCO,AT&T MobilityandCricket Wireless,Louisiana State University,JPMorgan Chase,Comcast,Regions Financial Corporation,Brookshire Grocery Company,andWalmart.The metropolis is one of the most religious in the United States, Shreveport being one of the top 5 most religious cities in the United States in 2016.[9]

Geography[edit]

The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area has a total area a little over 2,699 square miles. The area is slightly larger than theU.S. stateofDelaware,and smaller thanConnecticutand theU.S. territoryofPuerto Rico.TheU.S. Office of Management and Budgetdefines the metropolitan region as coveringCaddo,Bossier,andDeSotoparishes.[2]Previously,Webster Parishwas considered part of Greater Shreveport; it is now part of theShreveport–Bossier City–Minden combined statistical area.Communities of the metropolis sit at elevations over 100 feet above sea level making them primary locations for coastal retreat due torising sea levels.[10][11]

The Shreveport–Bossier City area is located in theSouth Central United States,borderingEast TexasandSouth Arkansas.[12]As such, it is within thePiney Woodsecoregion.Its vegetation is classified as temperate forest and grassland. Much of the urbanized area was built on forested land, marshes, swamp, or prairie, remnants of which can still be seen throughout the metropolitan region.

Communities[edit]

Cities[edit]

Towns[edit]

Villages[edit]

Unincorporated areas[edit]

Census-designated places[edit]

Other communities[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
185023,869—
186036,78654.1%
187049,35134.2%
188057,94117.4%
189071,74523.8%
190093,71530.6%
1910107,62714.8%
1920134,90725.3%
1930184,07436.4%
1940215,16816.9%
1950241,08412.0%
1960305,72926.8%
1970317,4673.8%
1980358,60913.0%
1990359,6870.3%
2000375,9654.5%
2010398,6046.0%
2020393,406−1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]
1790–1960[14]1900–1990[15]
1990–2000[16]2010–2016[citation needed]
Lakeside Baptist Church in downtown Shreveport,[17]a historic African-American congregation

At the2010 United States census,[18]there were 557,201 people, 189,000 households, and 139,000 families residing within the metropolitan statistical area; in 2020, theUnited States censusdetermined it had a population of 393,406. TheAmerican Community Survey's 2020 census estimates postulated a rebound of 397,590.[3]

According to census estimates from 2015 to 2020, approximately 156,594 households were in the metropolitan area with an average of 2.5 people per household; 46% of the household were married, and spread among 184,148 housing units of which 85% were occupied. Of the housing units, 63% were owner-occupied and 71% were single-unit detached homes at a median value of $156,900. Residents in the metropolitan statistical area had a median household income of $46,610 and 20.9% of its population lived at or below the poverty line.

At the 2010 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of Shreveport–Bossier City was 60.58%White,28.74%African American,1.02%Native American,1.88%Asian,0.14%Pacific Islander,0.80% fromother races,1.22% from two or more races, and 6.08%HispanicorLatinoof any heritage. According to 2020 census estimates, 52% of its population were White Americans, and 40% were Black or African American.[3]Hispanic or Latino Americans of any race were 4% of the total metropolitan population, rebounding from previous census estimates after declining since the 2010 census.

In 2020 according toSperling's BestPlaces,roughly 63.5% of Shreveport–Bossier City was religious.[19]The city of Shreveport was ranked one of the most religious cities in the U.S. in 2016 through another study.[20]According to theAssociation of Religion Data Archivesin 2020, it remained one of the most Christian areas of the United States.[21]Per Sperling's, the largest religion in the metropolitan statistical area isChristianity,followed byIslam,Judaism,andeastern religionsincludingBuddhism,Sikhism,andHinduism.There is also a growingspiritual but not religiouscommunity.

