St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (LA)

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• • 27,25154.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 14,51429.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,6277.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,9295.9%Two or more races
  • 6781.4%Asian alone
  • 6551.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 670.1%Some other race alone
  • 80.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 6
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 117
• Burglaries: 105
• Thefts: 268
• Auto thefts: 37

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 17
• Assaults: 170
• Burglaries: 113
• Thefts: 346
• Auto thefts: 15

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $529 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $436 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in St. Mary Parish is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $466 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $609 a month.

Cities in this county include: Morgan City, Franklin, Patterson, Berwick, Bayou Vista, Baldwin, Amelia, Charenton, Sorrel, Siracusaville.

Neighboring counties: Alachua County, Florida , Bradford County, Florida , Liberty County, Florida , Vermilion Parish , Galveston County, Texas , Galveston County, Texas , Guadalupe County, Texas .

Current college students: 1,563
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,169 (40.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8872010 or later
• 4082000 to 2009
• 2361990 to 1999
• 4521980 to 1989
• 2221970 to 1979
• 63Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,953
• One, attached: 63
• Two: 800
• 3 or 4: 693
• 5 to 9: 423
• 10 to 19: 494
• 20 to 49: 234
• 50 or more: 23
• Mobile homes: 4,105
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 37

Housing units in St. Mary Parish with a mortgage: 4,895 (309 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124

Religion statistics for St. Mary Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in St. Mary Parish:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Hurricane Delta, Incident Period: October 6, 2020 - October 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4570, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 22, 2020 - August 27, 2020, FEMA Id: 4559, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4484-LA: March 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4484, Natural disaster type: Other
• Louisiana Hurricane Barry, Incident Period: July 10, 2019 - July 15, 2019, FEMA Id: 4458, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Flooding, Incident Period: May 10, 2019 - July 24, 2019, FEMA Id: 4462, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Louisiana Tropical Storm Harvey, Incident Period: August 28, 2017 - September 10, 2017, FEMA Id: 4345, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 28, 2015 to February 01, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3376: February 05, 2016, FEMA Id: 3376, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood

4.42% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($35,272 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.37% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($25,681 average AGI)
1.05% relocated from other states ($9,591 average AGI)

St. Mary Parish:	1.05%
Louisiana average:	2.12%

from Iberia Parish, LA	0.57% ($28,357 average AGI)
from Lafayette Parish, LA	0.57% ($40,582)
from Terrebonne Parish, LA	0.50% ($34,247)
from Lafourche Parish, LA	0.30% ($28,365)
from Assumption Parish, LA	0.30% ($29,667)
from St. Martin Parish, LA	0.17% ($56,448)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.16% ($31,964)

5.60% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,161 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.76% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($24,910 average AGI)
1.84% relocated to other states ($13,252 average AGI)

St. Mary Parish:	1.84%
Louisiana average:	2.97%

to Lafayette Parish, LA	0.90% ($49,658 average AGI)
to Iberia Parish, LA	0.68% ($31,675)
to Terrebonne Parish, LA	0.49% ($33,847)
to Harris County, TX	0.24% ($29,857)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.23% ($28,650)
to Assumption Parish, LA	0.19% ($32,250)
to St. Martin Parish, LA	0.18% ($42,323)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in St. Mary Parish

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,766 (3,206 living alone), Female householders: 10,163 (2,964 living alone)

• 7,700 spouses (7,692 opposite-sex spouses), 1,134 unmarried partners, (1,084 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 15,528 children (14,704 natural, 154 adopted, 672 stepchildren), 2,171 grandchildren, 777 brothers or sisters, 777 parents, 8 foster children, 880 other relatives, 765 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 744

Size of family households: 5,744 2-persons, 3,171 3-persons, 1,645 4-persons, 840 5-persons, 328 6-persons, 126 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,181 1-person, 866 2-persons, 19 3-persons.

5,558 married couples with children.
4,005 single-parent households (597 men, 3,408 women).

91.7% of residents of St. Mary speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $320,023,000 ($6,132 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $17,933,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $125,612,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $79,025,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,814,000
Federal grants: $79,250,000
Federal procurement contracts: $22,096,000 ($14,886,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,227,000 ($977,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,355,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,514,000
Federal Government insurance: $522,178,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-72 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.57 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 92020 or later
• 1,4232010 to 2019
• 2,6642000 to 2009
• 2,6871990 to 1999
• 2,7561980 to 1989
• 4,0461970 to 1979
• 3,9351960 to 1969
• 2,8351950 to 1959
• 9111940 to 1949
• 1,1531939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 501 room
• 562 rooms
• 2563 rooms
• 1,5624 rooms
• 2,7355 rooms
• 3,0036 rooms
• 2,0337 rooms
• 1,2678 rooms
• 1,6379+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 581 room
• 2782 rooms
• 5463 rooms
• 1,2904 rooms
• 2,4205 rooms
• 1,1086 rooms
• 2057 rooms
• 1888 rooms
• 1319+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 111no bedroom
• 1561 bedroom
• 1,8992 bedrooms
• 8,1003 bedrooms
• 2,0264 bedrooms
• 2925+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 69no bedroom
• 9841 bedroom
• 2,1922 bedrooms
• 2,7973 bedrooms
• 2514 bedrooms
• 115+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in St. Mary Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 795no vehicle
• 4,0001 vehicle
• 5,2602 vehicles
• 1,8963 vehicles
• 5424 vehicles
• 1755+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in St. Mary Parish in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,244no vehicle
• 3,4661 vehicle
• 1,2022 vehicles
• 3643 vehicles
• 144 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

86.8% of St. Mary Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Louisiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 42,243
• Other state: 4,948
• Northeast: 458
• Midwest: 684
• South: 2,667
• West: 1,114

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,465
• Number of aged recipients: 222
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,243
• Number of recipients under 18: 442
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,556
• Number of recipients older than 64: 467
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 897
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,129

St. Mary Parish on our top lists:

• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"