Jeanerette, Louisiana | |
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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 (/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.