Original sentence: The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge, and the most populous city is New Orleans based on recent population data which found the city's population increased by 14 percent or 32,000 more people since the Census Bureau's count in July 2006 to bring the population to 255,000 people which is more than half pre-Katrina residents within the city proper area over the 229,000 in the Baton Rouge proper area
Edited sentence: The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge, and the largest city is New Orleans based on recent population data which found the city's population shot up 14 percent or 32,000 more people since the Census Bureau's count in July 2006 to bring the population to 255,000 people which is more than half pre-Katrina residents within the city proper area over the 229,000 in the Baton Rouge proper area