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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna.
According to the 2000 Census, Jefferson had a population of 455,466 which made the populations of Jefferson and Orleans parishes combined greater than any metropolitan area around the state. Jefferson Parish was affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but has rebounded at a more rapid pace than neighboring Orleans Parish, probably because the destruction was not as severe in Jefferson. A population count done during the months of June through October 2006 and released in November 2006 by the Louisiana Recovery Authority put Jefferson at 440,000 residents or 98% of their 2000 U.S. Census totals, currently the largest in the state. Jefferson Parish president Aaron Broussard believes that Jefferson Parish will reach pre-Katrina numbers or even exceed those numbers as residents who are still evacuated from New Orleans return to Jefferson Parish to be closer to New Orleans as they wait for federal recovery cash to repair their Orleans Parish homes.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1825 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1825 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1825 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1825 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1825 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 6,846
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| 1840 | 10,470
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| 1850 | 25,093
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| 1860 | 15,372
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| 1870 | 17,767
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| 1880 | 12,166
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| 1890 | 13,221
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| 1900 | 15,321
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| 1910 | 18,247
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| 1920 | 21,563
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| 1930 | 40,032
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| 1940 | 50,427
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| 1950 | 103,873
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| 1960 | 208,769
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| 1970 | 337,568
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| 1980 | 454,592
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| 1990 | 448,306
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