St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (LA)

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• • 26,73854.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 14,17429.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,6587.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,8455.8%Two or more races
  • 7521.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 6371.3%Asian alone
  • 520.1%Some other race alone
  • 130.03%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

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $616 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $410 (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: 80.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,161 (40.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9112010 or later
• 3922000 to 2009
• 2371990 to 1999
• 4521980 to 1989
• 2221970 to 1979
• 63Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,672
• One, attached: 82
• Two: 962
• 3 or 4: 756
• 5 to 9: 444
• 10 to 19: 409
• 20 to 49: 258
• 50 or more: 20
• Mobile homes: 4,242
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 43

Housing units in St. Mary Parish with a mortgage: 5,084 (331 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 253 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 184

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)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.0

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 2020: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

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: 8,535 (2,797 living alone), Female householders: 10,642 (2,807 living alone)

• 8,099 spouses (8,097 opposite-sex spouses), 1,476 unmarried partners, (1,392 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 14,480 children (13,787 natural, 237 adopted, 465 stepchildren), 2,542 grandchildren, 486 brothers or sisters, 570 parents, 3 foster children, 711 other relatives, 415 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 750

Size of family households: 6,045 2-persons, 3,055 3-persons, 2,005 4-persons, 910 5-persons, 358 6-persons, 92 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,609 1-person, 1,021 2-persons, 46 3-persons.

5,575 married couples with children.
3,733 single-parent households (474 men, 3,259 women).

91.4% of residents of St. Mary speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).

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
• 112020 or later
• 1,3862010 to 2019
• 2,9462000 to 2009
• 2,4351990 to 1999
• 3,0071980 to 1989
• 3,8311970 to 1979
• 3,4121960 to 1969
• 2,6851950 to 1959
• 1,0341940 to 1949
• 1,4711939 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
• 301 room
• 842 rooms
• 2323 rooms
• 1,9134 rooms
• 2,9345 rooms
• 3,1166 rooms
• 2,1257 rooms
• 1,2138 rooms
• 1,7799+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 1341 room
• 3162 rooms
• 6243 rooms
• 1,4314 rooms
• 1,7895 rooms
• 8596 rooms
• 2447 rooms
• 1218 rooms
• 1719+ rooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 73no bedroom
• 1551 bedroom
• 1,8762 bedrooms
• 8,7203 bedrooms
• 2,2474 bedrooms
• 2965+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
• 145no bedroom
• 1,0701 bedroom
• 2,1112 bedrooms
• 2,1003 bedrooms
• 3074 bedrooms
• 105+ 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
• 613no vehicle
• 4,0941 vehicle
• 5,8832 vehicles
• 2,0813 vehicles
• 5804 vehicles
• 1765+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in St. Mary Parish in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,498no vehicle
• 2,7791 vehicle
• 1,1172 vehicles
• 3293 vehicles
• 364 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

89.3% of St. Mary Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Louisiana.

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

• This state: 40,878
• Other state: 5,398
• Northeast: 478
• Midwest: 628
• South: 3,371
• West: 909

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+)"