The following banking markets have been defined by the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Since these markets may be revised as new information becomes available or as additional analysis of these markets is performed, it is advisable to check with the Research Department before using these definitions.
Revised October 3, 2014
Banking Market | Description |
Acadia Parish | See Lafayette Area Banking Market |
Allen Parish | Allen Parish |
Alexandria | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, and Rapides Parishes |
Ascension Parish | See Baton Rouge Area Banking Market |
Assumption Parish | See Baton Rouge Area and Morgan City Area Banking Markets |
Avoyelles Parish | See Alexandria |
Baton Rouge Area | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, and West Baton Rouge Parishes plus the northern half of Assumption Parish (including the towns of Napoleonville, Pierre Part and Plattenville) and the town of Union in St. James Parish |
Beauregard Parish | See Vernon-Beauregard Area and Lake Charles Area Banking Markets |
Bienville Parish* | Undefined |
Bossier Parish* | See Shreveport-Bossier City Area Banking Market |
Caddo Parish* | See Shreveport-Bossier City Area Banking Market |
Calcasieu Parish | See Lake Charles Area Banking Market |
Caldwell Parish* | See Monroe MSA Banking Market |
Cameron Parish | See Lake Charles Area Banking Market |
Catahoula Parish* | See Alexandria |
Claiborne Parish* | Clairborne Parish |
Concordia Parish* | See Natchez, Mississippi Area Banking Market |
DeSoto Parish* | See Shreveport-Bossier City Area Banking Market |
East Baton Rouge Parish | See Baton Rouge Area Banking Market |
East Carroll Parish* | Undefined |
East Feliciana Parish | East Feliciana Parish |
Evangeline Parish | Evangeline Parish |
Franklin Parish* | Undefined |
Grant Parish* | See Alexandria Area Banking Market |
Houma-Thibodaux Area | Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes |
Iberia Parish | See Lafayette Area Banking Market |
Iberville Parish | See Baton Rouge Area Banking Market |
Jackson Parish* | Undefined |
Jefferson Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
Jefferson Davis Parish | See Jennings Area Banking Market |
Jennings Area | Jefferson Davis Parish |
Lafayette Area | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, and Vermilion Parishes, plus the portion of St. Martin Parish north of Iberia Parish |
Lafayette Parish | See Lafayette Area Banking Market |
Lafourche Parish | See Houma-Thibodaux Area Banking Market |
Lake Charles Area | Calcasieu Parish plus the southern half of Beauregard Parish plus Cameron Parish |
LaSalle Parish* | See Alexandria |
Lincoln Parish* | Undefined |
Livingston Parish | See Baton Rouge Area Banking Market |
Madison Parish* | Madison Parish |
Monroe MSA* | Caldwell and Ouachita Parishes |
Morehouse Parish* | Undefined |
Morgan City Area | St. Mary Parish plus the southern half of Assumption Parish (including the town of Labadieville) and the portion of St. Martin Parish south of Iberia Parish |
Natchitoches Parish* | Undefined |
New Orleans Area | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St.Tammany and St. James Parishes less the town of Union in St. James Parish |
Orleans Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
Ouachita Parish* | See Monroe MSA Banking Market |
Plaquemine Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
Pointe Coupee Parish | Pointe Coupee Parish |
Rapides Parish | See Alexandria Area Banking Market |
Red River Parish* | Undefined |
Richland Parish* | Undefined |
Sabine Parish* | Undefined |
St. Bernard Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
St. Charles Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
St. Helena Parish | St. Helena Parish |
St. James Parish | See Baton Rouge Area and New Orleans Area Banking Markets |
St. John the Baptist Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
St. Landry Parish | See Lafayette Area Banking Market |
St. Martin Parish | See Lafayette Area and Morgan City Area Banking Market |
St. Mary Parish | See Morgan City Area Banking Market |
St. Tammany Parish | See New Orleans Area Banking Market |
Shreveport-Bossier City Area* | Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, and Webster Parishes |
Tangipahoa Area | Tangipahoa Parish less the city of Kentwood |
Tangipahoa Parish | See Tangipahoa Area and McComb, Mississippi Area Banking Markets |
Tensas Parish* | Undefined |
Terrebonne Parish | See Houma-Thibodaux Area Banking Market |
Union Parish* | Undefined |
Vermilion Parish | See Lafayette Area Banking Market |
Vernon Parish | See Vernon-Beauregard Area Banking Market |
Vernon-Beauregard Area | Vernon Parish plus the northern half of Beauregard Parish |
Washington Parish | Washington Parish |
Webster Parish* | See Shreveport-Bossier City Area Banking Market |
West Baton Rouge Parish | See Baton Rouge Area Banking Market |
West Carroll Parish* | Undefined |
West Feliciana Parish | West Feliciana Parish |
Winn Parish* | Undefined |
* These parishes are located in the 11th District portion of the state and their banking markets were defined by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Please contact the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for the most current definition.