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Notable locations in Amite City: Louisiana State University AgCenter Tangipahoa Parish Office (A), Tangipahoa Parish Office (B), Amite Police Department (C), Tangipahoa Parish Library Main Office (D), Tangipahoa Parish Main Library (E), Tangipahoa Parish Library Genealogy Branch (F), Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office (G), Tangipahoa Parish Fire District Amite Station (H), Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Amite Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Amite City include: Little Bethel Church School (A), Greater Refuge Temple (B), Center of Hope (C), Nazarene Church (D), Amite Assembly on the Rock Church (E), Amite Church of Christ (F), Amite Presbyterian Church (G), Butlers African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (H), Calvary Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Amite Cemetery (1), Ellis Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
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St. Tammany Parish has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 27.8. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.51. This is about average. Closest monitor was 17.5 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 26.6%
(3.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 47.1% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 35.4% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.6 people | | Louisiana: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 66.4% | | Whole state: | 69.7% |
| This town: | 3.3% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Amite City, LA
People in group quarters in Amite City:
- 523 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 80 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 17 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 6 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Amite City compared to Louisiana state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Religion statistics for Amite City (based on St. Tammany Parish data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 56.36%
| Here | | 56.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Lutheran Church |
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| Adherents | 53.2% | 20.4% | 8.8% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
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| Congregations | 11.3% | 24.8% | 9.8% | 5.3% | 3.0% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | Jewish | American Baptist Association | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
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| Congregations | 2.3% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 35.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 38 | This county: | 1.68 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 2.56 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 3 | St. Tammany Parish: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 14 | St. Tammany Parish: | 0.62 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 1.29 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 96 | This county: | 4.24 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 4.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 188 | St. Tammany Parish: | 8.31 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 5.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 26.0% | | Louisiana: | 29.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | St. Tammany Parish: | 8.8% | | State: | 13.7% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $5,964 | $23,856 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $2,104 |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $4,247 | $25,482 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 21 | $9,139 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $2,225 |
| Streets and Highways |
9 | $12,518 | $16,691 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $2,583 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,697 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $5,354 | $32,124 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
16 | $28,083 | $21,062 | 41 | $17,748 |
Amite City government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $268,000 ($64.56)
Sewerage: $106,000 ($25.54)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $27,000 ($6.50)
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $777,000 ($187.18)
Police Protection: $540,000 ($130.09)
Regular Highways: $444,000 ($106.96)
Water Utilities: $180,000 ($43.36)
Sewerage: $151,000 ($36.38)
Solid Waste Management: $126,000 ($30.35)
Parks & Recreation: $78,000 ($18.79)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $76,000 ($18.31)
General - Other: $50,000 ($12.05)
Fire Protection: $10,000 ($2.41)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Fire Protection: $181,000 ($43.60)
Health: $8,000 ($1.93)
General: $7,000 ($1.69)
Police Protection: $2,000 ($0.48)
- Intergovernmental to State - Regular Highways: $9,000 ($2.17)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $18,000 ($4.34)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $51,000 ($12.29)
Interest Earnings: $22,000 ($5.30)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $618,000 ($148.88)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $247,000 ($59.50)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $117,000 ($28.19)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $1,380,000 ($332.45)
NEC: $222,000 ($53.48)
Public Utilities: $105,000 ($25.30)
Property: $93,000 ($22.40)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $923,000 ($222.36)
15.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,761 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 15.14% | | Louisiana average: | 8.89% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($165 average AGI)| St. Tammany Parish: | 0.07% | | Louisiana average: | 0.11% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
13.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,474 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 13.55% | | Louisiana average: | 13.45% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($268 average AGI)| St. Tammany Parish: | 0.08% | | Louisiana average: | 0.07% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Amite City:
- WABL (1570 AM; 1 kW; AMITE, LA; Owner: SPOTLIGHT BROADCASTING LLC)
- WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WAPF (980 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTIX (690 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WTIX, INC.)
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WFPR (1400 AM; 1 kW; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- WHNY (1250 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: C.W.H. BROADCASTING INC.)
- WFNO (830 AM; 5 kW; NORCO, LA; Owner: WFNO, L.L.C.)
- WYLD (940 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Amite City:
- WTGG (96.5 FM; AMITE, LA; Owner: SOUTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WEMX (94.1 FM; KENTWOOD, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHMD (107.1 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- WBBE (103.3 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KSTE-FM (104.1 FM; HOUMA, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCKW-FM (92.3 FM; LAPLACE, LA; Owner: 222 CORPORATION)
- WDGL (98.1 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- WYPY (100.7 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- WFMF (102.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYNK-FM (101.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUUU (98.9 FM; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- WQCK (92.7 FM; CLINTON, LA; Owner: BETHANY WORLD PRAYER CENTER, INC.)
- WKSY (106.1 FM; PICAYUNE, MS; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- KSLU (90.9 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY)
TV broadcast stations around Amite City:
- WSTY-LP (Channel 23; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: AMERICAN TELEVISION, INC.)
- WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
- WBRZ-TV (Channel 2; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA TELEVISION BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WVLA (Channel 33; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF BATON ROUGE LIC. CORP.)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 14 meters (46ft)
Total costs: $160,000
Total average daily traffic: 23,220
Total average daily truck traffic: 3,348
Total future (year 2030) average daily traffic: 16,254
Businesses in Amite City, LA
Amite City on our top lists:
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill"
- #59 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill"
- #92 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average humidity"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest lead air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
- #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
- #86 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
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