St. John the Baptist Parish

administration
San Francisco Plantation House
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Edgard
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 1801 W. Airline Hwy. LaPlace, LA 70068-3345
Foundation :	1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 985
Demographics
Residents :	45,924 (2010)
Population density :	81 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	901 km²
Water surface :	334 km²
map

Website : www.sjbparish.com

The St. John the Baptist Parish ( French Paroisse de Saint-Jean-Baptiste ) is a Parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . In 2000, the Parish had 45,924 residents and a population density of 81 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Edgard .

geography

The Parish is located in the southeast of Louisiana, is about 80 km to the east and south of the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 901 square kilometers, of which 334 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

Livingston Parish , Ascension Parish	Tangipahoa Parish
St. James Parish
	Lafourche Parish	St. Charles Parish

history

St. John the Baptist Parish was formed in 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes.

Two buildings of the Parish have the status of a National Historic Landmark due to their historical significance , the San Francisco Plantation House and the Evergreen Plantation . A total of 16 buildings and sites in the Parish are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 10, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2990	-
1820	3854	28.9%
1830	5077	31.7%
1840	5776	13.8%
1850	7317	26.7%
1860	7930	8.4%
1870	6762	-14.7%
1880	9686	43.2%
1890	11,359	17.3%
1900	12,330	8.5%
1910	14,338	16.3%
1920	11,896	-17%
1930	14,078	18.3%
1940	14,766	4.9%
1950	14,861	0.6%
1960	18,439	24.1%
1970	23,813	29.1%
1980	31,924	34.1%
1990	39,996	25.3%
2000	43,044	7.6%
2010	45,924	6.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the St. John the Baptist Parishes

The San Francisco Plantation in Garyville , listed on NRHP No. 74002186

According to the 2000 census , St. John the Baptist Parish had 43,044 people in 14,283 households and 11,312 families. The population density was 76 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 52.58 percent white, 44.76 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.86 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.98 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 14,283 households, 43.0 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.1 percent were married couples living together, 18.1 percent were single mothers, 20.8 percent were non-families, 17.5 percent were single households and 6.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.38 people.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 31.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 7.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 32 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 90.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,456 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,925. Males had a median income of $ 37,293 versus $ 22,323 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,445. 13.9 percent of families and 16.7 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 21.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 17.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.