- Overview
- Regional Overview
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- St. Helena Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Vital Statistics
- Contacts
- Real Estate
- Targeted Industries
Livingston 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.
| 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 |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
