Metairie, Louisiana

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Metairie | native_name = {{native name|fr|Métairie}} | other_name = | settlement_type = Census-designated place | image_skyline = Metairie CBD.jpg | image_caption = Metairie Central Business District | image_flag = Flag of Metairie, Louisiana.svg | image_shield = | motto = | nickname = | etymology =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{USA}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Louisiana}} | subdivision_type2 = Parish | subdivision_name2 = Jefferson | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 =  | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Louisiana#USA | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_label = Metairie | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Metairie in Louisiana | coordinates = {{coord|29|59|52|N|90|10|39|W|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes =  | established_title = | established_date =  | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref> | dunam_link = | area_total_km2 = 60.35 | area_total_sq_mi = 23.30 | area_land_sq_mi = 23.26 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.04 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = 3 | elevation_m =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 143507 | population_density_sq_mi = 6169.96 | population_density_km2 = 2382.27 | population_demonym =  | timezone1 = CST | utc_offset1 = −6 | timezone1_DST = CDT | utc_offset1_DST = −5 | timezone2 = | utc_offset2 = | timezone2_DST = | utc_offset2_DST =  | postal_code_type = ZIP Codes | postal_code = 70001–70006, 70009–70011, 70033, 70055, 70060 | area_code_type = | area_code = 504 | geocode = | iso_code = | blank_name = GNIS feature ID | blank_info = 555301 | footnotes = | official_name = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | area_land_km2 = 60.24 | area_water_km2 = 0.11 }}

'''Metairie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|t|ər|i}} {{respell|MET|ər-ee}}) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. With a population of 143,507 in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Metairie CDP, Louisiana |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/metairiecdplouisiana/POP010220 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish, the fifth-largest CDP in the United States, and the largest outside Clark County, Nevada.<ref name="Census of Population and Housing">{{cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref> It is an unincorporated area that (as of 2020) would have been Louisiana's fourth-largest city behind Shreveport if incorporated.<ref name="cdata">"Metairie, Louisiana (LA) Detailed Profile" (notes), ''City Data'', 2019, webpage: [http://www.city-data.com/city/Metairie-Louisiana.html C-Metr].</ref><ref name="c2K">"Census 2020 Data for the State of Louisiana" (town list), US Census Bureau, May 2003, webpage: [https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/louisiana-population-change-between-census-decade.html C2020-LA].</ref>

==History== ''Métairie'' ({{IPA|fr|metɛʁi|lang}}) is the French term for a small tenant farm which paid the landlord with a share of the produce, a practice also known as sharecropping (in French, ''métayage''). In the 1760s, many of the original French farmers were tenants; after the Civil War, the majority of the community's inhabitants were sharecroppers until urbanization started in the 1910s.

In the 1720s, French settlers became the first Europeans to settle Metairie in the area known then as Tchoupitoulas and now as Metairie Ridge, a natural levee formed by an ancient branch of the Mississippi River, Bayou Metairie, which flowed through modern-day River Ridge, Metairie, Gentilly, and New Orleans East. It emptied into Mississippi Sound. The Acolapissa Native Americans used this ridge as a road; it is the oldest road in the New Orleans area. An electric streetcar was installed running along the road in the late 1910s, opening the area to greater development.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/blake_pontchartrain/blake-pontchartrain-the-royal-blue-line-streetcar-in-old-metairie-was-an-extension-of-the/article_d6396a50-6e08-11ea-aa3b-e7996c4c9f27.html | title=Blake Pontchartrain: The Royal Blue Line streetcar in Old Metairie was an extension of the Napoleon Avenue line | date=March 30, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://websitesneworleans.com/metairie/id11.html | title=The Blue Line Streetcar - 1916 }}</ref> Upscale housing tracts were constructed off the road in the 1920s; this area is now known as "Old Metairie".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Victor |date=2010-03-22 |title=Old Metairie: A suburb of the city celebrates the feel of a small town |language=en |work=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans, Louisiana |url=https://www.nola.com/realestate/article_e35697aa-2e36-56f5-b24c-0827ba346079.html |access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref>

The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, with winds of {{convert|125|mph|abbr=on}}, directly hit Metairie. Much of the community was under {{convert|6|ft}} of water.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Norwood |first=Nicondra |date=2016-09-19 |title=Remembering one of the worst hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast |language=en |work=WVUE-TV |url=https://www.fox8live.com/story/33132208/remembering-one-of-the-worst-hurricanes-to-hit-the-gulf-coast |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>

Hurricane Betsy, a Category 3 storm, hit the area in 1965, causing extensive wind damage and moderate flooding.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Remnick |first=David |date=2005-09-26 |title=High Water |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/10/03/high-water |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref> Thirty years later, the May 8, 1995 Louisiana flood, which dumped upwards of {{convert|20|in}} of rain on Metairie in a twelve-hour period, also flooded some parts of the region, especially areas south and west of Metairie, including Kenner, Harahan, and River Ridge.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broach |first=Drew |date=2015-05-08 |title='A rain of biblical proportions': The May 8-10, 1995, flood |language=en |work=The Times–Picayune |url=https://www.nola.com/news/weather/article_0d884cdf-0710-5417-a31e-99d3700a68dd.html |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>

In 1989, a Metairie district elected white supremacist David Duke to the Louisiana state legislature for a single term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maraniss |first=David |date=February 19, 1989 |title=Ex-klansman Wins Election in Louisiana |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/02/19/ex-klansman-wins-election-in-louisiana/490b69ae-9042-40ca-990a-14c20c403f82/|access-date=October 23, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused a new migration from Orleans Parish, because housing was needed to replace what had been destroyed in the flooding of the city.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Veterans Boulevard was laid out alongside a drainage canal, and became a commercial center of the region. The central business district of Metairie is located on Causeway Boulevard near Lake Pontchartrain. In the 1970s and early 1980s, an area of bars and nightclubs opened in a section of Metairie known as "Fat City". Several New Orleans radio and television stations have also established transmitter facilities in Metairie and Jefferson Parish; two of them, WGNO-TV and WNOL, now have studios and main offices in Metairie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wgno.com/contact/|title=About|date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Geography== thumb|Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at South Shore

Metairie is located in eastern Jefferson Parish and is bordered by New Orleans to the east, Kenner to the west, Lake Pontchartrain to the north, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks to the south. South of the railroad are River Ridge, Harahan, Elmwood, and Jefferson. The 17th Street Canal forms the border between Metairie and New Orleans to the east. It is a principal community in Greater New Orleans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Metairie CDP has a total area of {{convert|60.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|60.1|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.18%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Metairie CDP, Louisiana|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2250115|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213103643/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2250115|archive-date=February 13, 2020|access-date=July 3, 2018|work=American Factfinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

===Climate=== The climate of Metairie has been classified as humid subtropical. Like the city of New Orleans, it has short, generally mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average precipitation is {{convert|62.5|in|mm|abbr=on}} annually; the summer months are the wettest, while October is the driest month.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=lix|title=National Weather Service}}</ref> Precipitation in winter usually accompanies the passing of a cold front. On average, there are 77 days of {{convert|90|°F}} or greater highs, 8.1 days per winter where the high does not exceed {{convert|50|°F}}, and 8.0 nights with freezing lows annually. It is rare for the temperature to reach {{convert|20|or|100|°F|°C|1}}, with the last occurrence of each being February 5, 1996, and June 26, 2016, respectively.<ref name=":0" /> {{Weather box |location = Metairie, Louisiana |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 82 |Feb record high F = 85 |Mar record high F = 88 |Apr record high F = 93 |May record high F = 96 |Jun record high F = 99 |Jul record high F = 101 |Aug record high F = 103 |Sep record high F = 101 |Oct record high F = 97 |Nov record high F = 87 |Dec record high F = 84 |Jan high F = 63 |Feb high F = 66 |Mar high F = 73 |Apr high F = 79 |May high F = 85 |Jun high F = 90 |Jul high F = 92 |Aug high F = 92 |Sep high F = 88 |Oct high F = 81 |Nov high F = 72 |Dec high F = 65 |Jan low F = 45 |Feb low F = 48 |Mar low F = 55 |Apr low F = 60 |May low F = 68 |Jun low F = 73 |Jul low F = 75 |Aug low F = 75 |Sep low F = 72 |Oct low F = 62 |Nov low F = 54 |Dec low F = 48 |Jan record low F = 16 |Feb record low F = 20 |Mar record low F = 28 |Apr record low F = 37 |May record low F = 51 |Jun record low F = 54 |Jul record low F = 64 |Aug record low F = 64 |date=April 2014}}

