St. Charles Parish ranks in national top 10 for population loss in 2022

Four Louisiana parishes – including St. Charles Parish – are listed in the top 10 U.S areas for percentage of population lost between 2021 and 2022.

The news is according to new Census estimates released last week. The estimates were limited to parishes and counties with a population greater than 20,000.

St. Charles Parish came in at number eight on the list with a 2.7 percent decline in population. The numbers equate to 1,550 residents moving from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022.

St. John the Baptist Parish was second on the list, Terrebonne Parish ranked third, and coming in at fourth was Plaquemines Parish.

All four Louisiana parishes that made the list were significantly impacted by Hurricane Ida, which struck the state in August of 2021.

The estimates and list were published and produced by the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

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Roth has both her undergraduate and graduate degree in journalism, which she has utilized in the past as an instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University and a reporter at various newspapers and online publications. She grew up in LaPlace, where she currently resides with her husband and three daughters.

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