Ascension Parish

administration
The Ascension Parish Courthouse in Donaldsonville
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Donaldsonville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Government P.O. Box 351 Donaldsonville, LA 70346-0351
Foundation :	March 31, 1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 225
Demographics
Residents :	107,215 (2010)
Population density :	142 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	784 km²
Water surface :	29 km²
map

Website : www.ascensionparish.net

The Ascension Parish ( French Paroisse de l'Ascension ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 107,215 residents and a population density of 142 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Donaldsonville , named after William Donaldson from New Orleans .

The Ascension Parish is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Baton Rouge .

geography

The Parish is located in the central southeast of Louisiana and has an area of 784 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water surface; largest river is the Mississippi . The following neighboring parishes border the Ascension Parish:

	East Baton Rouge Parish	Livingston Parish
Iberville Parish		St. John the Baptist Parish
Assumption Parish		St. James Parish

history

The Ascension Parish was formed on March 31, 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2219	-
1820	3728	68%
1830	5246	40.7%
1840	6951	32.5%
1850	10,752	54.7%
1860	11,484	6.8%
1870	11,577	0.8%
1880	16,895	45.9%
1890	19,545	15.7%
1900	24,142	23.5%
1910	23,887	-1.1%
1920	22,155	-7.3%
1930	18,438	-16.8%
1940	21,215	15.1%
1950	22,387	5.5%
1960	27,927	24.7%
1970	37,086	32.8%
1980	50,068	35%
1990	58.214	16.3%
2000	76,627	31.6%
2010	107.215	39.9%
2012 estimate	112.286	4.7%
1830–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

The Mississippi in Ascension Parish

As of the 2010 census , Ascension Parish had 107,215 people in 35,640 households. The population density was 142 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.85 people lived in each of the 35,640 households.

The racial the population was composed of 73.3 percent white, 22.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.7 percent of the population.

28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 63,716 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,888. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Locations in Ascension Parish

Citys

Town

Sorrento

Census-designated places (CDP)

Lemannville ¹
Prairieville

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in St. James Parish}

structure

Outline of the Ascension Parish

The Ascension Parish is divided into 11 numbered districts:

District	Population (2010)	FIPS
1	7,593	22-94006
2	9,486	22-94206
3	8,612	22-94387
4th	12,644	22-94572
5	10,398	22-94765
6th	8,757	22-94938
7th	9,663	22-95097
8th	14,458	22-95244
9	7,691	22-95361
10	7,913	22-95466
11	10,000	22-95544