Bossier City

Also known as Bossier City, LA, Bossier City, Louisiana

suburb city of Shreveport, located in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Parishes: Bossier
Founded: 1907 (119 years ago) ( 1907 )
Named after: Pierre Bossier
Mayor: Tommy Chandler ( R )
City council: Members list At Large: Craton Cochran ( R ) At Large: Chris Smith ( R ) Dist 1: Brian Hammons ( R ) Dist 2: Debra W. Ross ( D ) Dist 3: Cliff Smith ( R ) Dist 4: Joel Girouard ( R ) Dist 5: Vince Maggio ( R )
City: 45.02 sq mi (116.60 km )
Land: 43.85 sq mi (113.57 km )
Water: 1.17 sq mi (3.03 km ) 1.89%
Metro: 2,698.0 sq mi (6,987.8 km )
Elevation: 164 ft (50 m)
Estimate 2025: 63,949
Rank: BO : 1st, LA : 7th
Density: 1,429.9/sq mi (552.08/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC−5 (CDT)
Zip codes: 71111-71113, 71171-71172

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bossier City
Population: 62701
Area: 3.325431
Elevation: 53
Official website: www.bossiercity.org
Image: Bossier City Collage.png
Households: 27277
Dialing code: 318

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Commons category: Bossier City, Louisiana
inception: 1907-00-00
water as percent of area: 1.8895
postal code: 71172
per capita income: 27034

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Bossier City (/ˈboʊʒər/ BOH-zhər) is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 62,701 at the 2020 census. Located on the eastern bank of the Red River, Bossier City is closely tied economically and socially to its sister city, Shreveport, on the western bank. It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The parish operates its own community college, Bossier Parish Community College.

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