
Justin Meyers forwarded me a pdf copy of the 2010 census report. I have used it to present better population data here. Using the contents of the pdf as a guide to search, I was able to locate it online (source [1]).

| Short name | SAINT LUCIA |
| ISO code | LC |
| FIPS code | ST |
| Language | English (en) |
| Time zone | -4 |
| Capital | Castries |
Saint Lucia was a British possession until granted independence on 1979-02-22.


after Saint Lucy (3rd cent.)

Saint Lucia is divided into ten districts.
| District | HASC | ISO | FIPS | Population | Area(km.²) | Area(mi.²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anse-la-Raye | LC.AR | 01 | ST01 | 6,247 | 47 | 18 |
| Canaries | LC.CN | | | 2,044 | 78 | 30 |
| Castries | LC.CS | 02 | ST03 | 65,656 | 79 | 31 |
| Choiseul | LC.CH | 03 | ST04 | 6,098 | 31 | 12 |
| Dennery | LC.DE | 05 | ST05 | 12,599 | 70 | 27 |
| Gros Islet | LC.GI | 06 | ST06 | 25,210 | 101 | 39 |
| Laborie | LC.LB | 07 | ST07 | 6,701 | 38 | 15 |
| Micoud | LC.MI | 08 | ST08 | 16,284 | 78 | 30 |
| Soufrière | LC.CO | 10 | ST09 | 8,472 | 51 | 20 |
| Vieux Fort | LC.VF | 11 | ST10 | 16,284 | 44 | 17 |
| 10 districts | 165,595 | 617 | 239 | |||
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Discussion:
I have ample evidence that the divisions above are correct, and have been for at least several decades. However, some usually reliable sources disagree. Here are the details.
First, there is some disagreement over the correct generic term for the divisions. The most recent official document (source [1]) consistently calls them "districts". Some older census reports call them "districts/parishes". The FIPS and ISO standards regularly call them "quarters", or "quartiers" in French.
The U.S. government got it right in 1972 (source [7]). Something went wrong between that document and its successors: FIPS standard 10, and the more recent "Geopolitical Entities and Codes". Since 1984 or earlier, these standards have shown a slightly different subdivision of St. Lucia. They have been listing the districts as Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufrière, and Vieux Fort (eleven divisions instead of ten). The same list has appeared in the CIA World Factbook, and matches the divisions shown on the CIA map of Saint Lucia (source [4]). Comparing the CIA map to the OAS map (source [3]), the following areas match up approximately: Gros Islet in the OAS version is Gros Islet and Dauphin in the CIA version; Anse-la-Raye and Canaries correspond to Anse-la-Raye; and Micoud corresponds to Micoud and Praslin.
ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard), dated 1996, showed Saint Lucia divided into eight "administrative regions". ISO 3166-2:1998 was published on 1998-12-15. It said only that there were eleven quarters, without mentioning their names; these divisions were "not relevant". ISO 3166-2:2007 was published on 2007-12-15. It lists eleven quarters, giving the same names as the U.S. government version (with the minor variation that Anse la Raye has spaces rather than hyphens).
Some of the sources that support my conclusion of ten districts include [1], [2], [3], [7], and [8]. Source [5] (1997-1998 edition) says "there are 10 administrative districts", and more recently, the 2006 and 2008 editions actually have the same list that I do. Source [6] says Saint Lucia is "divided into 9 quarters and the town of Castries".
To be precise, the map on the first page of source [1] shows one additional division labeled "Forest Land". Compared to the OAS map, it should be an inland part of Castries. In the census tables, though, "Forest Land" is not listed as one of the divisions.

Vieux Fort includes the small Maria Islands.
| District | 1970-04-07 | 1980-05-12 | 1991-05-12 | 2001-05-22 | 2010-05-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anse-la-Raye | 4,769 | 4,362 | 5,035 | 6,060 | 6,247 |
| Canaries | 1,939 | 1,559 | 1,799 | 1,788 | 2,044 |
| Castries | 39,919 | 45,048 | 51,994 | 64,344 | 65,656 |
| Choiseul | 6,167 | 5,549 | 6,405 | 6,128 | 6,098 |
| Dennery | 8,851 | 9,676 | 11,168 | 12,767 | 12,599 |
| Gros Islet | 6,113 | 11,701 | 13,505 | 20,872 | 25,210 |
| Laborie | 6,013 | 6,490 | 7,491 | 7,363 | 6,701 |
| Micoud | 7,632 | 13,072 | 15,088 | 16,041 | 16,284 |
| Soufrière | 7,250 | 6,657 | 7,683 | 7,656 | 8,472 |
| Vieux Fort | 8,108 | 11,385 | 13,140 | 14,754 | 16,284 |
| Total | 99,805 | 115,499 | 133,308 | 157,775 | 165,595 |
Sources: 1970 - [8]; 1980 - [2]; 1991, 2001, 2010 - [1].

(Updated April 2011). Central Statistics Office, Castries
(retrieved 2011-04-29). I used Table 1B, p. 9: Enumerated Household Population and Estimated Household Population by District, and Table
7, p. 16: Estimated Household Population for Census 1991, 2001 and 2010. For 2010, the estimated population is about 9% higher than the
enumerated population.
,
Government Statistics Dept. (retrieved 2001-04-12, and again 2011-04-29).
(retrieved about
2001-01-01). See source [8] for further bibliographic details.
(retrieved about
2001-01-01).
. Table D-1:
Population Age Structure, by Quarter and Area, 1970. OAS, Washington, 1986 (retrieved 2011-04-29). Credits 1970 Population Census as its
data source. The sum of the populations of individual census areas fall short of the reported total population by 3,044.| Back to main statoids page | Last updated: 2011-06-20 |
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