Jean Lafitte, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
Town
	Town of Jean Lafitte
	A portion of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Bayou Barataria
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	Location of Jean Lafitte in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
	Location of Louisiana in the United States
	Coordinates: 29°44′10″N 90°07′36″W / 29.73611°N 90.12667°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Jefferson
Named for	Jean Lafitte
Government
• Mayor	Timothy P. Kerner Jr. (R)
Area
• Total	6.21 sq mi (16.09 km2)
• Land	5.85 sq mi (15.15 km2)
• Water	0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Elevation	3 ft (0.9 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,809
• Rank	JE: 5th
• Density	341.88/sq mi (132.00/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	60067
Area code	504
FIPS code	22-38092
Website	www.townofjeanlafitte.com
	Town is on former site of Manila Village which was destroyed by hurricane in 1965;

Jean Lafitte is a town on Bayou Barataria in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in Jefferson Parish, it is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte. The population was 1,809 at the 2020 census.^[4] It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.

^ ^a ^b "Jean Lafitte, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 8, 1995. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
^ Mayor Timothy Kerner Jr Election|publisher=thehayride.com|access-date=September 12, 2014}}
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2021.