Assisted Living in Lake Charles, LA

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Facts about Lake Charles

Lake Charles is also known as: Calcasieu Parish / Lake Charles city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (engineer and astronaut), Zachary Levi (actor and singer), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Eddie Kennison (american football player), and Lenny Williams (american football player).

And featured attractions of Lake Charles: Muller's Department Store, Church of the Good Shepherd, McNeese Arena, Burton Coliseum, and Cowboy Stadium.

Lake Charles is represented by City Council Randy Roach.

Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in Acadiana.As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,993. Lake Charles is the principal city of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area, having a population of 202,040. It is the larger principal city of the Lake Charles-Jennings Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 225,235. The 2010 population of the five-parish area of Southwest Louisiana was 292,619.It is considered a major center of petrochemical refining, gaming, tourism, and education, being home to McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College. Because of the lakes and waterways throughout the city, metropolitan Lake Charles is often referred to as the Lake Area.

Population shifts in Lake Charles