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Notable locations in Welsh: Welsh Wastewater Treatment Plant (A), Jefferson Davis Parish Library McBurney Memorial Branch (B), Welsh Police Department (C), Golden Age Nursing Home of Welsh (D), Welsh Volunteer Fire Department (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Welsh include: Jones United Methodist Church (A), First Presbyterian Church of Welsh (B), First Baptist Church (C), First Assembly of God Church (D), Welsh First United Methodist Church (E), Welsh Church of Christ (F), Saint Joseph's Church (G), Our Lady of Seven Dolors Church (H), New Jerusalem Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Jefferson Davis Parish has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Welsh and their reported violations in the past:
JEFF DAVIS CENTRAL WATERWORKS DISTRICT (Address: 20263 HWY 99  , Population served: 2930, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and NOV-27-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (NOV-27-2000)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 28.8%
(19.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 41.0% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 87.1% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 58.4% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.6 people | | Louisiana: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 69.3% | | Whole state: | 69.7% |
| This town: | 3.9% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Welsh, LA
People in group quarters in Welsh:
- 97 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Welsh compared to Louisiana state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage 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 Welsh (2011 data):
- Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Company: Welsh Branch at 101 North Adams Street, branch established on 1992/08/10. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $547.5 mil, Deposits: $475.6 mil, headquarters in Jennings, LA, positive income, 14 total offices, Holding Company: Jeff Davis Bancshares, Inc.
- Capital One, National Association: Welsh Branch at 112 South Adams, branch established on 1934/11/05. Info updated 2011/07/01: Bank assets: $133,477.8 mil, Deposits: $97,063.7 mil, headquarters in Mclean, VA, positive income, 984 total offices, Holding Company: Capital One Financial Corporation
- St. Martin Bank and Trust Company: Welsh Branch at 102 South Adams Street, branch established on 1966/06/15. Info updated 2007/12/05: Bank assets: $351.5 mil, Deposits: $285.3 mil, headquarters in St. Martinville, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Saint Martin Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
Religion statistics for Welsh (based on Jefferson Davis Parish data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 56.87%
| Here | | 56.9% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church | Charismatic Churches Independent |
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| Adherents | 72.9% | 12.0% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
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| Congregations | 22.7% | 16.6% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 0.6% |
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| Name | Muslim Estimate | Episcopal Church | Jewish | Lutheran Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 2.2% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 3.3% | 34.8% |
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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: 10 | Jefferson Davis Parish: | 3.21 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.56 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4 | This county: | 1.28 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 1.29 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Jefferson Davis Parish: | 5.78 / 10,000 pop. | | Louisiana: | 4.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 12 | This county: | 3.85 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Jefferson Davis Parish: | 11.4% | | Louisiana: | 10.9% |
Adult obesity rate: | Jefferson Davis Parish: | 32.0% | | State: | 29.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
4 | $9,660 | $28,980 | 1 | $277 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $2,000 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $300 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
12 | $27,839 | $27,839 | 4 | $2,216 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $3,901 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $550 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $3,390 | $20,340 | 1 | $476 |
| Health |
1 | $1,264 | $15,168 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $4,069 | $24,414 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,376 | $28,512 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,032 | $24,384 | 1 | $467 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $3,387 | $20,322 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
5 | $16,913 | $40,591 | 2 | $1,092 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $1,379 | $16,548 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
31 | $72,309 | $27,991 | 26 | $11,279 |
Welsh government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $238,000 ($73.66)
- Charges - Sewerage: $269,000 ($83.26)
All Other: $196,000 ($60.66)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $2,055,000 ($636.03)
Police Protection: $472,000 ($146.08)
Fire Protection: $290,000 ($89.76)
Financial Administration: $252,000 ($77.99)
Sewerage: $208,000 ($64.38)
Solid Waste Management: $188,000 ($58.19)
Regular Highways: $171,000 ($52.92)
Water Utilities: $168,000 ($52.00)
Parks & Recreation: $156,000 ($48.28)
General - Other: $41,000 ($12.69)
Health Services - Other: $19,000 ($5.88)
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $81,000 ($25.07)
- General - Interest on Debt: $62,000 ($19.19)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $1,970,000 ($609.72)
Water Utilities: $690,000 ($213.56)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,168,000 ($361.50)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,077,000 ($333.33)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $1,854,000 ($573.82)
Water Utilities: $649,000 ($200.87)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $116,000 ($35.90)
Other, NEC: $91,000 ($28.16)
Water Utilities: $40,000 ($12.38)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $162,000 ($50.14)
Interest Earnings: $133,000 ($41.16)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,565,000 ($793.87)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $2,011,000 ($622.41)
Water Utilities: $321,000 ($99.35)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $586,000 ($181.37)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $193,000 ($59.73)
General Support: $60,000 ($18.57)
Housing & Community Development: $4,000 ($1.24)
- Tax - Other Selective Sales: $302,000 ($93.47)
Total General Sales: $296,000 ($91.61)
NEC: $96,000 ($29.71)
Property: $71,000 ($21.97)
Public Utilities: $49,000 ($15.17)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $784,000 ($242.65)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $28,000 ($8.67)
6.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,962 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.63% | | 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:
6.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,546 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.42% | | 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 Welsh:
- KJEF (1290 AM; 1 kW; JENNINGS, LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLCL (1470 AM; 5 kW; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KDYS (1520 AM; 10 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KLVI (560 AM; 5 kW; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KVOL (1330 AM; 5 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- KWDF (840 AM; daytime; 8 kW; BALL, LA; Owner: BALL BROADCASTING CO.)
