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Demographics

Population by Parish

	2000	2005 (JULY)	2008	2013
Jefferson	455,466	452,824	44,6686	471,866
Orleans	484,674	454,863	321,466	335,003
Plaquemines	26,757	28,995	29,240	31,631
St. Bernard	67,229	65,364	25,956	37,786
St. Charles	48,067	50,633	54,020	57,383
St. James	21,216	21,150	22,212	22,884
St. John	43,049	46,393	48,940	52,735
St. Tammany	191,270	220,295	239,132	275,901
Tangipahoa	100,588	106,502	117,927	129,086
Washington	43,926	44,623	45,756	47,004
10 Parish Region	1,482,242	1,491,642	1,351,335	1,461,279
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 and 2005. ESRI 2008 and 2013

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