Among Christians,Baptists,Methodists,andCatholicsform the largest communities in the metropolitan area. A 2014 study determined the leading Baptist denomination was theSouthern Baptist Convention.TheUnited Methodist Churchwas the largest Methodist body and theRoman Catholic Diocese of Shreveportwas the primary Catholic jurisdiction.[22]The same study also named Islam the second-largest religion in the area, with Shreveporter Muslims making up about 14% of Louisiana's total Muslim-affiliated population. In a separate study by the Association of Religion Data Archives for 2020, the Southern Baptists had 111,745 members spread throughout 151 churches in the area; and the United Methodists had 19,114 members in 46 churches.Historically African American Christian denominationsincluding theNational Baptist Convention,National Baptist Convention of America,andNational Missionary Baptist Conventionhad 32,132 members altogether.[21]

Economy[edit]

Shreveport Convention Center

Shreveport–Bossier City is the economic and cultural center of Northwest Louisiana and the widerArk-La-Textri-state region.It is also the largest economic metropolitan area in North Louisiana.[23]The area's economic activity is centered in the city ofShreveport,the parish seat ofCaddo Parish.

Much of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area's economy is based onoil and natural gas,manufacturing,casinos,restaurants,andcommerce.The city of Shreveport was once a major player in the national oil industry.Standard Oil of LouisianaandUnited Gas Corporationwere headquartered in the city until the 1960s and 1980s. Since the downturn in the oil industry,telecommunications,technology,banking,healthcareandmedical research,andadvertisinghave been rising industries since the early 2000s.Filminghas also been a prevalent industry in the metropolitan area.[24][25]

The largest companies operating within the metropolitan area areAmazon,[26]Calumet Specialty Products Partners,[27]SWEPCO,[28]AT&T MobilityandCricket Wireless,[29]Louisiana State University,JPMorgan Chase,[30]Regions Financial Corporation,[31]Comcast,andWalmart.AT&T, Chase, and Regions have regional offices within Shreveport's downtown area. TheTyler, Texas-basedBrookshire Grocery Companyoperates numerous Super 1 Foods and Brookshire's supermarkets in the area.[32][33]

From 2013-2014, Greater Shreveport had agross metropolitan productof nearly $23.6 billion and negative growth rate of 5.4 percent. Its gross metropolitan product had been declining since 2011 to a low of $19 billion in 2016.[34][23]In 2018, its gross metropolitan product rebounded to $23.7 billion.[23]Following statewide economic recovery trends, the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area was expected to gain at least 5,000 jobs by the third quarter of 2021.[35]As of 2021, its gross metropolitan product grew to $24.1 billion.[23]

Media[edit]

The principal cities of Shreveport and Bossier City have their own newspapers,The Shreveport TimesandBossier Press-Tribune,respectively. Other major publications in the metropolitan area includeThe Barksdale Warrior,The Shreveport Sun,Caddo Citizen, SB Magazine, The Forum Newsweekly, City Lights, The InquisitorandThe Shreveport Catalyst.

The central city of Shreveport is home to several radio stations, particularlyKWKHandKEEL.The three commercial television outlets for the metropolis areKSLA(CBS), founded in 1954;[36]KTBS-TV(ABC), founded in 1955;[37]andKTAL-TV,[38]which arrived in Shreveport in September 1961 as theNBCstation. KTBS was an NBC station, with occasional ABC programs, from 1955–1961, when it switched affiliation to ABC. KTAL, formerly known as KCMC ofTexarkana,was a CBS outlet prior to conversion to NBC, when it began to cover Shreveport as well asTexarkana.

Television[edit]

Channel Callsign Affiliation Subchannels Owner
(Virtual/RF) Channel Programming
3.1 (28) KTBS-TV ABC 3.2

3.3

The Local AccuWeather Channel

KTBS 24 Hour News

KTBS, Inc. (Wray Family)
6.1 (15) KTAL-TV NBC Nexstar Media Group
12.1 (17) KSLA CBS 12.2

12.3

This TV

Bounce TV

Gray Television
21.1 (21) KPXJ The CW 21.2 Me-TV KTBS, Inc.
24.1 (24) KLTS-TV PBS 24.2

24.3

PBS KidsCreate Louisiana Public Broadcasting
33.1 (34) KMSS-TV Fox Marshall Broadcasting Group(operated byNexstar Media Group)
40 KADO-CD Religious Ind. Word of Life Ministries
42 K27NA-D 3ABN Edge Spectrum, Inc.
45.1 (44) KSHV-TV MyNetworkTV White Knight Broadcasting(operated byNexstar Media Group)
54 K54CB Ind.
59 W59GO TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network

