Metairie, Louisiana

Metairie
Métairie (French)
Metairie Central Business District along Causeway Blvd.
Metairie
Location of Metairie in Louisiana
Metairie
Metairie (the United States)
Coordinates: 29°59′52″N 90°10′39″W / 29.99778°N 90.17750°W / 29.99778; -90.17750
Country United States
State Louisiana
ParishJefferson
Area
  Total
23.30 sq mi (60.35 km2)
  Land23.26 sq mi (60.24 km2)
  Water0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation
3 ft (0.9 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
143,507
  Density6,169.96/sq mi (2,382.27/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
70001–70006, 70009–70011, 70033, 70055, 70060
Area code504
GNIS feature ID555301

Metairie (/ˈmɛtəri/ MET-ər-ee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. With a population of 143,507 in 2020, Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish, the fifth-largest CDP in the United States, and the largest outside Clark County, Nevada. It is an unincorporated area that (as of 2020) would have been Louisiana's fourth-largest city behind Shreveport if incorporated.