Saint Mary Parish

St. Mary Parish

•   LOCATION INFORMATIONS
    State: 

  Louisiana

    County: 

  Saint Mary Parish

    Zips: 

  70381

  , 

  70523

  , 

  70522

  , 

  70514

  , 

  70340

  , 

  70342

  , 

  70392

  , 

  70538

  , 

  70380

    Coordinates: 

  29.634681120674305, -91.47298877281388

    Area total: 

  1119.42 sq. mi., 2899.29 sq. km, 716430.08 acres

    Area land: 

  555.58 sq. mi., 1438.96 sq. km, 355573.76 acres

    Area water: 

  563.84 sq. mi., 1460.33 sq. km, 360856.32 acres

    Established: 

  1811

    Capital seat: 

  Franklin
  Address: 500 Main St
  Parish Courthouse
  Franklin, LA 70538-6141
  Governing Body: Council with 11 board size
  Governing Authority: Home Rule

•   GMAP

  Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States

•   EXTERNAL LINKS
    Website: 

  http://stmaryparishla.gov

•   POPULATION INFORMATIONS
    Population: 

  49,406; Population change: -9.60% (2010 - 2020)

    Population density: 

  89 persons per square mile

    Household income: 

  $37,919

    Households: 

  19,351

    Unemployment rate: 

  9.20% per 19,516 county labor force

•   TAXES INFORMATIONS
    Sales taxes: 

  8.00%

    Income taxes: 

  6.00%

    GDP: 

  $2.32 B, gross domestic product (GDP)

• Population Development
  Saint Mary Parish's population of Louisiana of 29,397 residents in 1930 has increased 1,68-fold to 49,406 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.

  Approximately 51.41% female residents and 48.59% male residents live in as of 2020, 55.90% in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 44.10% are single population.

  As of 2020, 55.90% in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 44.10% are single population.

• Household & Jobs
    Housing units: 

  22,407 residential units of which 86.23% share occupied residential units.

  19.4 minutes is the average time that residents in Saint Mary Parish require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
  
  78.53% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.36% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.57% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.96% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

• Home & Housing
  Of the total residential buildings in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana 64.74% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.41% are rented apartments, and the remaining 12.85% are vacant.

• Political & Religion
  The 63.01% of the population in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

  Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 57.560%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 40.800%) of those eligible to vote in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana.