Southwest Louisiana

Southwest Louisiana
Region
West Acadiana
Southwest Louisiana subregion highlighted in pink.
Country	United States
States	Louisiana
Largest city	Lake Charles
Population (2010)
• Total	292,619

Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis. A 2010 population estimate of the five parish area was over 292,619.

Southwest Louisiana has one metropolitan area: Lake Charles. The southwestern portion of Louisiana also is geographically and culturally attached to Southeast Texas.