County population in 2014: 52,745 (89% urban, 11% rural); it was 48,072 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 9,885 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,919 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 13,370 Renter-occupied apartments: 3,753 (it was 3,052 in 2000)
% of renters here:
19%
State:
33%
Land area: 284 sq. mi.
Water area: 126.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 186 people per square mile (high).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in St. Charles Parish: 97.1 (near average, U.S. average is 100)
Estimated median household income in 2015: $60,895 ($45,139 in 1999)
This county:
$60,895
Louisiana:
$45,727
Median contract rent in 2015 for apartments: $728 (lower quartile is $535, upper quartile is $912)
This county:
$728
State:
$647
Estimated median house or condo value in 2015: $199,008 (it was $96,300 in 2000)
St. Charles:
$199,008
Louisiana:
$155,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $131,101 - $279,546 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,460 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $396
Institutionalized population: 590
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 5
Rapes: 8
Robberies: 24
Assaults: 59
Burglaries: 437
Thefts: 874
Auto thefts: 152
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 2
Rapes: 5
Robberies: 32
Assaults: 189
Burglaries: 392
Thefts: 1073
Auto thefts: 166
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2015: $1,372 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2015: $961 (0.5%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2015: 11.8%
(7.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.6% for Black residents, 20.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 8.7% for American Indian residents, 12.0% for other race residents, 9.8% for two or more races residents)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2015: 11.7%
St. Charles Parish:
11.7%
Louisiana:
19.6%
(7.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 20.8% for Black residents, 21.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 8.2% for American Indian residents, 8.8% for other race residents, 9.0% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2015: 37 years old
(Males: 36 years old, Females: 38 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40 years old, Black residents: 32 years old, American Indian residents: 62 years old, Asian residents: 28 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 30 years old, Other race residents: 37 years old)
Area name: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in St. Charles Parish is $804 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $940 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1207 a month.
Churches in St. Charles Parish include: New Zion Baptist Church (A), Saint Pius Church (B), Saint Joichian Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Little Lake (A), Bayou Manuel (B), Bayou Plat (C), Goelette Bay (D), Spoonbill Bay (E), Bay Dosgris (F), Bayou de Fleur (G), The Pen (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bayou Segnette (A), Bayou Boeuf (B), Bayou des Familles (C), Bayou aux Carpes (D), Whisky Bayou (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in St. Charles Parish include: Barataria Preserve (1), Bayou Segnette State Park (2), Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Current college students: 2,134 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.0% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,192 (51% naturalized citizens)
St. Charles Parish:
2.5%
Whole state:
2.6%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1995 to March 2000: 278
1990 to 1994: 207
1985 to 1989: 145
1980 to 1984: 101
1975 to 1979: 82
1970 to 1974: 132
1970 to 1974: 52
1965 to 1969: 195
Note: State values scaled to St. Charles Parish population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 45.5%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 13,198
One, attached: 370
Two: 379
3 or 4: 760
5 to 9: 511
10 to 19: 117
20 or more: 123
Mobile homes: 1,910
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 62
Housing units in St. Charles Parish with a mortgage: 7,512 (876 second mortgage, 554 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,909
Here:
65.8% with mortgage
State:
59.7% with mortgage
Religion statistics for St. Charles Parish
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Catholic
21,657
8
Evangelical Protestant
3,812
19
Black Protestant
943
6
Mainline Protestant
910
4
Other
328
2
None
25,130
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St. Charles Parish Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 9
St. Charles Parish:
1.73 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.56 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:
0.19 / 10,000 pop.
Louisiana:
0.18 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6
This county:
1.15 / 10,000 pop.
Louisiana:
1.29 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 24
St. Charles Parish:
4.62 / 10,000 pop.
Louisiana:
4.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 26
This county:
5.00 / 10,000 pop.
State:
5.92 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
St. Charles Parish:
10.7%
Louisiana:
10.9%
Adult obesity rate:
St. Charles Parish:
32.2%
State:
29.2%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.6%
State:
13.7%
Agriculture in St. Charles Parish:
Average size of farms: 141 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $85,544 Average total farm production expenses per farm: $64,340 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 24.80% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.25% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $36,201 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.71% Average age of principal farm operators: 60 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 23.49 Vegetables: 50 harvested acres
Tornado activity:
St. Charles Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Louisiana state average. It is 1310351.5 times below overall U.S. average. Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 49 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004. On 2/13/2007, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 24 people and caused $4 million in damages.
