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Jefferson Parish

parish in Louisiana, United States
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Summary

Jefferson Parish is a parish of Louisiana[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of parish of louisiana entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,356 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Louisiana[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Pontchartrain[6], Gulf of Mexico[7]
  • Capital: Gretna[8]
  • Shares border with: St. Tammany Parish[9], Orleans Parish[10], Plaquemines Parish[11], Tangipahoa Parish[12], Lafourche Parish[13], St. Charles Parish[14], St. John the Baptist Parish[15]
  • Named after: Thomas Jefferson[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gretna[17]
  • Commons category: Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[18]
  • Inception: 1825[19]
  • Coordinate location: 29.733333333333, -90.1[20]
  • Official website: http://www.jeffparish.net[21], https://www.jeffparish.gov/[22], http://www.gcr1.com/jp2/jp-enter.htm[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[24]
  • Population: 432,552[25], 432,726[26], 433,848[27], 434,123[28], 434,767[29], 436,275[30], 440,781[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[33]
  • Number of households: 170,398[34]
  • Native label: Jefferson Parish[35]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108826[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[37]
  • Owner of: Jefferson Performing Arts Center[38]
  • Area: 1663[39]
  • Water as percent of area: 56[40]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana[41]
  • Per capita income: 32,939[42]

Why It Matters

Jefferson Parish has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Louisiana Thomas Jefferson United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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