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St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
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Location in the state of Louisiana
Map of the U.S
Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Founded 1807
Named for St. Charles
Seat Hahnville
Largest community Luling
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

411 sq mi (1,064 km²)
279 sq mi (723 km²)
132 sq mi (342 km²), 32
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

52,549
Congressional districts 2nd, 6th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website www.stcharlesgov.net

St. Charles Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Charles) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, its population was 52,549.[1] The parish seat is Hahnville.[2] The most populous community is Luling.

The parish was formed in 1807, following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States in 1803.[3] It was originally part of the German Coast, an area along the east bank of the Mississippi River that was settled by numerous German pioneers in the 1720s. This was historically an area of sugarcane plantations. The parish includes territory on both sides of the river.

St. Charles Parish is included in the New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan statistical area.

St. Charles Parish was devastated by Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021. Parish President Matthew Jewel stated that "Nearly every structure in the parish has damage ranging from cosmetic damage to a total collapse of a home or building" [4]

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 411 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 279 square miles (720 km2) is land and 132 square miles (340 km2) (32%) is water.[5]

Major highways[]

  • I-10 Interstate 10
  • I-49 (Future) Future Interstate 49
  • I-310 Interstate 310
  • US 61 U.S. Highway 61
  • US 90 U.S. Highway 90
  • Louisiana 18 Louisiana Highway 18
  • Louisiana 3127 Louisiana Highway 3127
  • Louisiana 48 Louisiana Highway 48

Adjacent parishes[]

Communities[]

Map of St

Map of St. Charles Parish, with municipal labels

There are no incorporated communities in St. Charles Parish.

Census-designated places[]

  • Ama
  • Bayou Gauche
  • Boutte
  • Carlestin
  • Des Allemands (partial)
  • Destrehan
  • Hahnville (parish seat)
  • Killona
  • Luling
  • Montz
  • New Sarpy
  • Norco
  • Paradis
  • St. Rose

Ghost Town[]

  • Taft

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1810 3,291
1820 3,862 17.4%
1830 5,147 33.3%
1840 4,700 −8.7%
1850 5,120 8.9%
1860 5,297 3.5%
1870 4,867 −8.1%
1880 7,161 47.1%
1890 7,737 8.0%
1900 9,072 17.3%
1910 11,207 23.5%
1920 8,586 −23.4%
1930 12,111 41.1%
1940 12,321 1.7%
1950 13,363 8.5%
1960 21,219 58.8%
1970 29,550 39.3%
1980 37,259 26.1%
1990 42,437 13.9%
2000 48,072 13.3%
2010 52,780 9.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790–1960[7] 1900–1990[8]
1990–2000[9] 2010–2020[10]
St. Charles Parish racial composition as of 2020[11]
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 32,708 62.24%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,024 24.78%
Native American 215 0.41%
Asian 555 1.06%
Pacific Islander 20 0.04%
Other/Mixed 1,886 3.59%
Hispanic or Latino 4,141 7.88%

At the 2020 United States census, there were 52,549 people, 19,212 households, and 14,463 families residing in the parish. At the 2019 American Community Survey, there were 52,773 people and 19,212 households in the parish.[12] Of the population, 7.1% spoke another language other than English at home; the second most spoken language in the parish was Spanish.

In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup of St. Charles was 69.2% non-Hispanic white, 26.6% Black and African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0% Asian alone, 1.7% some other race, and 1.0% two or more races. Hispanic and Latin Americans of any race made up 6.1% of the population.[12] An estimated 3.3% of the population were foreign-born. In 2020, its makeup was 62.24% non-Hispanic white, 24.78% Black or African American, 0.41% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.06% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.59% two or more races or of some other race, and 7.88% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.[11]

The median age was 37.9, and 6.2% of the parish was aged 5 and under. Of the 19,212 households in 2019, there were 20,710 housing units spread throughout the parish, and 4,349 corporations.[12] Approximately 80.7% of the parish lived in owner-occupied units, and the median housing value was $207,700. The median gross rent was $978. St. Charles had a median household income of $69,019 and 15.1% lived at or below the poverty line. Among the population, males had a median income of $43,589 versus $43,022 for females, closing the gender pay gap.[12]

Government[]

Politics[]

St. Charles Parish is governed by an executive branch and legislative branch. The executive branch is headed by the elected Parish President; currently Matthew Jewell.

The legislative branch consists of an elected nine-member council. The parish is divided into seven single-member districts, each of which is represented by an elected district council member. In addition, two at-large seats are elected on a parish-wide basis. The at-large seats are divided into an "A" seat and a "B" seat. The "A" seat representative must be a resident of the parish's east bank while the "B" seat must be held by a resident of the west bank.[13] The last parish council election was in October / November 2019.

Members of the St. Charles Parish Council as of January 2020:

