Allen Parish

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The Allen Parish Courthouse in Oberlin, listed in NRHP No. 81000287 [1]
The Allen Parish Courthouse in Oberlin, listed on NRHP No. 81000287
administration
US state : Louisiana
Administrative headquarters : Oberlin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Parish Courthouse
P.O. Box G
Oberlin, LA 70655-2007
Foundation : June 12, 1912
Made up from: Calcasieu Parish
Area code : 001 337
Demographics
Residents : 25,764  (2010)
Population density : 13 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1983 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Allen Parish within Louisiana

The Allen Parish ( French. : Paroisse d'Allen ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 25,764 residents and a population density of 13 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( Parish Seat ) is Oberlin .

geography

The Parish is located in west-central Louisiana, about 60 km to the west from Texas , about 100 km to the south from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of ​​1980 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. The following neighboring parishes border the Allen Parish:

Vernon Parish Rapides Parish
Beauregard Parish Compass card (de) .svg Evangeline Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish

history

H. W. Allen

The Allen Parish was formed on June 12, 1912 from parts of the Calcasieu Parish. It was named after Henry Watkins Allen (1820–1866), a former governor of the non-union part of Louisiana during the Civil War .

Four buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 23, 2017).

Localities in Allen Parish

City

Towns

Village

Unincorporated Communities

structure

The Allen Parish is divided into 7 numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS map
1 31,234 22-94003
Outline of the Allen Parish
2  3,288 22-94204
3  5,470 22-94384
4th  3,861 22-94570
5  3,565 22-94762
6th  3,993 22-94936
7th  4,353 22-95095

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1920 18,382 -
1930 15,261 -17%
1940 17,540 14.9%
1950 18,835 7.4%
1960 19,867 5.5%
1970 20,794 4.7%
1980 21,390 2.9%
1990 21,226 -0.8%
2000 25,440 19.9%
2010 25,764 1.3%
2012 estimate 25,539 -0.9%
1920–1990 2000–2010 2000 2010–2012

As of the 2010 census , Allen Parish had 25,764 people in 8,388 households. The population density was 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 71.6% white, 23.2% African American, 2.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6% were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3% of the population regardless of ethnicity.

Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 8,388 households.

22.9% of the population were under 18 years old, 64.2% were between 18 and 64 and 12.9% were 65 years or older. 43.8% of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 36,926  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,108. 17.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ^ Allen Parish in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved March 1, 2011
  3. ↑ a b c d Allen Parish QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau. In: quickfacts.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2015 .
  4. ^ A b Find A County → Louisiana → Allen. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Louisiana  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  
  7. ^ Population - Allen Parish. Retrieved May 22, 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Allen Parish, Louisiana  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 30 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 50 ′  W