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Amelia, Louisiana.

A community in St. Mary Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Amelia, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

Amelia, in St. Mary Parish, had 2,132 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in St. Mary Parish was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in St. Mary Parish work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,132 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Amelia for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% St. Mary Parish, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Amelia for the Census survey to measure.
  • 613households
  • 7%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 17 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in St. Mary Parish work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Building trades10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Farming, forestry and mining9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. St. Mary Parish had 19,370 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 63° and 45°; warmest in July, 90° and 76° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 63° 45° F M A M J J 90° 76° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 63° and 45°; warmest in July, 90° and 76° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 63° 45° F M A M J J 90° 76° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 63° and lows near 45°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 76°. About 59 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Morgan City weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in St. Mary Parish

  1. St. Mary Parish SchoolsSchool district1,094FTE
  2. Bollinger Amelia OperationsShipyard643
  3. Conrad Deepwater South and RepairBarge building454
  4. Ochsner St. MaryGeneral medical and surgical hospitals330
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters289
  6. Conrad Morgan CityBarge building277
  7. SEACOR MarineBoat rental or leasing, commercial223
  8. OneSubsea BerwickOil and gas field-type drilling machinery and equipment manufacturing198

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 38 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,985 people in all across the county; Amelia has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingVery high
  2. HurricanesVery high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Cold wavesRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Amelia’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.