Assumption Parish

administration
The Assumption Parish Courthouse in Napoleonville, listed on the NRHP since 1997
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Napoleonville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 520 Napoleonville, LA 70390-0520
Foundation :	March 31, 1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 985
Demographics
Residents :	23,421 (2010)
Population density :	26.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	944 km²
Water surface :	67 km²
map

Website : www.assumptionla.com

The Assumption Parish ( French Paroisse de l'Assomption ) is a Parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 23,421 residents and a population density of 26.7 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( Parish Seat ) is Napoleonville , named after JL Napoleon, a local plantation owner.

geography

The Parish is located in southeast Louisiana and is about 50 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the southwest . It has an area of 944 square kilometers, of which 67 square kilometers are water.

To the west, the Parish is bounded by the Belle River , a tributary of the Atchafalaya , an estuary of the Mississippi . Lake Verret is not far from the Belle River . The Bayou Lafourche , which was once another branch of the Mississippi River, runs through the east of Assumption Parish .

The following neighboring parishes border the assumption parish:

Iberia Parish	Iberville Parish , Ascension Parish	St. James Parish
St. Martin Parish		Lafourche Parish
St. Mary Parish		Terrebonne Parish

history

The Assumption Parish was formed on March 31, 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes. It was named after a local parish.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2472	-
1820	3576	44.7%
1830	5669	58.5%
1840	7141	26%
1850	10,538	47.6%
1860	15,379	45.9%
1870	13,234	-13.9%
1880	17,010	28.5%
1890	19,629	15.4%
1900	21,620	10.1%
1910	24,128	11.6%
1920	17,912	-25.8%
1930	15,990	-10.7%
1940	18,541	16%
1950	17,278	-6.8%
1960	17,991	4.1%
1970	19,654	9.2%
1980	22,084	12.4%
1990	22,753	3%
2000	23,388	2.8%
2010	23,421	0.1%
2012 estimate	23,026	-1.7%
1830–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

The Madewood Plantation House , National Historic Landmark in Assumption Parish

According to the 2010 census , the Assumption Parish had 23,421 people in 8,590 households. The population density was 26.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.69 people lived in each of the 8,590 households.

The racial the population was composed of 68.1 percent white, 30.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,699 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,752. 18.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.