Acadia Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Crowley
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box A Crowley, LA 70527-6001
Foundation :	June 30, 1886
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	61,773 (2010)
Population density :	36.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1703 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.acadiaparishpolicejury.org

Bird's eye view of Crowley in Acadia Parish

The Acadia Parish ( French. : Paroisse de l'Acadie ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 61,773 residents and a population density of 36.4 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Crowley . The Acadia Parish is named after the French colonial region in the Canadian maritime provinces .

geography

The Parish is located south of the geographic center of Louisiana and is traversed by the Mermentau River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 km away . It has an area of 1703 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surfaces. The following neighboring parishes border the Acadia Parish:

	Evangeline Parish	St. Landry Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish		Lafayette Parish
	Vermilion Parish

history

Acadia Parish was formed on June 30, 1886 from parts of St. Landry Parish. It was named after the refugees from Nova Scotia .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	13,231	-
1900	23,483	77.5%
1910	31,847	35.6%
1920	34,820	9.3%
1930	39,326	12.9%
1940	46,260	17.6%
1950	47,050	1.7%
1960	49,931	6.1%
1970	52.109	4.4%
1980	56,427	8.3%
1990	55,882	-1 %
2000	58,861	5.3%
2010	61,773	4.9%
2012 estimate	61,912	0.2%
Before 19000 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Acadia Parish had 61,773 people in 21,984 households. The population density was 36.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.75 people each in the 21,984 households.

The racial the population was composed of 79.5 percent white, 18.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,261 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,116. 20.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.