Radio[edit]

AM stations

Frequency Callsign Nickname Format Owner
710 KEEL News/Talk Townsquare Media
950 KRRP Praise 950 Gospel Music Maria Hobbs, Administratrix of Estate of Frank Van Dyke Hobb, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
980 KOKA Black Gospel Alpha Media
1070 KBCL Contemporary Christian Barnabus Center Ministries
1130 KWKH 1130 The Tiger Sports/Talk Townsquare Media
1240 KASO Classic Hits Greenwood Acres Baptist Church
1300 KSYB Black Gospel Amistad Radio Group
1320 KNCB Sports 1320 Sports Vivian
1340 KRMD (AM) 100.7 The Ticket Sports/Talk Cumulus Media
1450 KNOC 95.9 Kix Country Classic country Elite Radio Group, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
1460 KTKC (AM) Red de Radio Amistad SpanishChristian Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc.
1480 KIOU Black Gospel Wilkins Communications
1590 KGAS Southern Gospel Hanszen Broadcasting Group

FM stations

Frequency Callsign Nickname Format Owner
89.9 KDAQ Classical Red River Radio
91.3 KSCL College Rock/Various Genres Centenary College
92.1 KVFZ Spanish Alpha Media
92.1 KVCL Country Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
92.9 KSPH True Country Classic country Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc.
93.7 KXKS-FM Kiss Country 93-7 Country Townsquare Media
94.5 KRUF K94.5 Top 40 Townsquare Media
94.9 KSBH 94.9 The River Country Elite Radio Group, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
95.7 KLKL The River 95.7 Oldies Alpha Media
96.5 KVKI 96-5 KVKI Adult Contemporary Townsquare Media
97.3 KQHN Q97.3 Hot Adult Contemporary Cumulus Media
97.5 KDBH-FM Country Legends 97.5 Classic country Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
98.1 KTAL 98 Rocks Classic Rock
98.9 KTUX Highway 98.9 Classic rock Townsquare Media
99.7 KMJJ The Big Station 99.7 KMJJ Urban Contemporary Cumulus Media
99.9 KTEZ Easy 99.9 Adult Contemporary Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
100.7 KZBL Good Time Oldies Oldies Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
101.1 KRMD 101.1 KRMD Country Cumulus Media
102.1 KDKS Hot 102 Jamz Urban Adult Contemporary Alpha Media
102.9 KVMA-FM Magic 102.9 Urban Adult Contemporary Cumulus Media
103.7 KBTT 103.7 Tha Beat Mainstream Urban Alpha Media
104.7 KHMD Country Mansfield
105.3 KNCB-FM Caddo Country 105.3 Classic Country Vivian
106.5 KLNQ K-Love Contemporary Christian EMF Broadcasting, Southeast Ark-La-Tex
106.7 KYXA K-Love Contemporary Christian EMF Broadcasting
107.1 KWLV Country Baldridge-Dumas Communications, Southeast Ark-La-Tex

Education[edit]

The Shreveport–Bossier City area is home to several colleges: among them, theMethodist-affiliatedCentenary College of Louisiana(originally founded in theEast Feliciana Parishtown ofJacksonin 1825, eventually relocating to Shreveport in 1908),Louisiana Baptist Universityand Theological Seminary (founded in 1973),Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport(opened in 1969 as the onlymedical schoolin northern Louisiana) and one of the largest nursing schools in northern Louisiana, theNorthwestern State University College of Nursing(opened in 1949) as well as satellite campuses ofLouisiana State University(opened as a two-year institution in 1967, and expanded into a four-year college in 1976), andSouthern University(opened in 1967 with a two-yearassociate's degreeprogram).

Transportation[edit]

TheShreveport Regional Airportis the major airport for the metropolitan region.Interstate 20andInterstate 49are also major highways connecting the metro area to others including theDFW metroplexin Texas andTyler, Texas.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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