St. Martin Parish

administration
St. Martin Parish Courthouse in St. Martinville, listed on NRHP No. 81000658
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	St. Martinville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 301 W. Port Street St. Martinville, LA 70582-3923
Foundation :	1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	52,160 (2010)
Population density :	27.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2115 km²
Water surface :	198 km²
map

Website : www.stmartinparish-la.org

The St. Martin Parish ( French Paroisse de Saint-Martin ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 52,160 inhabitants and a population density of 27.2 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is St. Martinville .

geography

The Parish is located in southern Louisiana, about 70 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the south and has an area of 2115 square kilometers, of which 198 square kilometers are water. The St. Martin Parish is divided into two not directly related territories: the Upper St. Martin Parish and the Lower St. Martin Parish . The parish is adjacent to the following parishes:

	St. Landry Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Lafayette Parish		Iberville Parish
St. Mary Parish , Iberia Parish ¹		Assumption Parish

¹ - Located between the Upper and Lower St. Martin Parish

history

St. Martin Parish was formed in 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes. It was named after the canonized Martin of Tours ( St. Martin ).

One building in the Parish has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Acadian House , due to its historical significance . A total of 25 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	7300	-
1820	12,063	65.2%
1830	7205	-40.3%
1840	8674	20.4%
1850	11,761	35.6%
1860	12,074	2.7%
1870	9370	-22.4%
1880	12,663	35.1%
1890	14,884	17.5%
1900	18,940	27.3%
1910	23,070	21.8%
1920	21,990	-4.7%
1930	21,767	-1 %
1940	26,394	21.3%
1950	26,353	-0.2%
1960	29,063	10.3%
1970	32,453	11.7%
1980	40.214	23.9%
1990	43,978	9.4%
2000	48,583	10.5%
2010	52,160	7.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Atchafalaya Swamp wetland

Map of the St. Martin Parishes

According to the 2000 census , St. Martin Parish had 48,583 people in 17,164 households and 12,975 families. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 65.95 percent white, 31.98 percent African American, 0.92 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.83 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 17,164 households, 39.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.6 percent were married couples living together, 15.9 percent were single mothers, 24.4 percent were non-families, 20.7 percent were single households, and 7.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.22.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 29.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 93.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,701 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,316. Males had a median income of $ 30,701 versus $ 18,365 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,619. 18.4 percent of families and 21.5 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 27.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 22.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the Parish

^{1 - partly in St. Landry Parish}

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ St. Martin Parish in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved March 10, 2011
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Louisiana . National Park Service , accessed November 10, 2017.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 10, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
^ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ St. Martin Parish, Louisiana , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

30.13 -91.61Coordinates: 30 ° 8 ′ N , 91 ° 37 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011