Avoyelles Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Marksville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 312 North Main Street Marksville, LA 71351-2450
Foundation :	March 31, 1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	42,073 (2010)
Population density :	19.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2242 km²
Water surface :	86 km²
map

The Avoyelles Parish ( French Paroisse of Avoyelles ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 42,073 residents and a population density of 19.5 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Marksville , named after Mark Elishe, who set up a trading post here.

geography

The Avoyelles Parish is located roughly in the geographic center of Louisiana and borders on its eastern edge at the confluence of the Red River in the Atchafalaya . It has an area of 2242 square kilometers, of which 86 square kilometers are water surfaces. The following neighboring parishes border the Avoyelles Parish:

	La Salle Parish , Catahoula Parish	Concordia Parish
Rapides Parish		West Feliciana Parish
Evangeline Parish	St. Landry Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1209	-
1820	2245	85.7%
1830	3484	55.2%
1840	6616	89.9%
1850	9326	41%
1860	13,167	41.2%
1870	12,926	-1.8%
1880	16,747	29.6%
1890	25,112	49.9%
1900	29,701	18.3%
1910	34.102	14.8%
1920	35,300	3.5%
1930	34,926	-1.1%
1940	39,256	12.4%
1950	38,031	-3.1%
1960	37,606	-1.1%
1970	37,751	0.4%
1980	41,393	9.6%
1990	39,159	-5.4%
2000	41,481	5.9%
2010	42,073	1.4%
2012 estimate	41,632	-1 %
1830–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

The Avoyelles Parish was formed on March 31, 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes. It was named after the Avoyelles Indians who used to live here.

The Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site has the status of a National Historic Landmark because of its special historical significance .

population

According to the 2010 census , Avoyelles Parish had 42,073 people in 15,801 households. The population density was 19.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in the 15,801 households.

The racial the population was composed of 67.2 percent white, 29.4 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,321 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,497. 23.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.