East Baton Rouge Parish /

East Baton Rouge Parish (French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. As of 2010, the population was 440,171. The parish has a total area of 471 square miles (1,219.9 km), of which 455 square miles (1,178.4 km) is land and 15 square miles (38.8 km) (3.21%) is water. It is the most populous parish in the state. . East Baton Rouge Parish is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Baton Rouge–Pierre Part Combined Statistical Area. The parish courthouse in Baton Rouge is one of twenty-six public buildings constructed by the contractor George A. Caldwell. As of the census of 2010, there were over 440,000 people, making it the largest parish in Louisiana. There are also 156,365 households and 102,575 families residing in the parish. The population density was 906 people per square mile (350/km²). There were 169,073 housing units at an average density of 371 per square mile (143/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 56.17% White, 40.09% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 2.08% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 0.93%