Labor Market (January 2001)


 Civilian Labor Force
Iberia               31,090                   100.0%
St. Mary          22,430                  100.00%
Louisiana         2,028,300             100.00%

Total Employment
Iberia               29,520                    95.0%
St. Mary           20,610                   91.9%
Louisiana      1,920,200                  94.7%

Unemployment
Iberia              1,570                     5.0%
St. Mary         1,820                      8.1%
Louisiana        108,100                  5.3%

 		            
    Jeanerette Sugar Mill    
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Major Employers

Major Private Employers

Name                 Number Of Employees            Name                                        Number of Employees  

       

IMC Salt Company           170                             Honiron                                                              70

St. Mary Cooperative         91                             Port of West St. Mary                                     250

Superior Services              65                              Port of Iberia                (100 Companies) 4,200

Superior Fabricators          85                             Degusa Corporation                                        84

Estes Refactoring               51                             UMCOR Sager-Brown                                     50

Columbia                           158                             Acadiana Regional Airport   (50 Companies) 1,700

M.A. Patout Sugar Mill      200                            Cypress Bayou Casino                               1,050

Jeanerette Mills                 150                             Cargill                                                              185

Cabot Corporation            180

 		      

Market Access


 Highways
Us Highway 90 (future I-49)
LA Highways – 14, 15, 83, 85,86, 182, 329, 674, 675, and 679

Freight and Rail
Louisiana & Delta
Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Navigable Waterways/Ports
Intercostals Waterway (ICWW)
    Channel Depth: 12 Ft.
Port of Iberia
    Channel depth: 13 ft.
Port of West St. Mary
    Channel Depth 13 Ft.
Bayou Teche
    Channel Depth 9 Ft.

Airports
General Aviation:
LeMaire Memorial Airport-Jeanerette.
Runway     Length-3,000 Ft.
Acadiana Regional –New Iberia
Runway     Length-8,002 Ft.

Commercial
Lafayette Regional Airport-Lafayette
Runway     Length-7,651

Motor Freight
5 major freight lines
Terminal facilities are not available

Parcel Service
Services are available within the parish.

 

Wages

 
Louisiana’s Average Hourly Earnings (December 2000)
All Manufacturing                                $ 15.61
Durable Goods $14.16
    Lumber and Wood Products                $12.95
    Fabricated Metal Products                  $13.27
    Machinery, (Except electrical)             $14.99
    Electric & Electrical Equipment           $15.31
    Transportation Equipment                   $16.71
    Non-Durable Goods                            $ 17.11
    Food and Kindred Products                 $9.94
    Apparel & Other Textile Products         $6.44
    Paper & Allied Products                      $18.86
    Printing & Publishing                           $13.18
    Chemicals & Allied Products                $23.51
    Petroleum & Coal Products                  $24.91
    Petroleum Refining                              $25.91
    Mining                                                $15.42
    Communications & Utilities                  $14.41
    Banking                                              $10.23

  
                 
                       

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