St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

St. Martin Parish (: Paroisse de Saint-Martin) is a located in the  of. The is  and as of the, the  is 48,583. The parish is split into two noncontiguous parts because of a surveying error dating to, when was created by the.

St. Martin Parish was the birthplace of the Louisiana Martins, a political father and son team:, and , who served, respectively, as and as.

Prior to his PSC tenure, Martin, Sr., was the St. Martin Parish. He hired as chief deputy in. From the second position in the sheriff's office, Angelle became a political power broker in St. Martin Parish for more than three decades Angelle's son, became mayor of  and served for more than three decades in the, including a stint as  from -.

Also from St. Martin Parish was state senator and then District Judge (-), who capped his 35-year judicial career as a member of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 2,115 (816 ). 1,916 km² (740 sq mi) of it is land and 198 km² (77 sq mi) of it is. The total area is 9.38% water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent parishes
Iberia Parish splits the parish into two parts. In addition, the following parishes are also adjacent:
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 * (South of Upper St. Martin/North of Lower St. Martin)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 48,583 people, 17,164 households, and 12,975 families residing in the parish. The was 25/km² (66/sq mi). There were 20,245 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (27/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 65.95%, 31.98% or , 0.92% , 0.29% , 0.20% from , and 0.65% from two or more races. or of any race made up 0.83% of the population. The 2000 census counted 44,915 people in the parish who are at least five years old of whom 31,229 (69.5%) speak only at home, 27.44% reported speaking  or  at home, while 1.52% speak . St. Martin has the highest percentage of French-speaking residents of any county or parish in the United States.

There were 17,164 households out of which 39.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were living together, 15.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.40% were non-families. 20.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the parish the population was spread out with 29.50% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $30,701, and the median income for a family was $36,316. Males had a median income of $30,701 versus $18,365 for females. The for the parish was $13,619. About 18.40% of families and 21.50% of the population were below the, including 27.70% of those under age 18 and 22.10% of those age 65 or over.