St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

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St. Charles Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Charles) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Hahnville. In 2000, its population was 48,072.

Geography

The parish has a total area of 410 square miles (1,062 km²), of which, 284 square miles (735 km²) of it is land and 127 square miles (328 km²) of it (30.85%) is water.

Major Highways

• Interstate 10
• Interstate 310
• U.S. Highway 61
• U.S. Highway 90
• Louisiana Highway 18
• Louisiana Highway 3127

Adjacent parishes

• Lake Pontchartrain (northeast)
• Jefferson Parish (east)
• Lafourche Parish (southwest)
• St. John the Baptist Parish (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 48,072 people, 16,422 households, and 13,088 families residing in the parish. The population density was 170 people per square mile (65/km²). There were 17,430 housing units at an average density of 62 per square mile (24/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 72.40% White, 25.23% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.80% of the population.

There were 16,422 households out of which 43.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.40% were married couples living together, 14.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.30% were non-families. 16.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the parish the population was spread out with 30.30% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 31.40% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 9.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $45,139, and the median income for a family was $50,562. Males had a median income of $40,651 versus $24,780 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $19,054. About 9.30% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 12.40% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

Almedia Ama Bayou Gauche Boutte	Des Allemands Destrehan Frellsen Hahnville	Killona Luling Montz New Sarpy	Norco Paradis St. Rose Taft

Famous residents

• Valcour Aime, (1798-1867), born in St. Charles Parish, noted sugar planter whose plantation included the first sugar refinery in the United States
• Dawan Landry, born in Ama, is a professional football player who plays for the Baltimore Ravens.
• LaRon Landry, born in Ama, was drafted by the Washington Redskins.
• Ed Reed, born in St. Rose, is a professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens.

See also

References

External links

• St. Charles Parish government's website

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