2022 population: 273,263 ( 39,523 from 2010 , 8,688 from 2020)
Land area: 845.3 square miles
Population density: 323.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	206,238	75.47%	9.5%
Black:	38,944	14.25%	47.3%
Indian:	1,254	0.46%	21.6%
Asian:	4,263	1.56%	42.7%
2+ races:	4,955	1.81%	45.8%
Hispanic:	17,609	6.44%	60.5%

Total non-White:	67,025	24.53%	47.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,510	12.3
Deaths:	6,273	11.9
Net Migration:	7,886	14.9
Net Immigration:	658	1.2

Change in White population:	17,921	7.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	21,602	9.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
233,740
188,317	80.57%
26,430	11.31%
1,031	0.44%
2,987	1.28%
3,399	1.45%
10,970	4.69%
45,423	19.43%

2000
191,268
163,061	85.25%
18,788	9.82%
788	0.41%
1,465	0.77%
2,042	1.07%
4,737	2.48%
28,207	14.75%

1990
144,508
123,942	85.77%
15,712	10.87%
792	0.55%
859	0.59%
n/a
3,203	2.22%
20,566	14.23%

1980
110,869
93,910	84.70%
13,700	12.36%
339	0.31%
378	0.34%
n/a
2,435	2.20%
16,959	15.30%

1970
63,585
50,369	79.22%
11,986	18.85%
68	0.11%
49	0.08%
n/a
1,033	1.62%
13,216	20.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
27,070	14.2
15,525	8.1
28,568	14.9
1,025	0.5

25,256	13.2
17,216	9.0

Number	Rate
1990's
24,767	17.1
11,890	8.2
37,739	26.1
832	0.6

39,119	27.1
7,641	5.3

Number	Rate
1980's
22,808	20.6
8,714	7.9
20,433	18.4
n/a

30,032	27.1
3,607	3.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
38,929	61.2
n/a

43,541	68.5
3,743	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.6
62,728	23.0%
210,535	77.0%
47,243	17.3%

101,212
2.61

71,263	70.4%
52,993	74.4%
7,159	10.0%
29,949	29.6%

2010
Number	Percent
39.3
60,136	25.7%
173,604	74.3%
29,628	12.7%

87,521
2.66

64,033	73.2%
48,732	76.1%
5,786	9.0%
23,488	26.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
54,343	28.4%
136,925	71.6%
19,074	10.0%

69,281
2.73

52,971	76.5%
43,120	81.4%
4,428	8.4%
16,310	23.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.1
44,051	30.5%
100,457	69.5%
12,887	8.9%

50,388
2.83

39,633	78.7%
33,015	83.3%
3,053	7.7%
10,755	21.3%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
37,401	33.7%
73,468	66.3%
8,254	7.4%

35,627
3.07

29,298	82.2%
25,755	87.9%
1,678	5.7%
6,329	17.8%

2022 Housing Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,033	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,641	3.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,657	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,471	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,616	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,596	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,575	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,924	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,923	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,924	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,069	9.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	13,377	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,769	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,517	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,425	9.3%
$200,000 or more	10,695	10.6%

Median Household Income	76,914
Per Capita Income	40,393

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	106
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,055	5.0%
Public Assistance	1,308	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,513	8.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	106,947	69.7%
Unemployed	6,205	4.0%
In Armed Forces	1,202	0.8%

Total Labor Force	114,354	74.5%
Not in Labor Force	39,177	25.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	44,197	37,407	54.2%
Non-Profit	2,989	5,549	35.0%
Self-Employed	9,988	6,212	61.7%

Local Government	3,945	5,002	44.1%
State Government	1,630	2,886	36.1%
Federal Government	2,081	1,409	59.6%

Total Private + Self	54,185	43,619	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,645	14,846	41.8%
Total	64,830	58,465	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	13.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	22,744	18.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	26,395	21.4%
Professional, Technical	31,444	25.5%
Service Occupations	19,654	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	211	0.2%
All others	23,272	18.8%

White Collar		65.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	18,008	14.6%
Retail trade	13,504	10.9%
Educational services	11,102	9.0%
Construction	9,766	7.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,410	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	8,872	7.2%
Manufacturing	7,545	6.1%
Other services	6,746	5.5%
Public administration	6,696	5.4%
Finance and insurance	6,210	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	5,826	4.7%
Wholesale trade	4,544	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,467	3.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,722	2.2%
Information	2,433	2.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,205	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,974	1.6%
Utilities	1,065	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	368	0.3%
Management	46	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,810	1.43%
Puerto Rican	969	0.36%
Cuban	584	0.22%
Dominican	63	0.02%

