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St. James Parish, LA

19,528 Population
237.9 square miles 82.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,140 ±$2,506 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,531 ±$4,784 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±3% (2,148  ±578) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±1.9 (221,445  ±19,306) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,543 ±201 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (19,371  ±10) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±3% (278  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,678 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,800 ±$17,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±1.5% (704  ±278.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±5.2% (12,054  ±720.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.5% ±2.5% (2,677  ±340.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% (347  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±0.9% (561  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
561 Total veterans ±134 463 Male ±121 98 Female ±69

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