St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Infobox U.S. County
county = Saint Charles Parish
state = Louisiana




founded year = 1807
founded date =
seat wl = Hahnville
largest city wl =
area_total_sq_mi = 410
area_total_km2 = 1062
area_land_sq_mi = 284
area_land_km2 = 735
area_water_sq_mi = 127
area_water_km2 = 328
area percentage = 30.85%
census yr = 2000
pop = 48072
density_sq_mi = 170
density_km2 = 65
time zone = Central
UTC offset = -6
DST offset = -5
footnotes =
web = www.st-charles.la.us
named for = Saint Charles

St. Charles Parish ( _fr. 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

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*Louisiana Highway 3127

Adjacent parishes

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

Demographics

USCensusPop
1900=9072
1910=11207
1920=8586
1930=12111
1940=12321
1950=13363
1960=21219
1970=29550
1980=37259
1990=42437
2000=48072
estimate=52761
estyear=2006
estref= [cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22089.html|title=St. Charles Parish Quickfacts|author=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2007-06-12]
footnote=St. Charles Parish Census Data [cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt|title=Louisiana Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|author=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2007-06-12]

As of the censusGR|2 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

Notable natives and residents

*Dawan Landry, born in Ama, is a professional football player who plays for the Baltimore Ravens.
*Ed Reed, born in St. Rose, is a professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens.
*LaRon Landry, born in Ama, was drafted by the Washington Redskins.
*Valcour Aime (1798-1867), St. Charles Parish native whose sugar plantation included the first sugar refinery in the United Statescite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967]
*Barbara Colley,(1946-) born in Luling, is a mystery and romance novelist
*Dana "Pokey" Chatman, Born in Ama, former LSU wome's basketball coach
*BJ Young, Born in Ama, football player, QB, Southeastern Louisiana University
*Jesse Duplantis,Born in Destrehan, Televangelist
*Shelley Hennig,Born in Destrehan, Miss Teen USA 2004, the only person from Louisiana to win this pageant
*Joe Horn, Born in Destrehan, NFL player
*Mike Scifres, Born in Destrehan, NFL player
*Mutt Carey, Born in Hahnville, Jazz trumpeter whose family moved to New Orleans when he was a child
*Greg Julian, Born in Boutte, football player, RB, Southern Methodist University
*Laron Byrd, Born in Boutte, football player, WR, Miami university (FL)
*Darius Reynaud, Born in Boutte, Football player, WR, Minnesota Vikings

ee also

*German Coast

References

External links

* [http://www.st-charles.la.us/ St. Charles Parish government's website]