Lafourche Parish, Louisiana - Revision history

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	According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert\|1474\|sqmi}}, of which {{convert\|1068\|sqmi}} is land and {{convert\|406\|sqmi}} (28%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014\|date=August 22, 2012\|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt\|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> To the south of the parish is the [[Gulf of Mexico]].		According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert\|1474\|sqmi}}, of which {{convert\|1068\|sqmi}} is land and {{convert\|406\|sqmi}} (28%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014\|date=August 22, 2012\|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt\|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> To the south of the parish is the [[Gulf of Mexico]].

			Lafourche, like most of the Gulf Coast, is experiencing land loss due to man-made changes to the path of the [[Mississippi River]] and development in the swamplands.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|last=Thornton \|first=Katie \|last2=Juárez \|first2=Thalía \|date=2024-08-28 \|title=This man saved his town from deadly floodwaters. So why did the US government try to stop him? \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/28/louisiana-bayou-levee-gulf \|access-date=2024-09-12 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The southern part of the parish was inundated during [[Hurricane Juan (1985)\|Hurricane Juan]] in 1985.<ref name=":1" /> After that, the South Lafourche levee district converted its disconnected patchwork of low [[Levee\|hurricane levees]] into a continuous wall that is 48 miles (77 km) long.<ref name=":1" /> The levee, largely funded by a local tax and occasional money from the [[Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority]], was built higher but narrower than recommended by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], which decertified them.<ref name=":1" /> The additional height proved its value when [[Hurricane Ida]] struck the area in 2021, and the floodwaters rose four feet (1.2 m) higher than the recommended height – but one foot (30 cm) lower than the levee was built.<ref name=":1" /> In the northern part of the parish, the shorter, federally approved levees were overtopped and the communities were flooded.<ref name=":1" />

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	'''Lafourche Parish''' ({{lang-fr\|Paroisse de la Fourche}}) is a [[List of parishes in Louisiana\|parish]] located in the south of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. The [[parish seat]] is [[Thibodaux, Louisiana\|Thibodaux]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web\|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx\|access-date=2011~~-06-07~~\|title=Find a County\|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The parish was formed in 1807.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Acadiana_Parishes/lafourche.html\|title=Lafourche Parish\|publisher=Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism\|access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana\|Terrebonne]]. Lafourche Parish was named after the [[Bayou Lafourche]].<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA179 \| title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States \| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office\|Government Printing Office]] \| author=Gannett, Henry \| year=1905 \| pages=179}}</ref> City buildings have been featured in television and movies, such as in ''[[Fletch Lives]]'', due to its architecture and rich history. At the [[2020 United States census\|2020 census]], its population was 97,557.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=2020 Race and Population Totals\|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Lafourche%20Parish,%20Louisiana%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1\|access-date=~~2021-10-~~28\|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>		'''Lafourche Parish''' ({{lang-fr\|Paroisse de la Fourche}}) is a [[List of parishes in Louisiana\|parish]] located in the south of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. The [[parish seat]] is [[Thibodaux, Louisiana\|Thibodaux]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web\|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx\|access-date=June 7, 2011\|title=Find a County\|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The parish was formed in 1807.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Acadiana_Parishes/lafourche.html\|title=Lafourche Parish\|publisher=Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism\|access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana\|Terrebonne]]. Lafourche Parish was named after the [[Bayou Lafourche]].<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA179 \| title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States \| publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office\|Government Printing Office]] \| author=Gannett, Henry \| year=1905 \| pages=179}}</ref> City buildings have been featured in television and movies, such as in ''[[Fletch Lives]]'', due to its architecture and rich history. At the [[2020 United States census\|2020 census]], its population was 97,557.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=2020 Race and Population Totals\|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Lafourche%20Parish,%20Louisiana%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1\|access-date=October 28, 2021\|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

	Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the [[Thibodaux Massacre]]. After state militia were used to suppress a massive [[Knights of Labor]] strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and their families, killing an estimated 50 persons. Hundreds more were missing, wounded, and presumed dead in one of the deadliest incidents of labor suppression and racial terrorism.		Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the [[Thibodaux Massacre]]. After state militia were used to suppress a massive [[Knights of Labor]] strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and their families, killing an estimated 50 persons. Hundreds more were missing, wounded, and presumed dead in one of the deadliest incidents of labor suppression and racial terrorism.
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	Particularly after Reconstruction, whites in the parish used violence and intimidation against the large population of [[freedmen]] to suppress Republican voting and re-establish [[white supremacy]], but were less successful than in North Louisiana until after disenfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the century.<ref name="pfiefer"/> From 1877 through the early 20th century, there were 52 [[Lynching in the United States\|lynchings of African Americans]] in Lafourche Parish. Most of the deaths were due to white suppression of labor unrest in 1887; blacks were skilled sugar workers and had begun to organize for better wages and conditions.<ref name="pfiefer"/> Some 10,000 workers had struck in Lafourche and three other parishes during the critical harvest period. At the request of the planters, the state sent in militia against the workers to break the strike.		Particularly after Reconstruction, whites in the parish used violence and intimidation against the large population of [[freedmen]] to suppress Republican voting and re-establish [[white supremacy]], but were less successful than in North Louisiana until after disenfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the century.<ref name="pfiefer"/> From 1877 through the early 20th century, there were 52 [[Lynching in the United States\|lynchings of African Americans]] in Lafourche Parish. Most of the deaths were due to white suppression of labor unrest in 1887; blacks were skilled sugar workers and had begun to organize for better wages and conditions.<ref name="pfiefer"/> Some 10,000 workers had struck in Lafourche and three other parishes during the critical harvest period. At the request of the planters, the state sent in militia against the workers to break the strike.

	In what was called the [[Thibodaux Massacre]] of November 22, 1887, local whites organized by leaders of the town killed up to 50 blacks who had taken refuge in the African-American quarters after a major [[Knights of Labor]] strike was called on sugar plantations. Hundreds more were wounded or missing, and presumed dead.<ref name="KnowLA">Bell, Ellen Baker, [http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/thibodaux-massacre "Thibodaux Massacre (1887)"], KnowLA ''Encyclopedia of Louisiana,'' 15 September 2011, access-date 23 April 2017</ref>		In what was called the [[Thibodaux Massacre]] of November 22, 1887, local whites organized by leaders of the town killed up to 50 blacks who had taken refuge in the African-American quarters after a major [[Knights of Labor]] strike was called on sugar plantations. Hundreds more were wounded or missing, and presumed dead.<ref name="KnowLA">Bell, Ellen Baker, [http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/thibodaux-massacre "Thibodaux Massacre (1887)"], KnowLA ''Encyclopedia of Louisiana,'' September 15, 2011, access-date April 23, 2017</ref>

	The total deaths in this parish due to this racial terrorism were the highest of any parish in the state and nearly twice as high as some others among the six parishes with the highest totals.<ref>[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America, Third Edition: Supplement by County''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf \|date=~~2017-10-~~23 }}, p. 6, Equal Justice Initiative, Mobile, AL, 2017</ref> In general, most of the lynching and racial terrorism took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.		The total deaths in this parish due to this racial terrorism were the highest of any parish in the state and nearly twice as high as some others among the six parishes with the highest totals.<ref>[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America, Third Edition: Supplement by County''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf \|date=October 23, 2017 }}, p. 6, Equal Justice Initiative, Mobile, AL, 2017</ref> In general, most of the lynching and racial terrorism took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

