County · Louisiana

St. James Parish, Louisiana

St. James Parish, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 32 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,149 of 3,143 US counties. Within Louisiana it ranks #10 of 64 counties. It ranks best on average weekly wage (high), severe housing problems (low) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on homicide rate (high), rent as share of income (high) and natural hazard risk (high).

32Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,149 of 3,143 counties
Louisiana: #10 of 64 in LA
Population: 18,938 (2025)
Land area: 238 mi²
Density: 79.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 22093

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety12#2,729/3,096
Economy48#1,627/3,143
Housing35#2,043/3,140
Health25#2,344/3,144
Healthcare75#787/3,143
Environment21#2,442/3,108
Education46#1,704/3,144
Infrastructure29#2,223/3,144
Community28#2,274/3,144
Leisure & amenities71#925/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. James Parish, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$1,552
96/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Severe housing problems · low7.2%
95/100Louisiana 15.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Voter turnout · high78.9%
93/100Louisiana 59.2%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.8%
91/100Louisiana 9.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Income adjusted for local prices · high$83,318
90/100Louisiana $70,172United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Time spent in the emergency room · low100 min
88/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high10.2 /100k
4/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Rent as share of income · high38.0%
5/100Louisiana 32.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Natural hazard risk · high93.2
6/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rent-burdened households · high64.4%
7/100Louisiana 54.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Adult obesity · high43.7%
7/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hot days · high95 days
8/100Louisiana 85 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
20,117 (2020) → 18,938 (2025)
−5.9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 37% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+35 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.1% (2015-2019) → 87.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
PharmaciesImproving
1.0 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+59%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Homicide rateImproving
21.5 /100k (2021) → 10.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Primary care physiciansImproving
24 /100k (2019) → 36 /100k (2022)
+52%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, St. James Parish, Louisiana improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Real income+46%$57,166 → $83,318
Unemployment−5 points10.0% → 5.0%
Broadband+16 points72.1% → 87.9%
Students / teacher−1.8×13.3× → 11.6×
Violent crime−42%375 /100k → 216 /100k

Declined1

New businesses−19%18.1 /1k → 14.6 /1k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of St. James Parish, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.5 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+30%	Within the margin of error	81%
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	28.3 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Average weekly wage	$1,3962020	$1,5522025	+11%	Improved	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	72.1%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	23.8%2019	21.1%2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Distance to an airport	29 mi2020	29 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.42%2015-2019	0.47%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Firearm deaths	20.6 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	75%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	73%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	61%
High school diploma or higher	85.4%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	76%
Homicide rate	16.5 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Within the margin of error	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,1662019	$83,3182024	+46%	Improved	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4732020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$57,2502019	$69,2412024	+21%	Improved	29%
New business applications	18.1 /1k2020	14.6 /1k2025	−19%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+59%	Within the margin of error	98%
Poverty rate	16.6%2019	15.7%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Property crime rate	1,767 /100k2020	1,199 /100k2025	−32%	Improved	44%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	+10%	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent as share of income	32.1%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent-burdened households	55.3%2015-2019	64.4%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Restaurants and bars	6.0 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	13.3×2019	11.6×2024	−1.8×	Improved	83%
Suicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Within the margin of error	20%
Traffic deaths	27.2 /100k2015-2019	28.7 /100k2020-2024	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	49%
Unemployment rate	10.0%2020	5.0%2025	−5 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2019	5.8%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	375 /100k2020	216 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	81%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like St. James Parish, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. James Parish, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, St. James Parish, Louisiana itself moved +4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

19,528 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,543 households (±201)

St. James Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k17%1,269
$25k–50k23%1,752
$50k–75k15%1,104

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,543 households (±201)

St. James Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own84%6,369
Rent16%1,174

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.4 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,268 workers (±393)

St. James Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone86%7,091
Carpool6.7%†553
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

