Jean Lafitte, Louisiana facts for kids
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Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
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Town of Jean Lafitte | ||
A portion of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Bayou Barataria
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Location of Jean Lafitte in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
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Location of Louisiana in the United States
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Country | United States | |
State | Louisiana | |
Parish | Jefferson | |
Area | ||
• Total | 6.21 sq mi (16.09 km2) | |
• Land | 5.85 sq mi (15.15 km2) | |
• Water | 0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2) | |
Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) | |
Population
(2020)
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• Total | 1,809 | |
• Estimate
(2020)
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1,996 | |
• Rank | JE: 5th | |
• Density | 341.88/sq mi (132.00/km2) | |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) | |
Area code(s) | 504 | |
FIPS code | 22-38092 | |
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Jean Lafitte is a town on Bayou Barataria in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in Jefferson Parish, it is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte. The population was 1,809 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
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Geography
Jean Lafitte is located at 29°44′10″N 90°07′36″W / 29.73611°N 90.12667°W (29.735587, -90.122053).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16 km2), of which, 6.0 square miles (16 km2) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (4.47%) is water.
History
In 2012, a historical marker for the community of Manila Village was placed in Jean Lafitte. Since mid-2013, Manila Plaza, designed attractively and located in front of Jean Lafitte Town Hall, has held several historical markers and commemorative plaques acknowledging important individuals in the area's Filipino American history.
While there were several settlements of Filipinos (sometimes called Manilamen or Tagalas) along the Louisiana coast in the late 19th century, Manila Village was the largest. The residents there implemented a system of platforms on which they dried shrimp, as forerunners of Louisiana's 21st-century dried shrimp industry. This community-on-stilts thrived for nearly a century, until it was destroyed by Hurricane Betsy in 1965.
Demographics
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1980 | 936 | — | |
1990 | 1,469 | 56.9% | |
2000 | 2,137 | 45.5% | |
2010 | 1,903 | −10.9% | |
2020 (est.) | 1,996 | 4.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 1,491 | 82.42% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 20 | 1.11% |
Native American | 42 | 2.32% |
Asian | 22 | 1.22% |
Other/Mixed | 142 | 7.85% |
Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 5.09% |
According to the 2020 United States census, there were 1,809 people, 604 households, and 446 families residing in the town. At the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup of Jean Lafitte was 95.4% non-Hispanic white, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.5% some other race, and 3.4% two or more races. By 2020, its composition was 82.42% non-Hispanic white, 1.11% Black or African American, 2.32% Native American, 1.22% Asian, 7.85% other races and ethnicities, and 5.09% Hispanic and Latino American, representing the demographic increase of Asians and Latinos nationwide. The median age of the town in 2019 was 39.7 and the median household income was $55,671 with a poverty rate of 17.1%. Of the 656 housing units in the township, males had a median income of $54,400 versus $39,830 for females.
Education
Lafitte residents are zoned to Jefferson Parish Public Schools.
Residents from K-6 are zoned to Leo E. Kerner Elementary School (formerly Lafitte Elementary School). 7-12 are zoned to Fisher Middle-High School.
The Leo. E. Kerner Jr. City Park Multi-Purpose Complex is located in Jean Lafitte. Jefferson Parish Library operates the Lafitte Library inside the complex. The over 4,500 square feet (420 m2) facility, which is almost three times larger than the previous library facility, opened on March 4, 2010. The previous library facility sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and the library contents were destroyed. The American Library Association donated $200,000 to the State of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Library Association's Disaster Relief Program awarded $20,000 of that to Jefferson Parish Library; the funds were used to rebuild the Lafitte Library. The previous library building became the Sheriff Harry Lee Police Station.
See also
In Spanish: Jean Lafitte (Luisiana) para niños