City profile · Mid-size City
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Baton Rouge, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sid Edwards
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 225,128
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebrla.gov/588/Mayor-President ↗
- Official leadership pagebrla.gov/588/Mayor-President ↗
- City websitebrla.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sid Edwards CurrentMayor · added Aug 13, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
- Emile Bryan Edwards FormerMayor · added Jul 2, 2026
- Sharon Weston Broome FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 225,128
- Median household income
- $50,155
- Median age
- 31.9
- Land area
- 86.94 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,589.5 per sq mi
- County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Metro area
- Baton Rouge, LA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$788M
- City hall phone
- (225) 389-3100
- Official website
- brla.gov ↗
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