St. Mary Parish has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 23.8%
(17.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.8% for Black residents, 46.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 39.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.8 people | | Louisiana: | 2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 73.7% | | Whole state: | 69.8% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 6.7% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Patterson, LA
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Patterson 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 significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age 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 Patterson (2011 data):
- Patterson State Bank: at 1130 Highway 90 West, branch established on 01/01/1925. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $21.9 mil, Deposits: $19.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Patterson Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Religion statistics for Patterson:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 64.68%
| Here |  | 64.7% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Episcopal Church |
| Adherents | 71.0% | 19.1% | 5.0% | 1.7% | 0.8% |
| Congregations | 30.2% | 20.8% | 18.9% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
|---|
| Name | Vineyard USA | Churches of Christ | LDS (Mormon) Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other |
| Adherents | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Congregations | 1.9% | 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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 18 | This county: | 3.51 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 2.56 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | St. Mary Parish: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 11 | St. Mary Parish: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 1.29 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 23 | This county: | 4.48 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 4.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 28 | St. Mary Parish: | 5.46 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 5.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 12.3% | | Louisiana: | 10.9% |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 33.3% | | Louisiana: | 29.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | St. Mary Parish: | 13.4% | | 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $18,696 | $24,928 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
20 | $45,240 | $27,144 | 2 | $728 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $780 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $10,122 | $24,293 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $20,804 | $49,930 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
9 | $21,932 | $29,243 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,278 | $39,336 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
49 | $120,072 | $29,405 | 3 | $1,508 |
Patterson government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $385,000 ($73.40)
Solid Waste Management: $277,000 ($52.81)
Housing & Community Development: $181,000 ($34.51)
All Other: $42,000 ($8.01)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($0.19)
- Construction - Housing & Community Development: $110,000 ($20.97)
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $749,000 ($142.80)
Police Protection: $744,000 ($141.85)
Housing & Community Development: $380,000 ($72.45)
Regular Highways: $319,000 ($60.82)
Water Utilities: $316,000 ($60.25)
Solid Waste Management: $285,000 ($54.34)
Sewerage: $241,000 ($45.95)
Central Staff Services: $169,000 ($32.22)
Financial Administration: $92,000 ($17.54)
General - Other: $65,000 ($12.39)
Judicial and Legal Services: $58,000 ($11.06)
Fire Protection: $28,000 ($5.34)
Parks & Recreation: $17,000 ($3.24)
Health Services - Other: $7,000 ($1.33)
General Public Buildings: $1,000 ($0.19)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $362,000 ($69.02)
- Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $34,000 ($6.48)
- General - Interest on Debt: $75,000 ($14.30)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $88,000 ($16.78)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Gas Utilities: $484,000 ($92.28)
Water Utilities: $204,000 ($38.89)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,633,000 ($311.34)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,321,000 ($251.86)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Gas Utilities: $462,000 ($88.08)
Water Utilities: $195,000 ($37.18)
Other, NEC: $149,000 ($28.41)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $164,000 ($31.27)
Gas Utilities: $22,000 ($4.19)
Water Utilities: $9,000 ($1.72)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $257,000 ($49.00)
Interest Earnings: $213,000 ($40.61)
Special Assessments: $16,000 ($3.05)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $611,000 ($116.49)
Fire Protection: $438,000 ($83.51)
Police Protection: $257,000 ($49.00)
Central Staff: $233,000 ($44.42)
Financial Administration: $117,000 ($22.31)
General - Other: $44,000 ($8.39)
Parks & Recreation: $24,000 ($4.58)
Gas Utilities: $19,000 ($3.62)
Housing & Community Development: $9,000 ($1.72)
Water Utilities: $8,000 ($1.53)
Sewerage: $6,000 ($1.14)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,569,000 ($1061.77)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $845,000 ($161.11)
Water Utilities: $499,000 ($95.14)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $926,000 ($176.55)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $752,000 ($143.37)
General Support: $128,000 ($24.40)
Housing & Community Development: $44,000 ($8.39)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $1,328,000 ($253.19)
Property: $292,000 ($55.67)
Public Utilities: $157,000 ($29.93)
NEC: $108,000 ($20.59)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $7,000 ($1.33)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,203,000 ($229.36)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $14,000 ($2.67)
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:
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Patterson:
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- KTIB (640 AM; 5 kW; THIBODAUX, LA; Owner: LA TERR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- KMRC (1430 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MORGAN CITY, LA; Owner: SPOTLIGHT BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTIX (690 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WTIX, INC.)
- KDYS (1520 AM; 10 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WYLD (940 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WFNO (830 AM; 5 kW; NORCO, LA; Owner: WFNO, L.L.C.)
