Jeanerette, Louisiana

Jeanerette, Louisiana
Jeanerette, Louisiana
City
	City of Jeanerette
	St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Jeanerette
	Nickname: Sugar City
	Anthem: Markae' DEQ
	Location of Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
	Location of Louisiana in the United States
	Coordinates: 29°54′59″N 91°40′21″W / 29.91639°N 91.67250°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Iberia
Government
• Mayor	Carol Bourgeois Jr (D)
Area
• Total	2.36 sq mi (6.12 km2)
• Land	2.31 sq mi (5.98 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,813
• Density	2,085.36/sq mi (805.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70544
Area code	337
FIPS code	22-38075
Website	www.jeanerette.com

Jeanerette (/ˈdʒɪnˌrɛt/)^[2] is a city in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. Known as "Sugar City", it had a population of 5,530 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 467 from the 2000 tabulation of 5,997. It is two thirds African American, many of them Creoles of color.^[3] Jeanerette is the part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area; its parish is also one of the 22 included in the Acadiana region, which has had a high proportion of Francophones.

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ Rick Aschmann (May 2, 2018). "North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns". Aschmann.net. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ "Jeanerette (city), Louisiana". quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.