First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in New Iberia, LA 70560. It is one of 58 churches in New Iberia, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
New Iberia, LA, 70560Shares a ministry location with First Methodist Church of New Iberia.
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
- Obesity: 44.4%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.3%
- Unemployment: 10.0% (1.9–18.2%)
- Depression: 26.9%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (11.2–29.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New Iberia city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 633 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Methodist Church of New Iberia — 0 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Epiphany — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Solid Rock Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Zion Hill Christian Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away