Lacombe is a

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(CDP) in St. Tammany Parish,

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, United States. The population was 8,679 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Lacombe is located at (30.314863, -89.931462). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.86%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 8,657 people, 3,456 households, and 2,260 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,518 people, 2,757 households, and 2,059 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 3,119 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 69.15%

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, 25.31%

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, 1.60% Native American, 0.33%

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, 0.04%

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, 1.36% from

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, and 2.21% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.58% of the population. There were 2,757 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,782, and the median income for a family was $45,465. Males had a median income of $37,580 versus $21,869 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,642. About 8.9% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the

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, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Lacombe is within the

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district. Schools that serve most of Lacombe include: * Chahta-Ima Elementary School * Bayou Lacombe

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* Monteleone Junior High School *

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- St. Tammany Parish's newest high school, opened August 2009 Schools that serve small sections of Lacombe: * Woodlake Elementary School in Mandeville serves a small portion of western Lacombe * Mandeville Middle School near Mandeville serves a small portion of western Lacombe * Slidell Junior High School in Slidell serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe * Slidell High School in Slidell serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe Previously

Fontainebleau High School Fontainebleau High School is a public high school located in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States, north of Mandeville. The school is a part of the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools. The school serves Abita Springs, C ...

served much of Lacombe.Fontainebleau High School Boundary

. December 1, 2006. Retrieved on July 7, 2018. Previously

Mandeville High School Mandeville High School is a public high school located in Mandeville, Louisiana, United States, a suburban city located thirty miles north of New Orleans. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools system. Mandeville High School is a coe ...

served Lacombe. The main campus of Northshore Technical Community College is in Lacombe. This campus was established in January 2017.

Notable people

Pete Schneider Peter Joseph Schneider (August 20, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914–1918) and New York Yankees (1919). Schneider batted and threw right-handed. Career Born in ...

, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Lacombe resident * Adrien Rouquette, (born in Louisiana in 1813, of French parentage; died in 1887) was a writer and a Catholic missionary among the Choctaw Native Americans.

References

External links

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NorthshoreDeals.org
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