St. Landry Parish

administration
St Landry Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Opelousas
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Drawer 1550 Opelousas, LA 70571-1550
Foundation :	1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	83,384 (2010)
Population density :	34.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2432 km²
Water surface :	26 km²
map

Website : www.stlandryparishgovernment.org

The St. Landry Parish ( French Paroisse de Saint-Landry ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 83,384 residents and a population density of 34.7 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( Parish Seat ) is Opelousas .

geography

The Parish is located about south of the geographic center of Louisiana, is about 70 km to the south from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 2432 square kilometers, of which 26 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

Evangeline Parish	Avoyelles Parish
		Pointe Coupee Parish
Acadia Parish	Lafayette Parish	St. Martin Parish

history

St. Landry Parish was formed in 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes. It was named after Landericus of Paris (French: St. Landry ).

36 buildings and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 10, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	5048	-
1820	10,085	99.8%
1830	12,591	24.8%
1840	15,233	21%
1850	22,253	46.1%
1860	23,104	3.8%
1870	25,553	10.6%
1880	40.004	56.6%
1890	40,250	0.6%
1900	52.906	31.4%
1910	66,661	26%
1920	51,697	-22.4%
1930	60,074	16.2%
1940	71,481	19%
1950	78,476	9.8%
1960	81,493	3.8%
1970	80.364	-1.4%
1980	84.128	4.7%
1990	80,331	-4.5%
2000	87,700	9.2%
2010	83,384	-4.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the St. Landry Parishes

Chretien Point Plantation , listed in the NRHP with the number 77001519

According to the 2000 census , St. Landry Parish had 87,700 people in 32,328 households and 23,211 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 56.51 percent white, 42.13 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.01 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.91 percent of the population.

Of the 32,328 households, 36.1 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 49.3 percent were married couples living together, 17.9 percent were single mothers, 28.2 percent were non-families, 25.4 percent were single households, and 11.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.21.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population consisted of 29.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or older, there were 86.8 men.

The median income for a household in the 22,855 USD , and the median income for a family was 28,908 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,458 versus $ 18,473 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,042. 24.7 percent of families and 29.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 37.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 27.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.