LAFOURCHE PARISH LOUISIANA
Created in 1807, the Lafourche Interior Parish was one of the original Louisiana parishes. In 1822, the parish was divided between today’s Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. When it was created it included Terrebonne Parish. Today the parish covers approximately 1,068 square miles of land area. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to its south, Terrebonne Parish to its west, Assumption Parish to its northwest, St. John Parish and St. James Parish to its north, and St. Charles Parish and Jefferson Parish to its east. Early European settlers explored the waterway known as “LaFourche Des Chetimachas,” the fork of the Chetimachas, which was eventually shortened to “Lafourche,” hence the name of the parish and the Bayou that bisects it. The Parish is located with the Barataria and Terrebonne Estuaries.
Parish Websites
Lafourche Parish Government | www.lafourchegov.org |
Lafourche Parish School District | www.lpsd.k12.la.us |
Lafourche Chamber of Commerce | www.lafourchechamber.com |
Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission | www.lacajunbayou.com |
Greater Lafourche Port Commission | www.portfourchon.com |
Nicholls State University | www.nicholls.edu |
Golden Meadow | www.townofgoldenmeadow-la.gov |
Lockport | www.townoflockport.com |
City of Thibodaux | www.ci.thibodaux.la.us |
Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce | www.thibodauxchamber.com |
Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program | www.btnep.org |
Bayou Industrial Group | www.bayouindustrialgroup.com |
Population, 2010: 96,318
Population Estimate, 2019: 97,614
County Seat: Thibodaux
Incorporated Municipalities | 2018 Estimated Population |
Golden Meadow | 2,023 |
Lockport | 2,489 |
Thibodaux | 14,515 |
Lafourche has a number of unincorporated communities that are Census Designated Places (CDPs)
CDP | 2018 Estimated Population | CDP | 2018 Estimated Population |
Bayou Country Club | 1,298 | Lafourche Crossing | 2,270 |
Chackbay | 5,573 | Larose | 7,529 |
Choctaw | 731 | Lockport Heights | 1,683 |
Cut Off | 5,897 | Mathews | 2,649 |
Galliano | 7,131 | Raceland | 10,686 |
Kraemer | 826 |
Two more CDPs span parish lines
CDP | 2018 Estimated Population |
Bayou Blue, in Lafourche and Terrebonne | 11,682 |
Des Allemands, in Lafourche and St. Charles | 1,597 |
For more demographic data on Lafourche Parish visit statsamerica.org