1012 Corridor

A statistical snapshot of the 10/12 Creative Corridor

Population
The population of the 16 parishes is 2.3 million nearly 53% of the Louisiana population. The largest parishes anchor metro areas. In coming years, Livingston, because of migration, could pass up Calcasieu.

East Baton Rouge	430,317
Jefferson	423,520
Orleans	239,124
St. Tammany	226,625
Lafayette	204,843
Calcasieu	184,512
Livingston	116,580
Tangipahoa	115,398
Ascension	99,056
Acadia	59,958
St. Charles	52,044
St. Martin	51,651
St. John	47,684
Iberville	32,501
Jefferson Davis	31,177
West Baton Rouge	22,625
St. James	21,578
Total	2,336,568
Louisiana	4,293,204

Percent of corridor population
East Baton Rouge and Jefferson parishes share the top spots on the corridor, with Orleans, St. Tammany and Lafayette rounding out the Top 5.

East Baton Rouge	18.4%
Jefferson	18.1%
Orleans	10.2%
St. Tammany	9.7%
Lafayette	8.8%
Calcasieu	7.9%
Livingston	5.0%
Tangipahoa	4.9%
Ascension	4.2%
Acadia	2.6%
St. Charles	2.2%
St. Martin	2.2%
St. John	2.0%
Iberville	1.4%
Jefferson Davis	1.3%
West Baton Rouge	1.0%
St. James	0.9%
Total percent of Louisiana population	54%

Growth since 2000
Ascension and Livingston parishes have by far lead the growth along the corridor in this decade, with St. Tammany and Tangipahoa not far behind.

Ascension	29.2%
Livingston	27.0%
St. Tammany	18.5%
Tangipahoa	14.7%
St. John	10.8%
St. Charles	8.3%
Lafayette	7.5%
St. Martin	6.3%
East Baton Rouge	4.2%
Acadia	1.9%
St. James	1.7%
West Baton Rouge	0.7%
Calcasieu	0.5%
Jefferson Davis	-0.8%
Iberville	-2.5%
Jefferson	-7.0%
Orleans	-51.0%

Median household income
Median household incomes continue to rise along the corridor, the highest being St. Tammany with $59,774; the lowest, Acadia with $30,040. Corridor salaries overall are closer to the national average than Louisiana as a whole.

St. Tammany	$59,774
Ascension	$57,541
Livingston	$54,498
Jefferson	$48,305
St. Charles	$45,139
Lafayette	$44,020
East Baton Rouge	$42,088
Calcasieu	$42,008
St. John	$39,456
Orleans	$38,614
West Baton Rouge	$37,120
St. James	$35,277
Tangipahoa	$32,763
St. Martin	$31,977
Jefferson Davis	$31,454
Iberville	$30,738
Acadia	$30,040
Corridor	$39,297
Louisiana	$32,566
U.S.	$41,994

Families living below poverty
Poverty rates are declining along the corridor as well. Four parishes have single-digit rates, while Livingston is below the national average.

Iberville	22.5%
Acadia	21.0%
Orleans	20.6%
St. Martin	20.4%
Jefferson Davis	18.6%
St. James	18.0%
West Baton Rouge	16.8%
Tangipahoa	16.6%
St. John	13.9%
Calcasieu	13.8%
East Baton Rouge	13.1%
Ascension	12.2%
Lafayette	10.1%
St. Tammany	9.6%
St. Charles	9.3%
Jefferson	9.2%
Livingston	7.4%
Corridor	14.9%
Louisiana	15.8%
U.S.	9.2%

ACT scores
St. Tammany’s ACT scores are higher than those in the rest of the nation. Four parishes are above the state average.

St. Tammany	21.7
Lafayette	21.0
Ascension	20.7
Livingston	20.7
Calcasieu	20.2
Jefferson Davis	20.1
St. Charles	20.1
Tangipahoa	19.7
East Baton Rouge	19.5
Acadia	19.3
West Baton Rouge	19.4
St. James	19.1
Orleans	19.0
St. Martin	18.9
Jefferson	18.8
St. John	18.1
Iberville	17.5
Corridor	19.7
Louisiana	20.3
U.S.	21.1

High-school graduates
Poverty rates are declining along the corridor as well. Four parishes have single-digit rates, while Livingston is below the national average.

St. Tammany	83.9%
East Baton Rouge	83.9%
St. Charles	80.0%
Lafayette	79.8%
Ascension	79.6%
Jefferson	79.3%
Livingston	77.2%
Calcasieu	77.0%
St. John	76.9%
Orleans	74.7%
St. James	73.9%
West Baton Rouge	73.4%
Tangipahoa	71.5%
Jefferson Davis	69.4%
Iberville	65.7%
Acadia	64.7%
St. Martin	62.9%
Corridor	74.9%
Louisiana	74.8%
U.S.	80.4%

College degree
Poverty rates are declining along the corridor as well. Four parishes have single-digit rates, while Livingston is below the national average.

East Baton Rouge	30.8%
St. Tammany	28.3%
Orleans	25.8%
Lafayette	25.5%
Jefferson	21.5%
St. Charles	17.5%
Calcasieu	16.9%
Tangipahoa	16.3%
Ascension	14.7%
St. John	12.9%
Livingston	11.4%
West Baton Rouge	11.1%
St. James	10.1%
Jefferson Davis	9.9%
Iberville	9.6%
Acadia	9.4%
St. Martin	8.5%
Corridor	16.5%
Louisiana	18.7%
U.S.	24.4%

Commute time (minutes)
Corridor commuters have a lengthier commute to work than the rest of Louisiana or the nation. But we knew that already. Livingston Parish workers suffer the longest; West Baton Rougeans, the least.

Livingston	34.6
Tangipahoa	33.5
Jefferson Davis	30.8
St. Martin	30.0
St. Tammany	31.5
Acadia	29.9
St. John	27.8
Ascension	26.6
Iberville	26.6
St. Charles	26.5
St. James	25.4
East Baton Rouge	23.9
Orleans	23.3
Jefferson	23.3
Lafayette	22.1
Calcasieu	21.4
West Baton Rouge	21.2
Corridor	27.0
Louisiana	25.7
U.S.	25.5

Median age
Corridor residents are older than the average Louisianan but younger than the average American. Median ages range from 39.8 in Orleans to 31 in Tangipahoa.

Orleans	39.8
Jefferson	39.4
St. Tammany	36.7
Calcasieu	34.5
St. Charles	34.2
Lafayette	34.1
West Baton Rouge	34.0
St. James	34.0
Livingston	33.7
Acadia	33.7
St. Martin	33.4
East Baton Rouge	32.9
St. John	32.0
Ascension	31.9
Tangipahoa	31.0
Corridor	34.4
Louisiana	34.0
U.S.	35.3

Diversity [% white population]
The corridor is more ethnically diverse than the rest of the country.

Livingston	92.8%
St. Tammany	85.0%
Jefferson Davis	81.2%
Acadia	80.3%
Ascension	75.5%
Calcasieu	74.1%
Lafayette	72.4%
St. Charles	72.4%
Tangipahoa	69.8%
Jefferson	69.8%
St. Martin	66.9%
West Baton Rouge	63.9%
East Baton Rouge	53.3%
St. John	52.6%
Iberville	52.1%
St. James	50.0%
Orleans	28.1%
Corridor	67.0%
Louisiana	63.9%
U.S.	75.1%

Source: U.S. Census