Baker is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Baker has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km2), all land.

[4] Louisiana Highway 19 runs through the center of Baker, leading north 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Zachary and south 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 61 in the northern part of Baton Rouge.

Baker received an influx of New Orleans residents during the immediate aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Renaissance Village (established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was the home to more than 3,000 evacuees, of whom more than 500 were school-age children.

Unincorporated areas with Baker addresses are within the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools.

The current library, with 17,900 square feet (1,660 m2) of space, opened in April 2001; it was designed by Cockfield-Jackson Architects.

[16] Baker is home to the 926th MAC (mobility augmentation company) which is part of the 769th Engineer Battalion (combat) headquartered in Baton Rouge.