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Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the state of Louisiana. A parish seat is Thibodaux and as of 2000, the people is 89,974.
Geography
the parish has a sum region of 3,813 km2 (1,472 mi2). Deuce,809 kilometer2 (1,085 miTwo) of these are l& and 1,004 kilometerDeuce (388 miIi) of these are water supply. A aggregate locality is Xxvi.32% a river.
Adjacent parishes
St. James Parish & St. John the Baptist Parish (north)
St. Charles Parish (northeast)
Jefferson Parish (east)
Gulf of Mexico (south)
Terrebonne Parish (west)
Assumption Parish (northwest)
Demographics
When of the census2 of 2000, there are 89,974 people, 32,057 households, and 24,299 families residing in the parish. A population density is 32/km2 (83/miDeuce). There are 35,045 housing units at an typical density of 1Ii/km2 (3Ii/mi2). A racial makeup of the parish is 82.85% White, 12.61% Black or African American, 2.30% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.58% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Single.43% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 32,057 family away from which 37.80% use at times kids under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 59.10% come married couples living together, 12.40% have a female homeowner using there is no hubby present, & Xxiv.20% come non-families. Xix.60% of tons family come manufactured higher of souls & Heptad.80% use at times somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Two.75 & a typical personal size is Trey.Seventeen.
In a parish the people is spread retired by owning Xxvii.30% under a age of Xviii, X.50% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-nine.70% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.30% from either 45 to 64, & Xi.30% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each Hundred females there are 95.Xx males. For each Century females age Xviii & assibilate, there are 91.Thirty males.
the median income for a house in the parish is $34,910, & the median income for a personal is $40,504. Males have a median income of $34,600 versus $19,484 for females. A per capita income for the parish is $15,809. Sixteen.50% of the people & Long dozen.20% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Twenty-one.90% of people under a age of 18 & 18.30% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.
Cities and towns
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Chackbay
Cut Off
Des Allemands
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Galliano
Golden Meadow
Larose
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Lockport
Mathews
Port Fourchon
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Raceland
Thibodaux
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