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1970= 136477 |1980= 164160 |1990= 149428 |2000= 146136 |2010= 138481 |2020= 143507 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Louisiana - Table 8 - Population of All Incorporated Places and Unincorporated Places of 1,000 or More: 1940 to 1960 |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37722904v1p20ch2.pdf }}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Louisiana - Characteristics of the Population - Table 6. Population of Places: 1970 and 1960 |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_la-01.pdf }}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Louisiana - Table 14 - Summary of General Characteristics |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url= https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_laABC-02.pdf }}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Louisiana - Table 1. Summary of General Characteristics of Persons: 1990 |website=United States Census Bureau|date=1990 |url= https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-20.pdf }}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Louisiana |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-20.pdf}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusLA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Louisiana |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-20.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402175429/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-20.pdf| archive-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

Metairie first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1970 U.S. census;<ref name=1970CensusLA/><ref name=1960CensusLA/> and as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.<ref name=1980CensusLA/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Metairie CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the U.S. Census Bureau treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Metairie CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US2250115&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Metairie CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2250115&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Metairie CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2250115&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |119,535 |100,280 |style='background: #ffffe6; |89,070 |81.80% |72.41% |style='background: #ffffe6; |62.07% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |9,860 |14,020 |style='background: #ffffe6; |15,827 |6.75% |10.12% |style='background: #ffffe6; |11.03% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |336 |294 |style='background: #ffffe6; |247 |0.23% |0.21% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17% |- |Asian alone (NH) |4,002 |4,458 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5,474 |2.74% |3.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.81% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |31 |39 |style='background: #ffffe6; |24 |0.02% |0.03% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% |- |Other race alone (NH) |129 |372 |style='background: #ffffe6; |817 |0.09% |0.27% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |1,648 |1,571 |style='background: #ffffe6; |4,604 |1.13% |1.13% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.21% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |10,595 |17,447 |style='background: #ffffe6; |27,444 |7.25% |12.60% |style='background: #ffffe6; |19.12% |- |'''Total''' |'''146,136''' |'''138,481''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''143,507''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

According to the 2019 American Community Survey, there were 130,427 people living in the census-designated place.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Census profile: Metairie, LA|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2250115-metairie-la/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Census Reporter|language=en}}</ref> At the 2010 United States census,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 138,481 people living in Metairie.<ref name="Census of Population and Housing"/> The 2020 census reported 143,507 people living in the CDP. As of 2019, population density was 5,607.7 people per square mile, with a median age of 40.6.

At the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup was 69% non-Hispanic white, 10% Black and African American, 4% Asian, 1% multiracial, and 16% Hispanic and Latino American. According to 2017 census estimates, the racial makeup of Metairie was 67.5% White, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino American of any race, 9.9% Black and African American, 3.9% Asian, 0.7% from other races, 0.9% from two or more races, and 0.1% Native American.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metairie, Louisiana (LA) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Metairie-Louisiana.html|website=www.city-data.com|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref> By the time of the 2020 census, its racial and ethnic makeup was 62.89% non-Hispanic white, 10.98% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 3.73% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 18.20% two or more races, and 18.42% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2250115&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Among the population of Metairie, 52% were female in 2019. There were 56,421 households with an average of 2.63 persons per household. An estimated 52% of households were married couples living together, 23% non-family, 18% female householder with no male present, and 7% male householder with no female present. Approximately 61,354 housing units were in the community, and 92% were occupied; 59% of housing units were owner-occupied, and 64% of housing units were single unit structures. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $246,600, and the median household income was $60,404. Residents had a per capita income of $35,007 at the 2019 American Community Survey.<ref name=":2" />

===Religion=== In Metairie, an estimated 54.1% of adult residents identified with some religion as of 2019. Due to Spanish and French colonial influence, Metairie and the surrounding area have an overwhelmingly Catholic populace. Approximately 34.6% identified with the Catholic Church, served by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans; 5.9% were Baptist, 3.1% Pentecostal, 1.4% Methodist, 0.6% Lutheran, 0.6% Latter-Day Saints, 0.5% Anglican, and 0.5% from another Christian group including the Metropolitan Community Church among others.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/louisiana/metairie|title=Metairie, Louisiana Religion|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

At this survey, approximately 0.7% were Muslims and 0.4% identified with an Eastern religion such as Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism;<ref name=":1" /> 0.6% of the community claimed affiliation with Judaism.<ref name=":1" /> Metairie is home to Congregation Gates of Prayer, a Reform synagogue, and beside it is Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest Orthodox congregation in the New Orleans metro area. Beth Israel constructed its new building in Metairie in 2012, several years after its building in Lakeview, New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tapper |first=Josh |date=2015-08-17 |title=10 years on, Katrina still fosters a bond for New Orleans Jews |language=en-US |work=The Times of Israel |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/for-new-orleans-jews-katrina-10-years-on-still-fosters-communal-bond/ |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref>

==Arts and culture== ===Public libraries=== thumb|Wagner Branch Library

Jefferson Parish Library operates public libraries.<ref name="Metmap"/> The East Bank Regional Library, which houses the library system's headquarters, is in Metairie.<ref>"[http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/branches/jplpage.eastbankregional.html East Bank Regional and library headquarters]." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.</ref> Other public libraries in Metairie include the Lakeshore Library,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakeshore Library |url=https://www.jplibrary.net/lakeshore-library |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Jefferson Parish Library |language=en}}</ref> the Old Metairie Library,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Metairie Library |url=https://www.jplibrary.net/old-metairie-library |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Jefferson Parish Library |language=en}}</ref> and the Wagner Library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wagner Library |url=https://www.jplibrary.net/wagner-library-0 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Jefferson Parish Library |language=en}}</ref>

===Tallest buildings=== Three Lakeway Center is {{convert|403|ft}}, and is the tallest building in Louisiana outside of New Orleans and Baton Rouge.<ref name="3lakeway-skyscraper">{{skyscraperpage|48445|title=Three Lakeway Center}}</ref><ref name="3lakeway-emporis">{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/124710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024958/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/124710 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Three Lakeway Center |work=Emporis}}</ref> The Galleria is {{convert|269|ft}}.<ref name="galleria-skyscraper">{{skyscraperpage|51298|title=The Galleria}}</ref><ref name="galleria-emporis">{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/124706 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023718/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/124706 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=The Galleria |work=Emporis}}</ref>

==Sports== [[Image:Zephyr Field New Orleans, LA.jpg|thumb|Shrine on Airline]]

Metairie was home to the New Orleans Baby Cakes Triple-A Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League from 1993 to 2019. The minor league club played its home games at Privateer Park, home to the University of New Orleans's NCAA baseball team, from 1992 through 1996, and at Shrine on Airline from 1997 to 2019.

The training facilities of NFL franchise New Orleans Saints and the NBA franchise New Orleans Pelicans are located in Metairie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Training Camp in Metairie |url=http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/tc_metairie.html|publisher=neworleanssaints.com|access-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017213126/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/tc_metairie.html|archive-date=October 17, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pelicans Practice Facility Tour|url=https://www.nba.com/pelicans/gallery/pelicans-practice-facility-tour|website=New Orleans Pelicans|access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> As such, many players reside in the area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Duncan |first=Jeff|title=Some New Orleans Saints can't resist lure of life in the big city |url=http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/05/saints_in_the_city_column.html|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref>

Boxing cards have been held in the Copeland Tower Suites (formerly Landmark Hotel).<ref>{{cite web |title=Professional boxing set to return to Metairie's Landmark Hotel |url=https://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/06/professional_boxing_set_to_ret.html |publisher=nola.com |date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TKO Promotions brings professional boxing back to Metairie on June 2 |url=https://crescentcitysports.com/tko-promotions-brings-professional-boxing-back-to-metairie-on-june-2/ |publisher=crescentcitysports.com |date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

Beginning in 2020, the New Orleans Gold of Major League Rugby play their homes games in Metairie at the Gold Mine on Airline.