District Council Member
At-Large Division "A" Wendy Benedetto
At-Large Division "B" Holly Fonseca
1 La Sandra Darensbourg Gordon
2 Mary K. Clulee
3 Dick Gibbs
4 Nicky Dufrene
5 Marilyn B. Bellock
6 Bob Fisher
7 Julia Fisher-Perrier
United States presidential election results for St. Charles Parish, Louisiana[14]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 18,233 63.94% 9,800 34.37% 484 1.70%
2016 16,621 63.46% 8,559 32.68% 1,012 3.86%
2012 15,937 62.91% 8,896 35.12% 500 1.97%
2008 16,457 64.80% 8,522 33.56% 418 1.65%
2004 14,747 61.87% 8,856 37.15% 234 0.98%
2000 11,981 55.70% 8,918 41.46% 611 2.84%
1996 9,316 43.55% 10,612 49.61% 1,465 6.85%
1992 9,158 43.87% 8,810 42.20% 2,909 13.93%
1988 9,685 53.82% 7,973 44.31% 337 1.87%
1984 10,185 59.62% 6,784 39.71% 113 0.66%
1980 6,779 44.83% 7,898 52.23% 446 2.95%
1976 4,270 37.11% 6,872 59.73% 363 3.16%
1972 5,469 60.42% 2,788 30.80% 795 8.78%
1968 1,675 18.35% 3,070 33.63% 4,383 48.02%
1964 2,715 34.81% 5,085 65.19% 0 0.00%
1960 1,377 20.86% 4,708 71.31% 517 7.83%
1956 2,417 57.86% 1,671 40.00% 89 2.13%
1952 1,086 28.84% 2,679 71.16% 0 0.00%
1948 286 11.87% 914 37.93% 1,210 50.21%
1944 174 8.21% 1,945 91.79% 0 0.00%
1940 153 8.98% 1,550 91.02% 0 0.00%
1936 96 6.00% 1,503 94.00% 0 0.00%
1932 86 5.66% 1,429 94.08% 4 0.26%
1928 108 8.82% 1,116 91.18% 0 0.00%
1924 132 21.29% 488 78.71% 0 0.00%
1920 92 33.45% 183 66.55% 0 0.00%
1916 30 9.09% 297 90.00% 3 0.91%
1912 28 13.33% 157 74.76% 25 11.90%



Education[]

St. Charles Parish Public Schools operates public schools.

It is in the service area of Delgado Community College.[15]

Notable people[]

  • Darren Barbier, Luling, former head football coach at Nicholls State University
  • Alfred Blue, Boutte, NFL running back
  • David Butler, sculptor and painter
  • LaRon Byrd, Hahnville, NFL wide receiver
  • Mutt Carey, Hahnville, jazz trumpeter whose family moved to New Orleans when he was a child
  • Joel Chaisson, Destrehan, State Senate President from 2008 to 2012
  • Charles Frederick d’Arensbourg, Leader of the German Coast settlement
  • Dana "Pokey" Chatman, Ama, WNBA Indiana Fever head coach, former LSU women's basketball coach
  • Burnell Dent, St. Rose, NFL linebacker
  • Jean Noel Destréhan, Destrehan, U.S. Senator
  • Jesse Duplantis, Destrehan, televangelist
  • Hoffman Franklin Fuller, Destrehan, professor-emeritus at Tulane University Law School
  • Michael Hahn, Hahnville, 19th Governor of Louisiana and U.S. Representative
  • Shelley Hennig, Destrehan and St. Rose, actress and Miss Teen USA
  • Curtis Johnson, St. Rose, head football coach at Tulane University and NFL assistant coach
  • Damaris Johnson, Norco, NFL wide receiver
  • Dawan Landry, Ama, NFL safety[16]
  • LaRon Landry, Ama, NFL safety (younger brother of Dawan Landry).[16]
  • Rondell Mealey, Norco, NFL running back
  • Gregory A. Miller, Norco, attorney in Destrehan and state representative[17]
  • Jerico Nelson, Destrehan, NFL safety
  • Jeremy Parquet, Norco, NFL offensive lineman
  • George T. Oubre, Norco, state senator
  • Rusty Rebowe, Norco, NFL linebacker
  • Tim Rebowe, Norco, head football coach at Nicholls State University
  • Ed Reed, St. Rose, NFL safety, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Darius Reynaud, born in Luling, NFL wide receiver
  • Darryl Richard, St. Rose, NFL defensive lineman
  • Garland Robinette, Boutte, journalist and news anchor
  • Mike Scifres, Destrehan, NFL punter
  • Gary Smith, Jr., Norco, state senator
  • Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, St. Rose, co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History
  • Gary Tyler, St. Rose, who is believed to have been wrongly convicted of murder in 1974. He was released in 2016.
  • Josh Victorian, St. Rose, NFL cornerback
  • Darius Vinnett, St. Rose, NFL cornerback
  • Devon Walker, Destrehan, Tulane and NFL safety

See also[]

  • Acadiana
  • German Coast
    • 1811 German Coast Uprising, largest slave rebellion in U.S. history
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
  • New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond, LA-MS CSA
  • New Orleans metropolitan area
  • River Parishes
  • Bonnet Carré Spillway
  • Waterford Nuclear Generating Station

References[]

  1. ^ "QuickFacts: St. Charles Parish, Louisiana". https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/stcharlesparishlouisiana/POP010220. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ "St. Charles Parish". Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism. http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Acadiana_Parishes/saintcharles.html. 
  4. ^ (in en) St. Charles Parish President: Nearly every structure has damage after Hurricane Ida, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPSr0hj4uw, retrieved 2021-11-15 
  5. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt. 
  6. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html. 
  7. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  8. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt. 
  9. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  10. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22089.html. 
  11. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22089&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2. 
  12. ^ a b c d "Geography Profile: St. Charles Parish, Louisiana". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US22089. 
  13. ^ "Four vie for two seats on Council". NOLA.com. http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2007/11/four_vie_for_two_seats_on_coun.html. 
  14. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 
  15. ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges. Retrieved 2021-06-03. 
  16. ^ a b Bryant, Howard. "'Dirty-Dirty' Landry: Just What the Redskins Need". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/05/AR2007050500776_pf.html. 
  17. ^ "Mary Sparacello, St. Charles Parish-based 56th Louisiana House district draws trio of hopefuls, September 28, 2011". The Times-Picayune. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/st_charles_parish-based_56th_l.html. 

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Coordinates: 29°55′N 90°22′W / 29.91, -90.36

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