- 1702
- 1,500 Europeans (east and west of the Mississippi)
- 1763
- 20,000 Europeans and Africans (west and east of the Mississippi)
- 1803
- 70,000 Europeans and Africans (west of the Mississippi)
- Capital
- Mobile (1702–1720), Biloxi (1720–1722), La Nouvelle-Orléans (1722-1762)
- 1700s
- over 1 million Native Americans (west and east of the Mississippi)
- Type
- Monarchy
- Historical era
- Colonial French and Indian War Napoleonic
- Transfer by spain
- 21 March 1801
- Louisiana purchase
- 30 April 1803
- Transferred to the united states
- 20 December 1803
- Political subdivisions
- Upper Louisiana ;, Lower Louisiana