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St. Mary Parish

Population in July 2008: 2,613. Population change since 2000: +4.6%
 

Males: 1,325  (50.7%)
Females: 1,288  (49.3%)

Median resident age:  32.8 years
Louisiana median age:  34.0 years

Zip codes: 70514.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $28,698 (it was $23,272 in 2000)
Baldwin:  $28,698
Louisiana:  $40,926

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $12,967
Baldwin:  $12,967
Louisiana:  $21,934

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $63,971 (it was $38,300 in 2000)
Baldwin:  $63,971
Louisiana:  $126,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $83,294; Detached houses: $114,922; Townhouses or other attached units: $101,743; Mobile homes: $23,796

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Races in Baldwin:

  • Black (64.5%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (31.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Other race (0.8%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Vietnamese (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Baldwin: 76.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: French (8.6%), United States (4.3%), French Canadian (3.4%), German (1.8%), Subsaharan African (1.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 14 feet

Land area: 1.07 square miles.

Population density: 2437 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Baldwin

  • High school or higher: 64.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
  • Unemployed: 16.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Baldwin town

  • Never married: 30.0%
  • Now married: 47.7%
  • Separated: 3.4%
  • Widowed: 7.5%
  • Divorced: 11.5%

23 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.9%
Louisiana:  2.6%


According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Baldwin, Louisiana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Baldwin to the number of sex offenders is 327 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Baldwin:  0.5% ($199)
Louisiana:  0.3% ($199)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lafayette, LA (38.9 miles , pop. 110,257).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baton Rouge, LA (49.5 miles , pop. 227,818).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (230.2 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Charenton, LA (1.7 miles ), Franklin, LA (2.0 miles ), Jeanerette, LA (3.0 miles ), Lydia, LA (3.9 miles ), Patterson, LA (4.2 miles ), Loreauville, LA (4.4 miles ), Bayou Vista, LA (4.4 miles ), New Iberia, LA (4.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings
  • 2008: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 29.84 N, Longitude: 91.55 W

Area code: 337

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Population change in the 1990s: -52 (-2.0%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (18%)
  • Mining (9%)
  • Chemicals (8%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (23%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)



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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (7 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.68
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Baldwin, Louisiana

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Baldwin-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Louisiana state average. It is 65% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/17/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.7 miles away from the Baldwin town center injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 12/25/1969, a category 3 tornado 23.6 miles away from the town center injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Baldwin-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Louisiana state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/20/2005 at 00:52:20, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 58.2 miles away from Baldwin center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Baldwin:
  • FRANKLIN FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; FRANKLIN, LA)
  • IBERIA GENERAL HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CTR (about 9 miles; NEW IBERIA, LA)
  • DAUTERINE HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; NEW IBERIA, LA)

Political contributions by individuals in Baldwin, LA

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Baldwin:
  • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (about 39 miles; LAFAYETTE, LA; Full-time enrollment: 13,673)
  • NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; THIBODAUX, LA; FT enrollment: 6,244)
  • LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR (about 45 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
  • SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 52 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
  • SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
  • TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 86 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 10,230)
  • LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS (about 86 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 4,399)
Public elementary/middle schools in Baldwin:
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Baldwin and their reported violations in the past:

BALDWIN WATER SUPPLY TOWN OF (Population served: 2500, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and DEC-04-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (DEC-04-2000)

Average household size:
This town:  3.0 people
Louisiana:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  78.2%
Whole state:  69.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.7%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  31.8%
Whole state:  19.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  13.9%
Whole state:  9.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Baldwin, LA


173 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)


Baldwin compared to Louisiana state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Baldwin (2009 data):
  • The First National Bank of Jeanerette: Baldwin Branch at 215 Ralph Darden Memorial Pkwy, branch established on 2004-04-19. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $145.9 mil, Deposits: $133.1 mil, headquarters in Jeanerette, LA, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Jeanerette First National Bancorp, Inc.



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (66%)
  • Electricity (34%)


Religion statistics for Baldwin

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodEpiscopal Church
Adherents71.0%19.1%5.0%1.7%0.8%
Congregations30.2%20.8%18.9%5.7%3.8%
NameVineyard USAChurches of ChristChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPresbyterian Church (USA)Other religions
Adherents0.5%0.5%0.4%0.3%0.6%
Congregations1.9%5.7%1.9%3.8%7.5%
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.


