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Resilience Dossier

St. John the Baptist ParishLouisiana · LA

41
/ 100poor
Composite scale0 ─ 100
41
CriticalExcellent
State rank
#62LA
National rank
#2,949/ 3,436
Population
42,46676.4/km²
FIPS 22095│AREA 555 km²│LAT 30.1441 · LON -90.4910
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Geospatial

30.14°N, 90.49°W
Map of St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
Target ▸ St. John the Baptist Parish
N│Mapbox dark-v11
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Analyst Brief

Voice ▸ Stratfor

▌St. John the Baptist Parish is a county in Louisiana, with a population of 42,466, covering 555 square kilometers. Population density is 76.4 people per square kilometer. On the Scout composite resilience index, St. John the Baptist Parish scores 41 out of 100, ranked #62 in LA and #2,949 of 3,436 regions. The five-year average temperature anomaly versus the 20th-century baseline is 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Counties above 2.6 degrees fall inside the climate tipping-point band. The FEMA National Risk Index composite hazard score is 87 out of 100. Annual precipitation averages 64.7 inches. Net IRS migration in the most recent tax year was -11.2 per 1,000 residents. USDA classifies the county as Rural-Urban Continuum Code 1 (1 = metropolitan core, 9 = completely rural).

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Assessment Matrix

6 Dimensions
D-0124

Climate Stability

Natural hazard exposure, temperature anomaly vs. 20th-century baseline, drought, wildfire, and flood risk.

D-0271

Water & Food

Groundwater reliability, precipitation normals, growing season length, and cropland availability.

D-0334

Social Stability

Net migration, social vulnerability, and crime rates.

D-0431

Infrastructure

Solar energy potential, off-grid power viability, and proximity to nuclear facilities.

D-0521

Self-Sufficiency

Rural-urban classification, agricultural diversity, and land availability.

D-0666

Affordability

Median home value and rental costs relative to the national range. Lower cost counties score higher.

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Source Telemetry

14 Inputs
S-01Climate
FEMA NRI hazard score
86.57 /100
Temperature anomaly
2.30 °F
S-02Water
Annual precipitation
64.7 in
Soil saturation depth
0.5 ft
Growing season
336 days
S-03Social
Net migration
-11.2 /1k
Social vulnerability
0.715 /1
Crime index
41.2 /100
S-04Infrastructure
Solar irradiance
4.7 kWh/m²/d
Distance to nuclear facility
10.7 mi
S-05Self-Sufficiency
Cropland share
10.0 %
Rural-urban code
1 /9
S-06Affordability
Median home value
$173,200
Median rent
$1,139 /mo

Inputs marked “— —” are pending pipeline integration and currently use neutral defaults in the composite. They do not skew rankings.

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Cross-Reference

REF-A

St. John the Baptist Parish on the Scout map

See this county in spatial context. Compare with neighbors. Tune the composite weights to your priorities.

REF-B

Top counties in Louisiana

State rollup ranking the highest- and lowest-scoring counties for resilience by composite Scout score.

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Citations

Full methodology ▸
  • FEMA-NRIFEMA National Risk Index, county composite hazard score
  • NOAA-TMPNOAA nClimDiv county temperature anomaly, 2020-2024 vs. 1901-2000 baseline
  • NOAA-PCPNOAA county precipitation normals, 1991-2020
  • IRS-MIGIRS county-to-county migration, tax year 2021-2022
  • CDC-SVICDC Social Vulnerability Index, 2022 release (RPL_THEMES)
  • USDA-RUCCUSDA Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  • NASA-PWRNASA POWER climatology, annual global horizontal irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
  • USDA-NASSUSDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2022, county cropland and total land area
  • USDA-SDMUSDA NRCS Soil Data Mart, average seasonal soil saturation depth (cm)
  • ACS-2022U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022, median home value and gross rent