Earthquake activity:
St. Charles Parish-area historical earthquake activity is below Louisiana state average. It is 93% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 2/10/2006 at 04:14:22, a magnitude 5.3 (4.2 MB, 5.3 MS, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 146.7 miles away from St. Charles Parish center On 9/10/2006 at 14:56:08, a magnitude 5.9 (5.9 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, Depth: 8.7 mi) earthquake occurred 343.5 miles away from the county center On 10/24/1997 at 08:35:17, a magnitude 4.9 (4.8 MB, 4.2 MS, 4.9 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 203.3 miles away from the county center On 12/9/2000 at 06:46:09, a magnitude 4.3 (4.2 MB, 4.3 MS, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 133.2 miles away from the county center On 6/30/1994 at 01:08:24, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 141.1 miles away from St. Charles Parish center On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 302.5 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 11, 2016 to August 31, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4277: August 14, 2016, FEMA Id: 4277, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
The number of natural disasters in St. Charles Parish (1) is a lot smaller than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
Transportation occupations (8%)
Sales and related occupations (7%)
Office and administrative support occupations (7%)
Office and administrative support occupations (25%)
Sales and related occupations (13%)
Education, training, and library occupations (9%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (9%)
Management occupations (7%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Honduras (14%)
Canada (10%)
Vietnam (9%)
Mexico (6%)
Pakistan (6%)
Greece (5%)
India (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Charles Parish (%):
French (except Basque) (22%)
United States or American (9%)
German (7%)
Italian (7%)
Irish (6%)
English (4%)
French Canadian (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 17,779 (84%)
Carpooled: 2,429 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 98 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 44 (0%)
Walked: 298 (1%)
Other means: 175 (1%)
Worked at home: 282 (1%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana in 2000:
246 people in nursing homes
95 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
41 people in crews of maritime vessels
31 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in religious group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
People in group quarters in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana in 2010:
504 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
86 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
2 people in other noninstitutional facilities
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $63,791.
5.78% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,099 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
5.78%
Louisiana average:
6.57%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.48% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($29,073 average AGI)
1.29% relocated from other states ($10,026 average AGI)
St. Charles Parish:
1.29%
Louisiana average:
2.51%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
7.08% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($40,800 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.08%
Louisiana average:
6.57%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.43% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($28,526 average AGI)
1.65% relocated to other states ($12,274 average AGI)
St. Charles Parish:
1.65%
Louisiana average:
2.51%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in St. Charles Parish
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 6,163 (4,881 aged, 1,282 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,171 (8%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana in 1999 - 2014:
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (421)
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (373)
Atherosclerotic heart disease (320)
Unspecified dementia (189)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (181)
Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (119)
Septicaemia, unspecified (113)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 2 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 3,798 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 112 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 21,489
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,450 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 668 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 2
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 23 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 57
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 14
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 69.4. This is less than state average.
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 135.9. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 95.4
Other - 40.5
Household type by relationship:
Households: 52,188
In family households: 47,063 (9,725 male householders, 4,631 female householders)
10,256 spouses, 17,386 children (16,016 natural, 351 adopted, 1,019 stepchildren), 1,828 grandchildren, 500 brothers or sisters, 416 parents, 758 other relatives, 1,217 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,125 (2,134 male householders (1,675 living alone)), 2,067 female householders (1,806 living alone)), 924 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 592 (590 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,130 2-persons, 3,712 3-persons, 3,250 4-persons, 1,486 5-persons, 465 6-persons, 313 7-or-more-persons.
9,756 married couples with children.
3,206 single-parent households (674 men, 2,532 women).
93.3% of residents of St. Charles Parish speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $210,950,000 ($4,213 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $17,656,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $88,132,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $51,174,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,686,000 Federal grants: $32,744,000 Federal procurement contracts: $17,523,000 ($14,725,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $14,692,000 ($181,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $433,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,705,000 Federal Government insurance: $1,562,770,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,573
Here:
71 per 1000 residents
State:
78 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,810
Here:
36 per 1000 residents
State:
49 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +234
Here:
+5 per 1000 residents
State:
+4 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +637
Here:
+13 per 1000 residents
State:
-20 per 1000 residents
Population growth in St. Charles Parish
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.58 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.0
State:
5.8
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.3
State:
4.1
Year house built
2014 or later: 60
2010 to 2013: 485
2000 to 2009: 3,386
1990 to 1999: 2,912
1980 to 1989: 4,444
1970 to 1979: 3,559
1960 to 1969: 2,526
1950 to 1959: 1,550
1940 to 1949: 676
1939 or earlier: 665
Note: State values scaled to St. Charles population
Rooms in houses/apartments in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Note: State values scaled to St. Charles Parish population
no vehicle: 614
1 vehicle: 3,182
2 vehicles: 6,789
3 vehicles: 2,059
4 vehicles: 557
5+ vehicles: 169
no vehicle: 435
1 vehicle: 1,591
2 vehicles: 805
3 vehicles: 199
4 vehicles: 17
5+ vehicles: 5
67% of St. Charles Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Louisiana.
St. Charles Parish:
67.1%
State average:
59.6%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 39,366
Northeast: 771
Midwest: 1,275
South: 4,663
West: 494
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,200
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
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