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Livingston Parish

Livingston Parish map featuring Albany, Denham Springs, French Settlement, Killian and WalkerLivingston Parish is located on Interstate 12, just ten minutes from Baton Rouge and 45 minutes from New Orleans. It includes the towns of Albany, Maurepas, Watson, Walker, and Denham Springs, which is known for its antiques shops. Also within the parish are French Settlement, which holds an annual Creole Festival, Hungarian Settlement, a rural ethnic settlement which strives to preserve the Hungarian culture of the town’s residents, Livingston, home to one of only two Laser Interferometer Gravitation Wave Observatories (LIGO) in the country, and Springfield, which features the 1,200 acre Tickfaw State Park, and the new golf and residential community of Carter Plantation. Livingston Parish public schools rank among the top five school districts in the state.

Parish Statistics
Land Area in Square Miles 703
Population (2007 Estimate) 116,758
Population Growth % (2000 – 2007) 27.2%
Median Age 34
Business Establishments 2,486
Employees (Daytime Population) 17,145
Average Annual Pay $21,615
Average Household Income $34,520

 

Top Employers
Name Employees NAICS Code
WAL-MART
600 452910
SHAW SUNLAND FABRICATORS 450 332996
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. 200 56221
FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS INC.
165 33612
EAST JORDAN IRON WORKS 150 331511

 

Contacts

ED Contact:
John Ware
Executive Director
Livingston Economic Development Council
1810 S. Range Ave.
Denham Springs, LA 70726
225-665-5223
225-235-5229 (mobile)
johnw@demco.org

Web
www.ledc.net

Regional ED Contact:
Chadler B. Cornett
Director of Business Development
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
564 Laurel Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
225-381-7136
chad@brac.org

Major Cities/Towns

Albany
Land Area in Square Miles 1.1
Population (2007 Estimate) 1,136
Population Growth % (2000 – 2007) 31.3%
Median Age 34
Business Establishments 46
Employees (Daytime Population) 568

 

Denham Springs
Land Area in Square Miles 6.1
Population (2007 Estimate) 9,612
Population Growth % (2000 – 2007) 9.8%
Median Age 36
Business Establishments 686
Employees (Daytime Population) 4,785

 

French Settlement
Land Area in Square Miles 2.7
Population (2007 Estimate) 1,205
Population Growth % (2000 - 2007) 27.5%
Median Age 37
Business Establishments 26
Employees (Daytime Population) 116

 

Killian
Land Area in Square Miles 11.1
Population (2007 Estimate) 1,275
Population Growth % (2000 - 2007) 21%
Median Age 40
Business Establishments 24
Employees (Daytime Population) 85

 

Walker
Land Area in Square Miles 5.8
Population (2007 Estimate) 6,113
Population Growth % (2000 - 2007) 27.3%
Median Age 33
Business Establishments 180
Employees (Daytime Population) 1,287
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