St. James Parish has 339 employer establishments, 177 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Louisiana's), with 6,480 paid employees at an average annual pay of $85,537. The Census Bureau also counts 1,359 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 339; 1,359 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 177; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 6,480
Average annual pay: $85,537; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of St. James Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	33	17.2	0.82×About typical	200	$57,125	65
Restaurants and other eating places	22	11.5	0.62×Fewer than typical	293	$17,399	26
Gasoline stations	14	7.3	2.25×More than typical	126	$26,206	—
Truck transportation	14	7.3	1.44×More than typical	139	$65,647	56
Specialty trade contractors	13	6.8	0.44×Fewer than typical	197	$64,203	68
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	6.2	0.93×About typical	64	$38,938	168
Limited-service restaurants	11	5.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	132	$17,371	7
Offices of other health practitioners	11	5.7	0.94×About typical	69	$46,754	18
Religious organizations	11	5.7	1.03×About typical	83	$24,217	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	9	4.7	1.34×Too few to compare	69	$51,855	11
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4.7	0.93×Too few to compare	41	$47,854	24
Banks and credit unions	9	4.7	1.45×Too few to compare	157	$67,618	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,201 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$19K on contracts performed in St. James Parish, Louisiana: -$1.00 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: -$19K; −101% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$1.00; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

CIRCLE, LLC$00.0%
WYNNPRO LLC$00.0%
POCHE PLANTATION RV PARK, LLC-$2,4970.0%
SUGAR HILL LLC-$6,9230.0%
GRAMERCY PARK 61, L.L.C.-$9,6000.0%

Spending by fiscal year

-9.7KFY2017
346KFY2018
-15.8KFY2020
790.5KFY2022
9MFY2023
2.1MFY2024
1.4MFY2025
-19KFY2026

Largest awards

MRL ST. ROSE LEVEE ENLARGEMENT$10.1M
CIRCLE, LLC· St. James Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· W912P823F0154
LEASE OF THREE (3) COMMERCIAL PADS SUPPORTING DR-4611-LA HOUSING MISSION. 6-MONTH BASE AND 2 6-MONTH OPTIONS.$12K
GRAMERCY PARK 61, L.L.C.· St. James Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Dec 4, 2024 – Feb 26, 2026· 70FBLA25P00000007
INSTALLATION OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT FOR LEO CONTINUED PHYSICAL FITNESS.$2,725
WYNNPRO LLC· St. James Parish, LA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2025 – Feb 3, 2026· 70CDCR25FR0000016
LEASE ONE (1) COMMERCIAL MHU PAD LOT 3 LOCATED AT CONVENT, LA, ST. JAMES PARISH. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FROM 2/14/2025 TO 8/13/2025.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $133.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for St. James Parish, Louisiana: $7,049 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $133.5M; −70% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,049; US $12,975
Loan face value: $6.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$80.7M60%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.9M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$14.1M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8.6M6.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.1M3.8%
93.600 · Head Start$1.9M1.4%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1.7M1.3%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$1.1M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT LOUISIANA D$3.6M2.7%
BATON ROUGE, LA
ST JAMES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD$1.9M1.4%
LUTCHER, LA
ST JAMES PARISH HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.8M1.4%
LUTCHER, LA
RIVERLANDS LIMITED$493.6K0.4%
OPELIKA, AL
CENTRAL CROSSING DEVELOPMENT, LP$197.9K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$114.8M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$9.9M7.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$3.6M2.7%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$1.9M1.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

119.3MFY2021
112MFY2022
169.2MFY2023
120.8MFY2024
447MFY2025
133.5MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How St. James Parish, Louisiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

St. James Parish, Louisiana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2017	-$0.45	$1,436
FY2018	$16.37	$1,552
FY2019	$0	$1,654
FY2020	-$0.78	$1,880
FY2021	$0	$1,810
FY2022	$40.76	$1,917
FY2023	$466	$2,079
FY2024	$112	$2,047
FY2025	$72.81	$2,165
FY2026	-$1.00 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2017	-$0.45	$93.28
FY2018	$16.37	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	-$0.78	$145
FY2021	$0	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$748	$5,748
FY2022	$391	$5,221
FY2023	$3,435	$5,364
FY2024	-$178	$5,501
FY2025	$16,782	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$502	$298
FY2022	$146	$357
FY2023	$2,705	$301
FY2024	-$585	$319
FY2025	$1,549	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$158	$239
FY2022	$128	$185
FY2023	$186	$229
FY2024	$141	$229
FY2025	$137	$249
FY2026	$139

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$99.70	$2,304
FY2022	$85.69	$2,197
FY2023	$93.89	$2,274
FY2024	$96.51	$2,267
FY2025	$97.40	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$1,376	$1,186
FY2022	$336	$465
FY2023	-$56.16	$76.52
FY2024	$192	$120
FY2025	$42.49	$148
FY2026	$223

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

St. James Parish, Louisiana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, St. James Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2023

$466 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $8.67 (54× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

St. James Parish, Louisiana
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/22093

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. James Parish, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Troy A. CarterD-LA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area St. James Parish belongs to. A county is in at most one.

