re: Louisiana has one of the most valuable ports in the world and a huge O&G presence.

Ok apparently Mobile is lower than I thought. I could have sworn it was bigger than New Orleans. Not sure what South Louisiana means here though.

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1 South Louisiana United States 235,058
2 Houston United States 218,575
3 Metro Vancouver Canada 138,228
4 New York/New Jersey United States 114,933
5 New Orleans United States 79,661
6 Beaumont United States 79,081
7 Corpus Christi United States 77,724
8 Long Beach United States 70,991
9 Baton Rouge United States 62,399
10 Los Angeles United States 54,602
11 Mobile United States 53,157
12 Virginia United States 52,402
13 Lake Charles United States 51,431
14 Plaquemines United States 48,541
15 Lazaro Cardenas Mexico 33,212

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This site has a totally different list with no Louisiana ports in the top ten LINK