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  The population of Lafourche Parish is estimated at 98,617. In 2017 there were 1,291 births and 868 deaths in Lafourche Parish . Lafourche Parish has 14,267 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,644 that are owned free and clear and 8,575 that are renter occupied.


  The gracious residents of Lafourche Parish filed 39,880 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.0% of all Louisiana filings and 0.027% of the entire nation. Lafourche Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $419,196,000 on earned income of $2,156,005,000. Other notable statistics from Lafourche Parish were 1,280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,356,000 and 5,360 charitable contributions valued at $26,805,000. 5,580 filings from Lafourche Parish paid a combined total of $9,895,000 in property taxes and 5,440 filings paid $39,757,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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16.3% of the Lafourche Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 23.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 42% of Lafourche Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,919 votes.

At $53,081 the median income is 114.7% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 2,191 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lafourche Parish, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.3%.


Top 15 Industries in Lafourche Parish .
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
6,432Transportation and warehousing
4,123Health care and social assistance
4,020Retail trade
3,612Water transportation
2,654Accommodation and food services
2,601Deep sea, coastal, and great lakes water transportation
2,575Manufacturing
2,526Coastal and great lakes freight transportation
2,514Food services and drinking places
2,212Support activities for transportation
2,207Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,114Support activities for water transportation
2,050Administrative and support services
2,041Restaurants and other eating places
1,635Professional, scientific, and technical services


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