New Orleans-Metairie, LA35Central county

Cities and towns in St. James Parish

Places whose residents live mostly in St. James Parish, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−3.9%	−4.2%
2015	+1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.9%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+10.0%	+10.5%
2020	+8.7%	+19.4%
2021	+7.9%	+26.1%
2022	+6.6%	+30.6%
2023	+12.3%	+35.0%
2024	+18.3%	+41.0%
2025	+20.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	+2.3%	−5.5%
2015	−0.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.4%	+4.1%
2018	+18.1%	+8.9%
2019	+24.0%	+13.5%
2020	+31.0%	+20.8%
2021	+61.0%	+32.1%
2022	+51.0%	+35.4%
2023	+67.8%	+42.9%
2024	+76.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	2.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−0.8%	−6.9%
2015	+9.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+10.8%	+4.7%
2018	+12.6%	+7.5%
2019	+19.6%	+14.0%
2020	+21.8%	+16.9%
2021	+26.3%	+21.0%
2022	+41.9%	+29.7%
2023	+33.9%	+34.9%
2024	+44.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−11.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	−0.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+9.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+14.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+24.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+16.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+16.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+17.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	8.4%	6.2%
2015	8.4%	5.3%
2016	7.1%	4.9%
2017	6.3%	4.4%
2018	5.8%	3.9%
2019	5.5%	3.7%
2020	10.0%	8.1%
2021	7.2%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	5.0%	4.0%
2025	5.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	16.1%	15.5%
2015	18.3%	14.7%
2016	19.0%	14.0%
2017	16.7%	13.4%
2018	16.8%	13.1%
2019	16.6%	12.3%
2020	13.0%	11.9%
2021	17.0%	12.8%
2022	15.8%	12.6%
2023	15.1%	12.5%
2024	15.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	14.3%	13.5%
2015	11.2%	10.9%
2016	9.6%	10.0%
2017	7.1%	10.2%
2018	6.6%	10.4%
2019	8.0%	10.8%
2020	7.2%	10.4%
2021	6.8%	10.2%
2022	6.0%	9.5%
2023	5.5%	9.5%
2024	5.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	St. James Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	4.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	18.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	27.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	St. James Parish, Louisiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.9 points	−3.5 points	−4.8 points to −0.8 points
Year −2	−2.3 points	+2.2 points	+0.6 points to +4.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+5.8 points	−0.9 points	−4.3 points to +1.2 points
Year +1	−3.3 points	+1.3 points	−1.2 points to +3.5 points
Year +2	+2.6 points	+1.7 points	−0.3 points to +4.2 points

Year	St. James Parish, Louisiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.8 per 1,000 people to −0.3 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.8 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people to +2.4 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−2.5 per 1,000 people to +0.8 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.3 per 1,000 people	−0.8 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.3 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−2.4 per 1,000 people to +0.5 per 1,000 people

Year	St. James Parish, Louisiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+5.6 points	+5.0 points	+4.4 points to +5.5 points
Year −2	+2.8 points	+2.2 points	+2.0 points to +2.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.1 points	+0.1 points	−0.2 points to +0.6 points
Year +1	+0.6 points	+0.6 points	+0.1 points to +1.2 points
Year +2	+0.6 points	+0.6 points	+0.5 points to +0.8 points

Year	St. James Parish, Louisiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−14.2%	−15.1%	−17.1% to −12.2%
Year −2	−11.0%	−5.0%	−9.0% to +1.2%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−5.7%	+0.1%	−11.3% to +8.9%
Year +1	+1.9%	+8.1%	+0.3% to +12.2%

Year	St. James Parish, Louisiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.8 points	−1.7 points	−2.8 points to −0.4 points
Year −2	+1.2 points	+0.0 points	−1.7 points to +1.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.7 points	−0.4 points	−2.2 points to +0.8 points
Year +1	−0.1 points	−0.4 points	−1.8 points to +1.8 points

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