- KWKH (1130 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KJMJ (580 AM; 5 kW; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: RADIO MARIA, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Welsh:
- KBXG (99.5 FM; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KVEE (107.5 FM; LAKE ARTHUR, LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOJO (91.7 FM; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: RADIO MARIA, INC.)
- KHLA (92.9 FM; JENNINGS, LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K201FO (88.1 FM; JENNINGS, LA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KAJN-FM (102.9 FM; CROWLEY, LA; Owner: RICE CAPITAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KYKZ (96.1 FM; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KQIS (102.1 FM; BASILE, LA; Owner: THIRD PARTNER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KBIU (103.7 FM; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KRVS (88.7 FM; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE)
- KSMB (94.5 FM; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KYLC (90.3 FM; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
TV broadcast stations around Welsh:
- KPLC (Channel 7; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- KLTL-TV (Channel 18; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
- KLFY-TV (Channel 10; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KLFY, L.P.)
- KLPB-TV (Channel 24; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
- K45DI (Channel 45; MERMENTAU, LA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- KATC (Channel 3; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KATC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KJEF-CA (Channel 13; JENNINGS, ETC., LA; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KADN (Channel 15; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KADN-15, INC.)
- KFAM-LP (Channel 58; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: RICE CAPITAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KVHP (Channel 29; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K69HD (Channel 69; CHURCH POINT, LA; Owner: GULF MANAGEMENT II, L.L.C.)
- KAGN-LP (Channel 65; CROWLEY, LA; Owner: RICE CAPITAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- K51EC (Channel 51; LAKE CHARLES, LA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Welsh, Louisiana:
- Fatal accident count: 15
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 19
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 20
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 44
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
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 Welsh fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 14
Total length: 48 meters (157ft)
Total costs: $3,074,000
Total average daily traffic: 134,070
Total average daily truck traffic: 28,471
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1930-1939: 1
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 0
- 1960-1969: 7
- 1970-1979: 2
- 1980-1989: 3
- 1990-1999: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Welsh, LA
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Welsh)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 45 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Welsh, LA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - WELSH, Cor. South & Crowley Sts. (Lat: 30.237139 Lon: -92.820972), Overall height: 53.3 m, Call Sign: KLS40
Assigned Frequencies: 6189.80 MHz
Grant Date: 04/17/1991, Expiration Date: 02/01/2001, Cancellation Date: 10/02/1996
Registrant: Evangeline Telephone Company, Monroe, LA 71203
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 - Welsh Municipal Airport (Lat: 30.241306 Lon: -92.825694), Call Sign: KIX7, Licensee ID: L00007412
Assigned Frequencies: 122.800 MHz
Grant Date: 02/22/2006, Expiration Date: 02/07/2016
Registrant: Lyon Flying Service Inc, Welsh, LA 70591-0726, Phone: (337) 734-2594
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Welsh)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 20 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Welsh)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Welsh, LA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Joseph | 39 | 70.9 years |
| John | 36 | 70.1 years |
| Mary | 34 | 77.5 years |
| Frank | 17 | 73.2 years |
| James | 16 | 78.0 years |
| Sidney | 14 | 72.4 years |
| Alice | 13 | 77.0 years |
| Robert | 13 | 67.5 years |
| Marie | 12 | 82.3 years |
| Eva | 12 | 75.4 years |
| Most common last names in Welsh, LA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Hebert | 29 | 77.4 years |
| Ardoin | 28 | 75.8 years |
| Guillory | 28 | 73.5 years |
| Benoit | 27 | 76.7 years |
| Fontenot | 27 | 77.3 years |
| Broussard | 27 | 77.0 years |
| Trahan | 26 | 73.0 years |
| Sonnier | 23 | 74.7 years |
| Derouen | 19 | 83.1 years |
| Hardy | 19 | 80.3 years |
Businesses in Welsh, LA
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