Census Data for Fosters Canal

As far as we can tell, Fosters Canal<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Fosters Canal, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Grand Isle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Isle is located in Jefferson Parish
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Jean Lafitte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
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Plaquemines Parish ...

Fosters Canal is located in Plaquemines Parish<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Plaquemines Parish.

Miscellaneous Information for Fosters Canal ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county, parish and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Plaquemines Parish or the community of Fosters Canal:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fosters Canal:
- GNIS ID for Fosters Canal: 535058
- GNIS ID for Plaquemines Parish: 558125
- GNIS ID for State of Louisiana: 1629543

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 22 (Louisiana)
- County Code: 075 (Plaquemines Parish)
- Place Code: 26910 (Fosters Canal)
- State & County Code: 22/075 (Louisiana / Plaquemines Parish)
- State & Place Code: 22/26910 (Louisiana / Fosters Canal)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Fosters Canal is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fosters Canal.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Fosters Canal may originally have been Foster's Canal. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fosters Canal might be written as Foster Canal. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fosters Canal.
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<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Plaquemines, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.