	On August 29, 2021, [[Hurricane Ida]] made landfall in [[Port Fourchon]] at 16:55 UTC as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Additional reports surveyed by ships in Port Fourchon reported wind gusts up to 194 knots.<ref name=auto>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092021_Ida.pdf\|title=Hurricane Ida \|author=John L. Beven II\|date=April 4, 2022\|display-authors=et. al.\|work=nhc.noaa.gov \|accessdate=~~2023-02-~~10}}</ref> In [[Golden Meadow, LA]], the [[National Weather Service]] recorded storm surge measurements of 10.1 ft.<ref name="auto"/> It was the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Lafourche Parish and at the time the 5th costliest hurricane in United States history.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517103720/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-date=~~2022-05-~~17 \|url-status=live\|title=Costliest U.S. Tropical Cyclones\|work=ncei.noaa.gov \|access-date=~~2023-02-~~10}}</ref>		On August 29, 2021, [[Hurricane Ida]] made landfall in [[Port Fourchon]] at 16:55 UTC as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Additional reports surveyed by ships in Port Fourchon reported wind gusts up to 194 knots.<ref name=auto>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092021_Ida.pdf\|title=Hurricane Ida \|author=John L. Beven II\|date=April 4, 2022\|display-authors=et. al.\|work=nhc.noaa.gov \|accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> In [[Golden Meadow, LA]], the [[National Weather Service]] recorded storm surge measurements of 10.1 ft.<ref name="auto"/> It was the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Lafourche Parish and at the time the 5th costliest hurricane in United States history.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517103720/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-date=May 17, 2022 \|url-status=live\|title=Costliest U.S. Tropical Cyclones\|work=ncei.noaa.gov \|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>

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	\|+Lafourche Parish racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Explore Census Data\|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22057&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2\|access-date=~~2021-12-~~28\|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>		\|+Lafourche Parish racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Explore Census Data\|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22057&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2\|access-date=December 28, 2021\|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
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	==Education==		==Education==
	The parish is zoned to [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234035/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-date=~~2022-07-~~31 \|url-status=live\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|accessdate=~~2022-07-~~31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>		The parish is zoned to [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234035/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-date=July 31, 2022 \|url-status=live\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|accessdate=July 31, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

	Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the [[Terrebonne Parish School District]].<ref>"[http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202150352/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc \|date=2016-12-02 }}." [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.</ref>		Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the [[Terrebonne Parish School District]].<ref>"[http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202150352/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc \|date=2016-12-02 }}." [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.</ref>
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	The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=2021~~-06-03~~}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf\|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College\|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]\|access-date=2024~~-03-09~~\|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic\|comprised \|hide=y\|of}} [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>		The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf\|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College\|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]\|access-date=March 9, 2024\|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic\|comprised \|hide=y\|of}} [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>

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	==Politics==		==Politics==
	{{PresHead\|place=Lafourche Parish, Louisiana\|source=<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS\|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections\|last=Leip\|first=David\|website=uselectionatlas.org\|access-date=2018~~-03-06~~}}</ref>}}		{{PresHead\|place=Lafourche Parish, Louisiana\|source=<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS\|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections\|last=Leip\|first=David\|website=uselectionatlas.org\|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
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	{{PresRow\|2020\|Republican\|36,024\|8,672\|692\|Louisiana}}		{{PresRow\|2020\|Republican\|36,024\|8,672\|692\|Louisiana}}

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	===Major highways===		===Major highways===
	* [[Image:I-49 (Future).svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana\|Interstate 49]] {{small\|(future)}}		* [[Image:I-49 (Future).svg\|25px]] [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana\|Interstate 49]] {{small\|(future)}}
	* [[Image:US 90.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana\|U.S. Highway 90]]		* [[Image:US 90.svg\|25px]] [[U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana\|U.S. Highway 90]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 1.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 20.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 20]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 20 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 20]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 24.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 24]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 24 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 24]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 304.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 304]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 304 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 304]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 308.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 308]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 308 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 308]]

	===Adjacent parishes===		===Adjacent parishes===

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	==History==		==History==
	South Louisiana became known as “Sugarland”, and Lafourche one of the sugar parishes, where sugar cane plantations were established before and after the Civil War. They required the labor of large numbers of enslaved African Americans. In the postbellum era, they ~~comprised~~ from 50 to 80 percent of the population in most of the sugar parishes.<ref name="pfiefer">{{cite book\|first=Michael James\|last=Pfeifer\|title=Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947\|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]\|year=2004\|pages=75-77}}</ref>		South Louisiana became known as “Sugarland”, and Lafourche one of the sugar parishes, where sugar cane plantations were established before and after the Civil War. They required the labor of large numbers of enslaved African Americans. In the postbellum era, they constituted from 50 to 80 percent of the population in most of the sugar parishes.<ref name="pfiefer">{{cite book\|first=Michael James\|last=Pfeifer\|title=Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947\|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]\|year=2004\|pages=75-77}}</ref>

