Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport is a city in and the parish seat of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. With a population of 199,311, it's the third-largest city in Louisiana and the 113th-largest in the United States. The city also extends along the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish, however, next-door Bossier City is separated by the Red River. The city was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas and, prior to that time, into Mexico.
Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region.
Shreveport 	Louisiana
Incorporated 	March 20, 1839
Nickname 	Louisiana's Electric Wonderland
Motto 	A Great Place to Call Home
Parishes 	Caddo, Bossier
Population 	199,311
Elevation 	144 ft (43 m)
Mayor 	Wendy Gilmore
Gym Leader 	Jarrett Cleveland - Electric-type specialist Gym
City Guildmaster	A'lamar Adams
ZIP codes 	71101-71109, 71115, 71118-71120, 71129-71130, 71133-71138, 71148-71154, 71156, 71161-71166
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 Pokeland Census, the racial composition of the city is:
55.11% Black or African American (109,840)
39.45% White (78,628)
5.44% Other (10,843)
23.9% (47,635) of Shreveport residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Shreveport, like most major cities in the Deep South, has much, much higher Pokémon theft and murder rates compared to the rest of the state, other than major cities. The city suffers from poor schools, poor leadership, poor finances, bad race relations, the death of the oil boom, various losses of industry, and other reasons. The city reported 535 Pokémon thefts in 2016, and averages 10.60 Pokémon murders a year, among the 25 highest rates of Southern cities. There are jobs and opportunities there, with casinos, retail and city government...but overall, opportunities aren't that good.
== Pokemon ==
See the Caddo Parish page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Shreveport, along with Bossier City, has hosted some semi-pro sports teams in the past, but currently doesn't have any. It is, however, a big Pokémon basketball city.
* Shreveport has all the amenities of a city it's size...or at least most of them.
Category:Louisiana Cities