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Population (year 2000): 1,944
Males: 997 (51.3%), Females: 947 (48.7%)
Zip code:
70523
Median resident age: 32.5 years
Median household income: $27,837 (year 2000)
Median house value: $73,000 (year 2000)
Races in Charenton:
- White Non-Hispanic (45.4%)
- Black (36.2%)
- American Indian (17.2%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
Ancestries: French Canadian (8.3%), United
States (7.9%), French (7.7%), English (4.9%), German (4.7%),
Irish (1.6%).
Elevation: 10 feet
Land area: 5.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Charenton
- High school or higher: 58.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 11.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Charenton CDP
- Never married: 27.0%
- Now married: 52.2%
- Separated: 4.6%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 10.2%
1.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Charenton:
- FRANKLIN FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
FRANKLIN, LA)
- IBERIA GENERAL HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CTR (about 12
miles; NEW IBERIA, LA)
- DAUTERINE HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; NEW IBERIA, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Charenton:
- ACADIANA REGIONAL (about 27 miles; NEW IBERIA, LA;
ID: ARA)
- LAFAYETTE REGIONAL (about 39 miles; LAFAYETTE, LA;
ID: LFT)
- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 53
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Charenton:
- LE MAIRE MEML (about 9 miles; JEANERETTE, LA; ID:
2R1)
- HARRY P WILLIAMS MEMORIAL (about 19 miles;
PATTERSON, LA; ID: PTN)
- BORDELON AIRPARK (about 38 miles; BREAUX BRIDGE, LA;
ID: L28)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Charenton:
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (about 42
miles; LAFAYETTE, LA; Full-time enrollment: 13,673)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 44 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles;
THIBODAUX, LA; FT enrollment: 6,244)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 51
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 85 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 98 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 10,230)
- LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS (about 98 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 4,399)
Public primary/middle school in Charenton:
- MARY HINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 221;
Location: 327 MARTIN LUTHER KING; Grades: PK - 05)
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