	Particularly after Reconstruction, whites in the parish used violence and intimidation against the large population of [[freedmen]] to suppress Republican voting and re-establish [[white supremacy]], but were less successful than in North Louisiana until after disenfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the century.<ref name="pfiefer"/> From 1877 through the early 20th century, there were 52 [[Lynching in the United States\|lynchings of African Americans]] in Lafourche Parish. Most of the deaths were due to white suppression of labor unrest in 1887; blacks were skilled sugar workers and had begun to organize for better wages and conditions.<ref name="pfiefer"/> Some 10,000 workers had struck in Lafourche and three other parishes during the critical harvest period. At the request of the planters, the state sent in militia against the workers to break the strike.		Particularly after Reconstruction, whites in the parish used violence and intimidation against the large population of [[freedmen]] to suppress Republican voting and re-establish [[white supremacy]], but were less successful than in North Louisiana until after disenfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the century.<ref name="pfiefer"/> From 1877 through the early 20th century, there were 52 [[Lynching in the United States\|lynchings of African Americans]] in Lafourche Parish. Most of the deaths were due to white suppression of labor unrest in 1887; blacks were skilled sugar workers and had begun to organize for better wages and conditions.<ref name="pfiefer"/> Some 10,000 workers had struck in Lafourche and three other parishes during the critical harvest period. At the request of the planters, the state sent in militia against the workers to break the strike.
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	* [[Nicholls State University]] in Thibodaux		* [[Nicholls State University]] in Thibodaux

	The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf\|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College\|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]\|access-date=2024-03-09\|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is comprised of [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>		The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf\|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College\|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]\|access-date=2024-03-09\|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic\|comprised \|hide=y\|of}} [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>

	==National Guard==		==National Guard==

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Colleges and universities

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	The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref>		The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges\|title=Our Colleges\|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]\|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf\|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College\|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]\|access-date=2024-03-09\|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is comprised of [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>

	==National Guard==		==National Guard==

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	==Notable people==		==Notable people==
	* [[Edward Douglass White]], Associate Justice (1894-1910) and Chief Justice (1910-1921) of the [[Supreme Court of the United States\|United States Supreme Court]]		* [[Edward Douglass White]], Associate Justice (1894-1910) and Chief Justice (1910-1921) of the [[Supreme Court of the United States\|United States Supreme Court]]
	* Mattie Breaux, cast member of ''[[Party Down South]]''
	* [[Jefferson J. DeBlanc]] (1921-2007), [[United States Marine Corps]] fighter pilot and [[flying ace]]; received the [[Medal of Honor]] for actions during [[World War II]]		* [[Jefferson J. DeBlanc]] (1921-2007), [[United States Marine Corps]] fighter pilot and [[flying ace]]; received the [[Medal of Honor]] for actions during [[World War II]]
	* [[Dick Guidry]] (1929-2014), member of [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1950 to 1954 and 1964–76. Considered the youngest person ever elected to the Louisiana House.		* [[Dick Guidry]] (1929-2014), member of [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1950 to 1954 and 1964–76. Considered the youngest person ever elected to the Louisiana House.

