As of the 2010 census, its population was 711.[4] The 2018 median household income was $52,292 above the state's average.[5]
History
Manresa House of Retreats (formerly Jefferson College) in 1934
The community was originally named Baron when first settled 1722 to 1739. It was the location of the St. Michael's Convent (Order of the Sacred Heart) from 1825 to 1932 and the location of Jefferson College, 1831 to 1931.[6]
On February 23, 2016, an extremely large wedge tornado hit the Sugar Hill RV park with two dead and several people injured.[7][8]
Geography
Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the town is only 16 feet (4.9 meters) above sea level. Convent has an area of 5.331 miles (8.579 km), of which 3.887 miles (6.256 km) is land and 1.444 miles (2.324 km) is water.[9]
Convent CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
The town of Convent is home to a Royal Dutch Shell, Hydrogen cracking refinery that can produce 210k barrels of day of consumer petroleum products.[13][14] As of July 2020, Shell was considering selling the plant.[15][14] The plant produces 129,000 kg of annual air emissions that are high risk, including cobalt and cobalt compounds[5] which is in high demand for the production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.
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