Baton Rouge Is Diverse

Located 157 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and 80 miles out of New Orleans,Baton Rougeis the capital ofLouisiana. The second-largest metropolitan city in the state, it has a population of approximately 802,000 and is a true melting pot with Black or African American citizens making up over half of the residents, and a robust LGBTQ community. “œBaton Rouge is a melting pot of many different people with several LGBTQ+ owned and operated businesses, some of which have been around for over 50 yea