Total Central American	5,863	2.20%
Costa Rican	147	0.06%
Guatemalan	277	0.10%
Honduran	3,873	1.46%
Nicaraguan	425	0.16%
Panamanian	191	0.07%
Salvadoran	640	0.24%
Other Central American	310	0.12%

Total South American	792	0.30%
Argentinean	98	0.04%
Bolivian	13	0.00%
Chilean	10	0.00%
Colombian	358	0.13%
Ecuadorian	64	0.02%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%
Peruvian	99	0.04%
Uruguayan	61	0.02%
Venezuelan	86	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,131	1.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,178	0.44%
Filipino	675	0.25%
Indian	628	0.24%
Chinese	579	0.22%
Japanese	132	0.05%
Korean	121	0.05%
Laotian	50	0.02%
Thai	41	0.02%
Bangladeshi	29	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	234,934	93.6%
Spanish	9,030	3.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,440	0.6%
Vietnamese	948	0.4%
Other Indo-European	858	0.3%
Other	811	0.3%
Other Asian	658	0.3%
German, other Germanic	581	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	421	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
French	39,774	14.9%
German	39,544	14.9%
Irish	35,116	13.2%
Italian	27,278	10.2%
English	26,622	10.0%
American	22,562	8.5%
Scottish	4,491	1.7%
European	4,023	1.5%
French Canadian	3,939	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	2,983	1.1%
Polish	2,916	1.1%
Norwegian	1,884	0.7%
Dutch	1,672	0.6%
Swedish	1,407	0.5%
British	1,244	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	260,101	97.7%
Not a citizen	6,067	2.3%

Native	254,602	95.7%
Foreign-born	11,566	4.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,550	3.0%	10,437	5.7%	43,794	24.0%	56,499	30.9%	42,984	23.5%	23,529	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,550	3.0%
9-12 Years	10,437	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	43,794	24.0%
Some College	56,499	30.9%
Bach. Degree	42,984	23.5%
Grad Degree	23,529	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	68,225	64,177	4,048	5.9%	6.2%
1991	71,648	66,695	4,953	6.9%	7.2%
1992	73,384	67,195	6,189	8.4%	7.8%
1993	76,094	69,769	6,325	8.3%	7.4%
1994	80,061	73,969	6,092	7.6%	7.7%
1995	82,768	77,432	5,336	6.4%	6.9%
1996	86,261	81,747	4,514	5.2%	6.5%
1997	90,266	86,228	4,038	4.5%	5.9%
1998	93,372	89,607	3,765	4.0%	5.5%
1999	94,997	91,758	3,239	3.4%	5.0%

2000	96,134	92,089	4,045	4.2%	5.2%
2001	97,346	92,908	4,438	4.6%	5.6%
2002	98,677	93,872	4,805	4.9%	6.0%
2003	100,959	96,181	4,778	4.7%	6.3%
2004	103,681	99,363	4,318	4.2%	5.7%
2005	0	0	0	?%	6.8%
2006	0	0	0	?%	4.0%
2007	116,272	112,677	3,595	3.1%	4.1%
2008	110,671	106,488	4,183	3.8%	4.7%
2009	107,945	102,102	5,843	5.4%	6.8%

2010	108,779	102,325	6,454	5.9%	7.5%
2011	108,436	101,971	6,465	6.0%	7.4%
2012	109,310	103,152	6,158	5.6%	6.7%
2013	111,147	105,012	6,135	5.5%	6.4%
2014	114,505	108,152	6,353	5.5%	6.3%
2015	116,999	110,740	6,259	5.3%	6.3%
2016	117,626	111,775	5,851	5.0%	6.1%
2017	117,601	112,570	5,031	4.3%	5.1%
2018	119,398	114,463	4,935	4.1%	4.8%
2019	121,941	117,050	4,891	4.0%	4.7%

2020	116,466	108,590	7,876	6.8%	8.3%
2021	117,390	112,701	4,689	4.0%	5.6%
2022	119,821	116,289	3,532	2.9%	3.7%
2023	119,486	115,587	3,899	3.3%	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	110,680
Median Value	$262,400

Occupied	101,212	91.4%
Vacant	9,468	8.6%

Owned	80,039	79.1%
Rented	21,173	20.9%
Median Rent	$1,247

Single-Family Units	89,328	80.7%
Detached	86,465	78.1%
Attached	2,863	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,420	8.5%
Mobile Homes	7,750	7.0%

St. Tammany Parish, LA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

2022 Housing Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

2022 Income & Employment Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA

Historical Labor Force Data for St. Tammany Parish, LA