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	The total deaths in this parish due to this racial terrorism were the highest of any parish in the state and nearly twice as high as some others among the six parishes with the highest totals.<ref>[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America, Third Edition: Supplement by County''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf \|date=2017-10-23 }}, p. 6, Equal Justice Initiative, Mobile, AL, 2017</ref> In general, most of the lynching and racial terrorism took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.		The total deaths in this parish due to this racial terrorism were the highest of any parish in the state and nearly twice as high as some others among the six parishes with the highest totals.<ref>[https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf ''Lynching in America, Third Edition: Supplement by County''] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf \|date=2017-10-23 }}, p. 6, Equal Justice Initiative, Mobile, AL, 2017</ref> In general, most of the lynching and racial terrorism took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

	On August 29, 2021, [[Hurricane Ida]] made landfall in [[Port Fourchon]] at 16:55 UTC as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Additional reports surveyed by ships in Port Fourchon reported wind gusts up to 194 knots.<ref name=auto>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092021_Ida.pdf\|title=Hurricane Ida \|author=John L. Beven II\|date=April 4, 2022\|display-authors=et. al.\|work=nhc.noaa.gov \|accessdate=2023-02-10}}</ref> In [[Golden Meadow, LA]], the [[National Weather Service]] recorded storm surge measurements of 10.1 ft.<ref name="auto"/> It was the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Lafourche Parish and at the time the 5th costliest hurricane in United States history.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf\|title=Costliest U.S. Tropical Cyclones\|work=ncei.noaa.gov \|access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref>		On August 29, 2021, [[Hurricane Ida]] made landfall in [[Port Fourchon]] at 16:55 UTC as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Additional reports surveyed by ships in Port Fourchon reported wind gusts up to 194 knots.<ref name=auto>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092021_Ida.pdf\|title=Hurricane Ida \|author=John L. Beven II\|date=April 4, 2022\|display-authors=et. al.\|work=nhc.noaa.gov \|accessdate=2023-02-10}}</ref> In [[Golden Meadow, LA]], the [[National Weather Service]] recorded storm surge measurements of 10.1 ft.<ref name="auto"/> It was the strongest storm on record to make landfall in Lafourche Parish and at the time the 5th costliest hurricane in United States history.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517103720/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/dcmi.pdf \|archive-date=2022-05-17 \|url-status=live\|title=Costliest U.S. Tropical Cyclones\|work=ncei.noaa.gov \|access-date=2023-02-10}}</ref>

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	\|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html\|title=U.S. Decennial Census\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507121432/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html\|archive-date=May 7, 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu\|title=Historical Census Browser\|publisher=University of Virginia Library\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt\|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf\|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web\|title=State & County QuickFacts\|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22057.html\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=August 10, 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152921/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22057.html\|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>		\|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html\|title=U.S. Decennial Census\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507121432/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html\|archive-date=May 7, 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu\|title=Historical Census Browser\|publisher=University of Virginia Library\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt\|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf \|archive-date=2010-03-27 \|url-status=live\|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web\|title=State & County QuickFacts\|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22057.html\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=August 10, 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152921/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22057.html\|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
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	==Education==		==Education==
	The parish is zoned to [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|accessdate=2022-07-31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>		The parish is zoned to [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234035/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf \|archive-date=2022-07-31 \|url-status=live\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|accessdate=2022-07-31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

	Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the [[Terrebonne Parish School District]].<ref>"[http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202150352/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc \|date=2016-12-02 }}." [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.</ref>		Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the [[Terrebonne Parish School District]].<ref>"[http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202150352/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc \|date=2016-12-02 }}." [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.</ref>

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	{{Portal\|~~United States~~}}		{{Portal\|Louisiana}}

	==References==		==References==

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	===Major highways===		===Major highways===
	* [[Image:I-49 (Future).svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana\|Interstate 49]] {{small\|(future)}}		* [[Image:I-49 (Future).svg\|25px]] [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana\|Interstate 49]] {{small\|(future)}}
	* [[Image:US 90.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana\|U.S. Highway 90]]		* [[Image:US 90.svg\|25px]] [[U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana\|U.S. Highway 90]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 1.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 20.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 20]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 20 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 20]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 24.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 24]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 24 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 24]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 304.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 304]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 304 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 304]]
	* [[Image:Louisiana 308.svg\|~~20px~~]] [[Louisiana Highway 308]]		* [[Image:Louisiana 308 (2008).svg\|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 308]]

	===Adjacent parishes===		===Adjacent parishes===