1866 Civil Rights Act. The Civil Rights Act (1866) was passed by Congress on 9th April 1866 over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition.
Population Density. With a surface area of 51,843 square miles, (135,382 square kilometers), Louisiana is the 31st largest state in terms of pure land mass. As regards to population density, the figures are fairly modest and for every square mile of land, there is an average of 105 people (40.5 per square kilometer).ew Orleans is the largest city in the state and its metropolitan area had a population of 1.167 million in 2010 with a population density of 1,965 people per square mile in the city proper.
Map of Louisiana highlighting the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area The Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, United States that covers two parishes - Lafourche and Terrebonne. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 208,178. The parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Thibodaux, is located 15 miles NNW from the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Houma. Bayou Cane is the commercial district of Terrebonne