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Jefferson Parish
While Jefferson Parish offers all of the business amenities and services which appeal to commercial establishments, it also affords its residents a high quality of life with good schools, low crime rates and abundant recreational opportunities.
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Voting Districts
Congress-
ional | Supreme
Court | Court of Appeals
Circuit ~District | Public
Service | BESE | Senate | House | Judicial |
| 1,2,3 |
1 |
5 ~ 1 |
1,3 |
1,2,3 |
1,6-10 |
54,78-88,92,105 |
24 |
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| Community
Spirit |
Most people know Jefferson Parish (county) as a bedroom community just west of New Orleans. While the East Bank of Jefferson Parish is home for many commuters, the West Bank, located south of the river across from New Orleans, is much more industrial in nature. Still further south are the fishing communities that make their living from Barataria Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The rebounding oil industry, the rise of tourism and retail centers help make the parish an ideal home for this diverse population.
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Geography |
While most of the population of Jefferson Parish is situated along the river, the parish stretches from Lake Pontchartrain on the north end all the way to the Gulf of Mexico at Grand Isle. The Mississippi River delta-building process, which deposited rich alluvial sediment in the Gulf, created the natural levees, hardwood swamps, open marshes, lakes, bayous, and barrier islands that are Jeffersonós unique geological features.
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Land Use |
Use Area (Acres) Percentage
| Residential, Mixed Urban or Built-up Land | 42,656 | 11.3% |
| Industrial, Transport., Communications & Services | 10,471 | 2.8% |
| Agricultural Land, Cropland and Pasture | 2,456 | 0.6% |
| Forest Land | 124 | 0.03% |
| Water, Streams, Canals, Reservoirs, Bays & Estuaries | 173,633 | 45.9% |
| Wetlands | 147,441 | 40.0% |
| Transitional Areas | 1,374 | 0.4% | |
