LAFOURCHE PARISH LOUISIANA

Created in 1807, the Lafourche Interior Parish was one of the original Louisiana parishes.  In 1822, the parish was divided between today’s Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. When it was created it included Terrebonne Parish. Today the parish covers approximately 1,068 square miles of land area.  It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to its south, Terrebonne Parish to its west, Assumption Parish to its northwest, St. John Parish and St. James Parish to its north, and St. Charles Parish and Jefferson Parish to its east.  Early European settlers explored the waterway known as “LaFourche Des Chetimachas,” the fork of the Chetimachas, which was eventually shortened to “Lafourche,” hence the name of the parish and the Bayou that bisects it.   The Parish is located with the Barataria and Terrebonne Estuaries.

Parish Websites

Population, 2010:                              96,318

Population Estimate, 2019:              97,614

County Seat:                                      Thibodaux           

Lafourche has a number of unincorporated communities that are Census Designated Places (CDPs)

Two more CDPs span parish lines

For more demographic data on Lafourche Parish visit statsamerica.org