Inside the metros we cover sit 36 Louisiana counties. Every one has a page here — its pest pressure, its place in its metro, and the services that reach it.
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Start from the county. In Louisiana, 36 counties fall inside the metros PestReach USA covers — the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Slidell, Lake Charles areas among them — adding up to about 23,105 square miles. Pest pressure is read at this level because it is the level providers work at: routes, licensing and local rules all resolve to county and metro long before they resolve to state.
The counties around a metro's core are often where the pressure is most interesting — newer subdivisions built into former farmland and woodland meet established pest populations at the edge, while the urban core deals with the pests of density. Each county page reads its own position in that pattern.
By land, the covered counties run from Rapides Parish (1,324 sq mi), Cameron Parish (1,285 sq mi), Terrebonne Parish (1,230 sq mi) down to Orleans Parish at about 170 square miles. The metros anchoring coverage are New Orleans (metro population 970,849; 7 covered counties in Louisiana); Baton Rouge (metro population 888,699; 10 covered counties in Louisiana); Lafayette (metro population 423,758; 4 covered counties in Louisiana); Shreveport (metro population 383,474; 3 covered counties in Louisiana); Slidell (metro population 279,108; 1 covered county in Louisiana); Lake Charles (metro population 244,655; 3 covered counties in Louisiana); Monroe (metro population 222,390; 4 covered counties in Louisiana); Houma (metro population 199,668; 2 covered counties in Louisiana); Alexandria (metro population 147,952; 2 covered counties in Louisiana). Hold those two scales together — the county's land and the metro's weight — and the county pages below read plainly: pressure follows the metro, exposure follows the land, and providers plan for both.
The state's pest calendar is anchored by its largest metro, New Orleans: about 64 inches of precipitation a year, an average temperature near 68°F, roughly 64 days at 90°F or above and 11 days at or below freezing. Every county in this index lives inside that weather pattern, adjusted by its own distance from the metro core.
Statewide, the recurring names on county pages are subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the signature of gulf humid country. The biggest covered county, Rapides Parish (1,324 square miles), is served through the Alexandria metro; metro-level guides live on the Louisiana state page.
The communities county residents actually name: New Orleans (about 376,035 residents), Baton Rouge (about 223,699 residents), Shreveport (about 183,483 residents), Metairie (about 138,995 residents), Lafayette (about 121,537 residents), Lake Charles (about 81,679 residents) are among the largest covered places in the state, and every one of them routes through the county pages above — find the community on its county page for the local reading.
New Orleans — 970,849 residents, 7 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Baton Rouge — 888,699 residents, 10 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Lafayette — about 423,758 residents across 4 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Shreveport — 383,474 residents, 3 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Slidell — 279,108 residents, 1 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Lake Charles — a metro of 244,655 across 3 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Monroe — about 222,390 residents across 4 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Houma — a metro of 199,668 across 2 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
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