St. James Parish, Louisiana
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals: Office of Public Health, Baton Rouge
Population:
- Total Population: 21,216
- Males: 10,260
- Females: 10,956
Ethnicity:
- White: 10,539
- Black/African American: 10,518
- Hispanic: 71
- Native American/Eskimo: 18
- Asian: 26
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 2
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 42
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (18,460)
- French (940)
- Spanish (135)
- French Creole (105)
- Cajun (45)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 44
- Vietnam (11)
- Japan (9)
- France (7)
- Spain (5)
- Venezuela (4)
- Other South America (3)
- Belarus (0)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (14,041)
- Southern Baptist Convention (360)
- United Methodist Church, The (191)
- Assemblies of God (115)
- Bahá'í (1)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 7,179
- Sensory: 684
- Physical: 1,579
- Mental: 869
- Self-care: 646
- Go outside home: 1,813
- Employment: 1,567
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 323
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 6,992
- Utility gas: 3,638
- Bottled or LP gas: 104
- Electricity: 3,139
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 2
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 8
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 5
- No fuel used: 96
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 10,845
- No vehicle: 904
- 1 or more vehicle: 9,941
Education Attainment:
- No School: 194
- No High School: 990
- Some High School: 2,162
- High School: 5,802
- Some College: 2,034
- Associate's Degree: 366
- College Degree: 840
- Master's Degree: 386
- Professional Degree: 61
- Doctoral Degree: 5
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 6,992
- Owners with phone: 5,690
- Owners without phone: 294
- Renters with phone: 880
- Renters without phone: 128
10 closest counties:
- St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana
- Assumption Parish, Louisiana
- St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Iberville Parish, Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
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- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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