The population of Saint James Parish is estimated at 21,432. In 2017 there were 253 births and 226 deaths in Saint James Parish . Saint James Parish has 3,174 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,297 that are owned free and clear and 1,246 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Saint James Parish filed 9,710 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Louisiana filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Saint James Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $86,503,000 on earned income of $551,739,000. Other notable statistics from Saint James Parish were 320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $949,000 and 2,240 charitable contributions valued at $11,012,000. 1,510 filings from Saint James Parish paid a combined total of $2,485,000 in property taxes and 1,550 filings paid $10,191,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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14.0% of the Saint James Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Saint James Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 306 votes.
At $53,045 the median income is 114.6% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 628 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Saint James Parish, the equivalant of around 6.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Saint James Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,156	Manufacturing
1,271	Transportation and warehousing
955	Support activities for transportation
764	Health care and social assistance
600	Chemical manufacturing
580	Navigational services to shipping
490	Retail trade
330	Food services and drinking places
315	Restaurants and other eating places
197	Finance and insurance
186	Grocery stores
178	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
178	Administrative and support services
174	Limited-service restaurants
146	Fabricated metal product manufacturing

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