Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie
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Metairie Central Business District along Causeway Blvd. | |
| Coordinates: 29°59′52″N 90°10′39″W / 29.99778°N 90.17750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Jefferson |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.30 sq mi (60.35 km2) |
| • Land | 23.26 sq mi (60.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 143,507 |
| • Density | 6,169.96/sq mi (2,382.27/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 70001–70006, 70009–70011, 70033, 70055, 70060 |
| Area code | 504 |
| GNIS feature ID | 555301 |
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.