- WJBO (1150 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KBRH (1260 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD)
Strongest FM radio stations in Patterson:
- KQKI-FM (95.3 FM; BAYOU VISTA, LA; Owner: TECHE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KBZE (105.9 FM; BERWICK, LA; Owner: HUBCAST BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KSTE-FM (104.1 FM; HOUMA, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCKW-FM (92.3 FM; LAPLACE, LA; Owner: 222 CORPORATION)
- 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)
- KBZZ-FM (96.7 FM; MORGAN CITY, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF HOUMA, LLC)
- WYNK-FM (101.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDGL (98.1 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- KFMV (105.5 FM; FRANKLIN, LA; Owner: FM RADIO, L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Patterson:
- KJUN-CA (Channel 7; MORGAN CITY, LA; Owner: FOLSE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
- KWBJ-LP (Channel 39; MORGAN CITY, LA; Owner: PRICE MEDIA CORPORATION)
- 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.)
- WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
- WVLA (Channel 33; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF BATON ROUGE LIC. CORP.)
- K58GB (Channel 58; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Patterson, Louisiana:
- Fatal accident count: 40
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 60
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 18
- Fatalities: 42
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 98
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 4
Louisiana average:
- Fatal accident count: 116
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 172
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 33
- Fatalities: 126
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 303
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 20
See more detailed statistics of Patterson fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Patterson)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 86 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 6 - Catv Tower .8 Mi S Of Hy 90 (Lat: 29.673833 Lon: -91.302611), Call Sign: WXA483
Assigned Frequencies: 151.715 MHz Grant Date: 08/03/2002, Expiration Date: 10/22/2012, Cancellation Date: 11/04/2004, Certifier: Mark S Williams
Registrant: Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Pllc, 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Nw, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 776-2776 - 1.25 Mi E Of Patterson Airport 1 Mi N (Lat: 29.710472 Lon: -91.292333), Structure height: 91 m, Call Sign: KKM994
Assigned Frequencies: 49.0600 MHz Grant Date: 12/18/2002, Expiration Date: 02/09/2013, Cancellation Date: 10/22/2009
Registrant: Southern Natural Gas Company, 569 Brookwood Village Suite 501, Birmingham, AL 35209, Phone: (205) 325-7328, Fax: (205) 325-3730, Email:
- Near Us Hwy 90 Approx 3.5 Mi W (Lat: 29.694667 Lon: -91.357056), Structure height: 18 m, Call Sign: KNFW985
Assigned Frequencies: 48.8000 MHz, 49.0200 MHz Grant Date: 04/30/2002, Expiration Date: 06/01/2012
Registrant: Trunkline Gas Company, LLC, 5444 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77210-4967, Phone: (713) 989-7220, Fax: (713) 989-1173, Email:
- 206 E Main St (Lat: 29.684944 Lon: -91.297333), Structure height: 9 m, Call Sign: KNGF458
Assigned Frequencies: 4.43800 MHz Grant Date: 03/14/2002, Expiration Date: 05/05/2012
Registrant: Blooston Mordkofsky Dickens Duffy & Prendergast, 2120 L Street Nw Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: (202) 659-0830, Fax: (202) 828-5568 - 6 Mi W Of Hwy 70 Mystic Bayou (Lat: 29.910194 Lon: -91.310111), Type: Pole, Structure height: 6 m, Call Sign: WNQS852
Assigned Frequencies: 456.100 MHz Grant Date: 10/09/2002, Expiration Date: 12/21/2012
Registrant: Southern Natural Gas Company, 569 Brookwood Village Suite 501, Birmingham, AL 35209, Phone: (205) 325-7328, Fax: (205) 325-3730, Email:
- Lat: 29.699389 Lon: -91.355667, Call Sign: WQAQ580
Assigned Frequencies: 460.862 MHz, 465.862 MHz Grant Date: 07/20/2004, Expiration Date: 07/20/2014, Certifier: Dennis Skruhak
Registrant: Keller And Heckman, LP, 1001 G Street, Nw, Suite 500 W, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 434-4282, Fax: (202) 434-4646, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 13 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 17 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Patterson)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 16 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Patterson)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Patterson
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Patterson, LA
| Most common first names in Patterson, LA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Mary | 34 | 76.6 years |
| Joseph | 30 | 71.1 years |
| John | 24 | 77.6 years |
| James | 23 | 69.4 years |
| William | 18 | 70.1 years |
| Willie | 17 | 73.9 years |
| Charles | 16 | 65.9 years |
| Robert | 14 | 71.4 years |
| Albert | 14 | 71.1 years |
| George | 14 | 69.1 years |
| Most common last names in Patterson, LA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Williams | 22 | 70.7 years |
| Johnson | 20 | 72.2 years |
| Broussard | 18 | 73.8 years |
| Smith | 17 | 73.6 years |
| Lipari | 17 | 81.3 years |
| Jones | 15 | 68.1 years |
| Thomas | 14 | 69.9 years |
| Washington | 13 | 68.3 years |
| Brown | 13 | 68.2 years |
| Triggs | 12 | 79.1 years |
| Businesses in Patterson, LA |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Pizza Hut | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
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