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PARISH PLANNING BASELINE |
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Iberia Parish
On the south central Louisiana coast, Iberia Parish offers many of the qualities for and attractions for which Louisiana is famous. In areas of the parish, pristine natural marshlands stretch for miles, harboring migratory fowl from all over North America. Small towns entice visitors to stop for a taste of authentic Cajun culture. The parish boasts the international tourist destination Avery Island, a natural salt dome and home to the famous Louisiana pepper sauce, Tabasco. Crossed by Highway 90, “The Gulf Coast Highway,” the New Iberia area is an eclectic patchwork of Cajun, Creole, and African-American communities.
The Iberia parish economy depends on agriculture, including the shrimp, rice, sugarcane and crawfish industries. When Iberia residents were asked what they valued most about their parish, they responded:
“We treasure our historic landmarks, architecture and Cajun culture. We want to preserve our shrimping, sugarcane, rice and crawfish industries. We value our wetlands, wildlife and great hunting opportunities.”
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- Iberia Parish has 575 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 129.5 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s, its population grew by 27.6%.
- The average household size is 2.82 persons compared to an average family size of 3.28 persons.
- In 2004, retail trade was the largest of 20 major employment sectors. It had an average wage per job of $21,273. Per capita income grew by 24.2% between 1993 and 2003 (adjusted for inflation).
- The parish seat is New Iberia.
- Larger communities are Avery Island, Delcambre, Jeanerette, Loreauville and New Iberia.
- The parish was named for an old term for the Spanish portion of the European peninsula.
- Pre-storm, the population was 75,000.
- Significant economic interests are Public Administration (State, local government and schools), support services and materials for offshore mining of oil and gas, light manufacturing (including the Tabasco brand hot sauce), sugarcane, aquaculture (crawfish), fishing, retail and warehousing.
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