St. Mary Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Franklin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 500 Main Street Franklin, LA 70538-6141
Foundation :	1811
Made up from:	St. Martin Parish
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	54,650 (2010)
Population density :	34.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2898 km²
Water surface :	1311 km²
map

Website : www.parish.st-mary.la.us

The St. Mary Parish ( French Paroisse de Sainte-Marie ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . In 2010, the Parish had 54,650 residents and a population density of 34.4 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Franklin .

geography

The Parish is located in southern Louisiana, bordering the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 2898 square kilometers, of which 1311 square kilometers are water.

The largest watercourse in St. Mary Parish is the Atchafalaya River , a common estuary of the Mississippi and Red Rivers , which flows into the sea south of Morgan City .

The St. Mary Parish is adjacent to the following parishes:

	Iberia Parish
		St. Martin Parish , Assumption Parish
		Terrebonne Parish

history

St. Mary Parish was formed from parts of St. Martin Parish in 1811.

28 structures 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%
1830	6442	-
1840	8950	38.9%
1850	13,697	53%
1860	16,816	22.8%
1870	13,860	-17.6%
1880	19,891	43.5%
1890	22,416	12.7%
1900	34,145	52.3%
1910	39,368	15.3%
1920	30,754	-21.9%
1930	29,397	-4.4%
1940	31,458	7%
1950	35,848	14%
1960	48,833	36.2%
1970	60,752	24.4%
1980	64,253	5.8%
1990	58,086	-9.6%
2000	53,500	-7.9%
2010	54,650	2.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the St. Mary Parishes

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City

The Atchafalaya Bay

According to the 2000 census , St. Mary Parish had 53,500 people in 19,317 households and 14,082 families. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 62.79 percent white, 31.79 percent African American, 1.39 percent Native American, 1.64 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.88 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.50 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 2.15 percent of the population.

Of the 19,317 households, 36.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 51.0 percent were married couples living together, 16.5 percent were single mothers, 27.1 percent were non-families, 23.2 percent were single households, and 8.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.23.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 29.7 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 92.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,072 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,064. Males had a median income of $ 31,570 versus $ 18,341 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,399. 20.6 percent of families and 23.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 31.3 percent were children or young people under the age of 18 and 19.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.