St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (LA)

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% of renters here:	19%
State:	32%

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.1%), Manufacturing (17.9%), Retail trade (10.5%).

Type of workers:

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana:

Median resident age:	34.2 years
Louisiana median age:	34.0 years

Males: 23,447	(48.8%)
Females: 24,625	(51.2%)

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St. Charles Parish:	2.9 people
Louisiana:	2.6 people

This county:	$56,726
Louisiana:	$40,926

This county:	$527
State:	$494

St. Charles Parish:	$159,903
Louisiana:	$126,800

Detached houses: $202,716

Here:	$202,716
State:	$177,270

Townhouses or other attached units: $125,915

Here:	$125,915
State:	$167,971

In 2-unit structures: $99,357

Here:	$99,357
State:	$218,101

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $134,554

Here:	$134,554
State:	$189,844

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $86,026

Here:	$86,026
State:	$179,688

Mobile homes: $34,965

Here:	$34,965
State:	$34,481

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500

Here:	$17,500
State:	$47,390

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

This county:	11.4%
Whole state:	19.6%

This county:	5.9%
Whole state:	9.4%

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.

Cities in this county include: Luling, Destrehan, St. Rose, Norco, Hahnville, Des Allemands, Boutte, Bayou Gauche, New Sarpy, Ama.

2005 air pollution in St. Charles Parish:

Lead: 0.04 µg/m³ (standard limit: 1.5 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.092 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.076 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Jefferson Parish , Lafourche Parish , St. John the Baptist Parish , Tangipahoa Parish .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in St. Charles Parish: James Business Park (A), Bois Chactas Shell Bank (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Church in St. Charles Parish: First Baptist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map Cemetery: Young Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map Lakes and swamps: Cataouatche, Lake (A), Salvador, Lake (B), Baie du Cabanage (C), Baie des Chactas (D), Summers Island (E), Johnson Island (F), Victor Island (G), Bird Island (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pain, Bayou (A), Allemands, Bayou des (B), Traverse, Bayou (C), Trepagnier, Bayou (D), Branche, Bayou La (E), Bayou des Saules (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	5.4%
Louisiana:	6.3%

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%

Mean travel time to work: 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

St. Charles Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Louisiana state average. It is 1.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 10 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 12/21/1969, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

St. Charles Parish-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Louisiana state average. It is 98% 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 28.7 miles away from St. Charles Parish center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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%)

11.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,829 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.89%
Louisiana average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10.31% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($34,195 average AGI)
1.58% relocated from other states ($5,634 average AGI)

St. Charles Parish:	1.58%
Louisiana average:	2.22%

from Jefferson Parish, LA	4.38% ($38,994 average AGI)
from Orleans Parish, LA	2.56% ($41,896)
from St. Bernard Parish, LA	1.07% ($44,188)
from St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	0.80% ($33,508)
from Lafourche Parish, LA	0.26% ($28,977)
from St. Tammany Parish, LA	0.23% ($46,737)
from Tangipahoa Parish, LA	0.16% ($38,556)

9.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,631 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.83%
Louisiana average:	13.45%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($322 average AGI)

St. Charles Parish:	0.06%
Louisiana average:	0.07%

5.31% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($17,895 average AGI)
4.46% relocated to other states ($18,414 average AGI)

St. Charles Parish:	4.46%
Louisiana average:	7.16%

to Jefferson Parish, LA	1.68% ($29,712 average AGI)
to St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	0.83% ($28,843)
to Harris County, TX	0.53% ($38,988)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.35% ($32,175)
to Lafourche Parish, LA	0.33% ($33,321)
to St. Tammany Parish, LA	0.30% ($54,896)
to Orleans Parish, LA	0.27% ($30,795)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.9

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,269 (4,300 aged, 969 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 43,899 (9,758 male householders, 3,424 female householders)

  10,020 spouses, 17,092 children (15,590 natural, 415 adopted, 1,087 stepchildren), 1,434 grandchildren, 392 brothers or sisters, 240 parents, 694 other relatives, 845 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,744 (1,645 male householders (1,332 living alone)), 1,566 female householders (1,406 living alone)), 533 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 429 (372 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,343 2-persons, 3,420 3-persons, 3,180 4-persons, 1,503 5-persons, 485 6-persons, 251 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,738 1-person, 431 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

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 ($4213 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

Here:	71 per 1000 residents
State:	78 per 1000 residents

Here:	36 per 1000 residents
State:	49 per 1000 residents

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	+4 per 1000 residents

Here:	+13 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.58 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	6.0
State:	5.8

Here:	4.3
State:	4.1

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: 39366
• Northeast: 771
• Midwest: 1275
• South: 4663
• West: 494

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,200

Here:	15.7%
Louisiana:	17.2%

Here:	9.3%
Louisiana:	15.5%

Here:	17.2%
Louisiana:	16.8%

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