Marrero is a census-designated area (CDP) in Jefferson Church, Louisiana, USA. Marrero gets on the south side (referred to as the “West Banks”) of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans– Metairie– Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The people was 33,141 at the 2010 census.

Marrero was called in honor of the Louisiana politician as well as proprietor of Marrero Land Company, Louis H. Marrero. The place was initially described as well as shown on maps as “Amesville”, after the Boston business owner Oakes Ames, that acquired a great deal of the land adhering to the Civil Battle. In February 1916, the UNITED STATE Postmaster formally transformed the name of the Post Office to “Marrero”.

Louis Herman Marrero was born in Adams Area, Mississippi, on July 17, 1847. When he was a child his family members transferred to St. Bernard Church, Louisiana. Throughout his university year at Jackson, Louisiana, the Civil War started, and also Marrero signed up with Captain Scott’s Command, in the future referred to as the 25th Louisiana Regimen.

Marrero LA lies west of the Intracoastal Canal on the Mississippi River, at works with 29 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ N 90 ° 6 ′ 36 ″ W(29.886017, -90.109930). It is bordered to the east by Harvey, to the west by Westwego, as well as to the north, throughout the Mississippi, by New Orleans.

According to the USA Census Bureau, the Marrero CDP has a complete location of 8.6 square miles (22.3 km2), of which 8.0 sq mi (20.6 km2) are land and also 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2), or 7.66%, are water.

As of the demographics of 2010, there were 33,141 individuals, 12,218 houses, along with 8,629 houses living in the CDP. There were 13,212 real estate tools, of which 994, or 7.5%, were uninhabited. The racial make-up of the CDP was 42.1% White, 49.2% African American, 0.7% Native American, 4.7% Eastern, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.7% a couple of various other race, along with 1.6% from 2 and even extra races. Hispanic or Latino of any kind of type of race were 5.4% of the population.

Of the 12,218 houses in Marrero LA, 36.1% had youngsters under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were headed by couples cohabiting, 24.9% had a women house owner without other half existing, as well as 29.4% were non-families. 24.8% of all residences were made up of people, in addition to 9.9% were somebody living alone that was 65 years of age or older. The typical family members dimension was 2.69, and likewise the average family size was 3.21.

24.8% of the CDP people was under the age of 18, 9.4% were from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, as well as 14.0% were 65 years of ages or older. The average age was 38.2 years. For each 100 girls, there were 85.8 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 81.9 men.

Via 2012-16, the approximated ordinary yearly income for a household in the CDP was $36,230, in addition to the typical income for a household was $48,507. Male full-time employees had an average earnings of $40,804 versus $31,483 for girls. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,643. Concerning 18.6% of relative and also 23.3% of the populace were listed below the poverty line, including 37.1% of those under age 18 and also 18.3% of those age 65 or over.