St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 20 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22099

Within Louisiana
St. Martin Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks St. Martinville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
51,106
-510 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area
737.5
square miles. A further 9.7% of the total area is water
Population density
69.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
St. Martinville
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Breaux Bridge city
Population 7,652.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of St. Martin Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 781 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where St. Martin Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population51,10620th of 641,001st of 3,144
Land area737.5 sq mi25th of 641,199th of 3,144
Population density69.3 per sq mi26th of 641,189th of 3,144
Median household income$55,96029th of 642,407th of 3,143

Full data for St. Martin Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,106Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202051,616Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?51,750Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area737.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area79.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area816.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?69.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,960American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,579American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units23,828American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+61
651 births, 590 deaths
Net migration
-252
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering St. Martin Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Iberia ParishLouisiana59 mi66,846
Iberville ParishLouisiana48 mi29,579
Lafayette ParishLouisiana35 mi257,949
St. Mary ParishLouisiana33 mi46,552
St. Landry ParishLouisiana32 mi80,765
Assumption ParishLouisiana26 mi19,720
Pointe Coupee ParishLouisiana3.3 mi19,520

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.