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
Other Government Administration 3$8,713$34,8527$2,978
Police Protection - Officers 3$7,210$28,8404$5,695
Police - Other 0$0 1$1,846
Solid Waste Management 3$3,822$15,2880$0
Water Supply 4$7,579$22,7370$0
Totals for Government 13$27,324$25,22212$10,519



Baldwin government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $415,000
  • Charges - All Other: $101,000
    Sewerage: $100,000
  • Construction - General: $638,000
    Regular Highways: $111,000
    Housing & Community Development: $40,000
    Police Protection: $6,000
    Parks & Recreation: $6,000
  • Current Operations - Financial Administration: $439,000
    Police Protection: $333,000
    Gas Utilities: $237,000
    Solid Waste Management: $147,000
    Regular Highways: $140,000
    Water Utilities: $135,000
    Sewerage: $76,000
    Fire Protection: $48,000
    Parks & Recreation: $27,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $74,000
    Housing & Community Development: $40,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $41,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $140,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $680,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $2,073,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $2,713,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $40,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $80,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $68,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $349,000
    Gas Utilities: $349,000
    Water Utilities: $349,000
    Regular Highways: $2,000
    Financial Administration: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,122,000
  • Revenue - Gas Utilities: $274,000
    Water Utilities: $126,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $102,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $189,000
    All Other: $6,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $594,000
    Property: $73,000
    NEC: $48,000
    Public Utilities: $48,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $589,000

6.27% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,476 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.27%
Louisiana average:  8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Orleans Parish, LA  1.00% ($26,766 average AGI)
from Iberia Parish, LA  0.54% ($23,414)
from Jefferson Parish, LA  0.43% ($32,684)


5.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,585 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.82%
Louisiana average:  13.45%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Lafayette Parish, LA  0.87% ($30,438 average AGI)
to Iberia Parish, LA  0.77% ($28,702)
to Terrebonne Parish, LA  0.47% ($40,690)


Strongest AM radio stations in Baldwin:
  • 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.)
  • KTIB (640 AM; 5 kW; THIBODAUX, LA; Owner: LA TERR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KDYS (1520 AM; 10 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
  • KVOL (1330 AM; 5 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WJBO (1150 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
  • KBRH (1260 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD)
  • KANE (1240 AM; 1 kW; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: COASTAL BROADCASTING OF LAFOURCHE, L.L.C.)
  • KNIR (1360 AM; 1 kW; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: RADIO MARIA, INC.)
  • WIBR (1300 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Baldwin:
  • KFMV (105.5 FM; FRANKLIN, LA; Owner: FM RADIO, L.C.)
  • WYPY (100.7 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
  • WYNK-FM (101.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFMF (102.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTDY (99.9 FM; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LAFAYETTE, INC.)
  • KXKC (99.1 FM; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: BONIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • 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)
  • KRKA (107.9 FM; ERATH, LA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LAFAYETTE, INC.)
  • KOOJ (93.7 FM; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KAJN-FM (102.9 FM; CROWLEY, LA; Owner: RICE CAPITAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • KQKI-FM (95.3 FM; BAYOU VISTA, LA; Owner: TECHE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KRVS (88.7 FM; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE)
  • WRKF (89.3 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: PUBLIC RADIO INC.)
  • KBZE (105.9 FM; BERWICK, LA; Owner: HUBCAST BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KMDL (97.3 FM; KAPLAN, LA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LAFAYETTE, INC.)
  • KFTE (96.5 FM; BREAUX BRIDGE, LA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LAFAYETTE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Baldwin:
  • WBRZ-TV (Channel 2; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA TELEVISION BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WGMB (Channel 44; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: COMCORP OF BATON ROUGE LICENSE CORP.)
  • KATC (Channel 3; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KATC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WVLA (Channel 33; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF BATON ROUGE LIC. CORP.)
  • WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
  • K54FT (Channel 54; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: GULF MANAGEMENT II, L.L.C.)
  • K49DE (Channel 49; NEW IBERIA, LA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • K58GB (Channel 58; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KJUN-CA (Channel 7; MORGAN CITY, LA; Owner: FOLSE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • WLPB-TV (Channel 27; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
  • KAJN-LP (Channel 40; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: RICE CAPITAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

Baldwin, Louisiana:
  • Fatal accident count: 4
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 5
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
  • Fatalities: 4
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 10
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Louisiana average:
  • Fatal accident count: 112
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 167
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 32
  • Fatalities: 122
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 295
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 18

Baldwin fatal accident list:
Feb 12, 2006 02:21 AM, Sr-182, Lat: 29.838750, Lon: -91.544906, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 27, 2004 03:49 AM, Us-90, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 13, 2003 12:45 AM, Martin Luther King, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Nov 5, 1984 11:05 AM, La83, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1


FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Baldwin)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Baldwin, LA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3
  • Call Sign: KD5NOY, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00334566
    Grant Date: 03/12/2001, Expiration Date: 03/12/2011, Certifier: Mark D Robinson
    Registrant: Mark D Robinson, 324 Bayou View Dr, Baldwin, LA 70514
  • Call Sign: KD5RUZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00486911
    Grant Date: 03/20/2002, Expiration Date: 03/20/2012, Certifier: Leroy P Charpentier
    Registrant: Leroy P Charpentier, Baldwin, LA 70514
  • Call Sign: KE5COV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00918239
    Grant Date: 09/16/2004, Expiration Date: 09/16/2014, Certifier: Michael J Ancona
    Registrant: Michael J Ancona, Baldwin, LA 70514


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 3
  • Hazardous Condition: 1

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