SEARCH

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 (2008 Estimate) 120,877
Population Growth % (2000 – 2008) 24%
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
900452910
SHAW SUNLAND FABRICATORS
650 332996
BASS PRO SHOPS
420 451110
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. 200 56221
FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS INC.
400
33612
EAST JORDAN IRON WORKS 150 331511

 

Contacts

ED Contact:
Stuart Litvin
CEO
Livingston Economic Development Council
1810 South Range Avenue
Denham Springs, LA  70726
225-665-5223
ledc.stuart@gmail.com

Web
www.ledc.net

Regional ED Contact:
Edie Michel
Director of Regional Development
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
564 Laurel Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
225-339-1171
Edie@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

 

Livingston
Land Area in Square Miles
Population (2008 Estimate) 1,494
Population Growth % (2000 - 2008) x%
Median Age
Business Establishments
Employees (Daytime Population)

 

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
©2010 Baton Rouge Area Chamber® Site Map | Contact