==Parks and recreation== [[Image:Lafreniere Park 12.jpg|thumb|Lafreniere Park]]

Notable parks include Lafreniere Park and Pontiff Playground.

==Education== thumb|East Jefferson High School Metairie's public schools are operated by the Jefferson Parish Public School System.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22051_jefferson/DC20SD_C22051.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson Parish, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-03-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22051_jefferson/DC20SD_C22051_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

There is one zoned public high school in Metairie: East Jefferson High School. Additionally, many residents are zoned to Alfred Bonnabel High School in Kenner and Riverdale High School in Jefferson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la50000440.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/LA50000440/Centricity/Domain/142/EB%20HIGH2324.pdf|title=High School Districts 2023-2024 East Bank of Jefferson Parish|publisher=Jefferson Parish Public Schools|access-date=2023-12-24}}</ref><ref name="Metmap">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/DC20BLK_P2250115.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Metairie CDP, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-03-03}} "[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/DC10BLK_P2250115_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Metairie CDP, LA]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140518102450/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/DC10BLK_P2250115_000.pdf Archive]). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

Previously, some residents were zoned to Grace King High School in Metairie.<ref>"[http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-eb-high-dist.pdf High School Districts 2012–2013 East Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130905125113/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-eb-high-dist.pdf Archive]) Jefferson Parish Public School System. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> Grace King High School closed in 2023.<ref name=FazioMarieLastDays>{{cite web|last=Fazio|first=Marie|url=https://www.nola.com/news/jefferson_parish/in-grace-kings-final-days-alumni-reflect/article_3146e6d4-fbeb-11ed-a27f-db964c5ab885.html|title=The last days of Grace King High School, a Jefferson Parish institution with famous alumni|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=2023-05-29|access-date=2023-12-24}}</ref>

===Magnet public schools=== * Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies

===Private schools=== {{div col}} * Archbishop Chapelle High School * Archbishop Rummel High School * Crescent City Christian School * Metairie Park Country Day School * Ridgewood Preparatory School-closed 2023 * St. Martin's Episcopal School {{div col end}}

==Infrastructure== === Transportation === Mass transit is provided by Jefferson Transit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps & Schedules |url=https://jptransit.org/maps-schedules/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Jefferson Parish Transit |language=en-US}}</ref>

Major roads include Interstate 10, Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Earhart Expressway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Streets in Metairie, Jefferson County, Louisiana, United States, Google Maps and Photos Streetview, United States, List of Streets, Google Street View, Geographic.org |url=https://geographic.org/streetview/usa/la/jefferson/metairie.html#google_vignette |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=geographic.org}}</ref> The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway's southern terminus lies in Metairie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The U.S. Causeway |url=https://thecauseway.us/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=The U.S. Causeway |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also== *Metairie Cemetery - Located in New Orleans, east of Metairie

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/DC20BLK_P2250115.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Metairie CDP, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} *{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/DC10BLK_P2250115_000.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Metairie CDP, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2250115_metairie/ links to individual pages] *{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st22_Louisiana/Place/2250115_Metairie/CBP2250115_000.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: METAIRIE CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st22_Louisiana/Place/2250115_Metairie/ link to individual pages] *1990 U.S. census maps: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_000.pdf Index of Jefferson County] with Metairie on pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_002.pdf 2], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_003.pdf 3], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_004.pdf 4], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_006.pdf 6], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_007.pdf 7], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_008.pdf 8] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st22_Louisiana/22051_Jefferson/90B22051_A01.pdf A01]

==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikivoyage|Metairie}} * [http://www.metairie.com/ Metairie community website]

* Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana Category:Census-designated places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Category:Census-designated places in the New Orleans metropolitan area