Violet, Louisiana

The area now known as Violet was originally part of the Livaudais Plantation. Violet sprang up after the development of the Violet Canal. It was named by canal booster Albert Covington Janin, after his wife Violet Blair Janin, a Washington, D.C. socialite and part of the influential Blair family for whom the Blair House across from the White House in Washington D.C. is named. Albert Janin spent his youth in St. Bernard Parish in the large Janin family home. His father, Louis Janin Sr., a prominent lawyer who had immigrated from France to New Orleans in 1828, sent his sons to Europe for their education, including Albert. Albert was a partner with his father's law firm, including the office in Washington, D. C., where he remained after marrying into the Blair family. His and Violet's life together is told in Virginia Jean Laas's book, Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century, the Marriage of Violet Blair. Hurricane Katrina On August 29, 2005, the community was devastated by storm surge and wind associated with Hurricane Katrina which topped the Hurricane Protection Levee and destroyed the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO) levee. Camp Hope housed volunteers assisting residents of St. Bernard Parish in their recovery from Hurricane Katrina. It was located at the W. Smith Elementary School, 6701 E. St. Bernard Highway. ==Geography==

Violet is located at (29.901244, -89.896860), in southern Louisiana on the Gulf Coast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.8 km), of which 4.1 square miles (10.5 km) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km) (10.57%) is water. ==Economy==

Violet is the proposed location of the Louisiana International Terminal Project, designed to allow the largest of global container ships a location on the lower Mississippi at which to berth. ==Demographics==

Violet first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census. 95.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.3% lived in rural areas. There were 2,028 households in Violet, of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 37.0% were married-couple households, 18.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. 2000 census At the 2000 United States census, there were 8,555 people, 2,744 households, and 2,266 families residing in the CDP. Demographic estimates The racial and ethnic makeup of the census-designated place was 64.5% Black and African American, 31.8% non-Hispanic white, 3.1% some other race, and 0.7% two or more races. Hispanic and Latin Americans of any race made up 7.6% of the population. Approximately 8.2% of the population spoke a language other than English at home, and Spanish was the second most-spoken language at the 2019 census-estimates. Income and poverty The median income for a household was $36,792 and 22.4% of the population lived at or below the poverty line. Males had a median income of $34,732 from 2015 to 2019, versus $23,643 for females. In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $32,993, and the median income for a family was $36,616. Males had a median income of $32,012 versus $24,799 for females. ==Notable people==

• Elmer R. Tapper, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives ==References==