Saint Tammany Parish

St. Tammany Parish

•   LOCATION INFORMATIONS
    State: 

  Louisiana

    County: 

  Saint Tammany Parish

    Zips: 

  70469

  , 

  70463

  , 

  70464

  , 

  70457

  , 

  70470

  , 

  70459

  , 

  70434

  , 

  70431

  , 

  70437

  , 

  70420

  , 

  70445

  , 

  70452

  , 

  70447

  , 

  70435

  , 

  70460

  , 

  70461

  , 

  70448

  , 

  70471

  , 

  70458

  , 

  70433

    Coordinates: 

  30.40785518780656, -89.95464450605417

    Area total: 

  1095.58 sq. mi., 2837.54 sq. km, 701169.92 acres

    Area land: 

  845.20 sq. mi., 2189.05 sq. km, 540926.72 acres

    Area water: 

  250.38 sq. mi., 648.48 sq. km, 160243.20 acres

    Established: 

  1810

    Capital seat: 

  Covington
  Address: 701 N Columbia St
  Parish Courthouse
  Covington, LA 70433-2760
  Governing Body: Council with 14 board size
  Governing Authority: Home Rule

•   GMAP

  Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States

•   EXTERNAL LINKS
    Website: 

  http://www.stpgov.org

•   POPULATION INFORMATIONS
    Population: 

  264,570; Population change: 13.19% (2010 - 2020)

    Population density: 

  313 persons per square mile

    Household income: 

  $60,763

    Households: 

  86,625

    Unemployment rate: 

  6.80% per 116,466 county labor force

•   TAXES INFORMATIONS
    Sales taxes: 

  8.75%

    Income taxes: 

  6.00%

    GDP: 

  $10.74 B, gross domestic product (GDP)

• Population Development
  Saint Tammany Parish's population of Louisiana of 20,929 residents in 1930 has increased 12,64-fold to 264,570 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 50.99% female residents and 49.01% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.56% in Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 36.44% are single population.

  As of 2020, 63.56% in Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 36.44% are single population.

• Household & Jobs
    Housing units: 

  110,370 residential units of which 92.42% share occupied residential units.

  34.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Saint Tammany 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.
  
  80.51% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.75% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.31% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.73% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

• Home & Housing
  Of the total residential buildings in Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana 72.80% are owner-occupied homes, another 17.00% are rented apartments, and the remaining 10.20% are vacant.

• Political & Religion
  The 54.91% of the population in Saint Tammany 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 = 75.840%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 22.450%) of those eligible to vote in Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana.