Calcasieu Parish

administration
Headquarters of the Parish Administration (Police Jury) in Lake Charles
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Lake Charles
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 3287 Lake Charles, LA 70602-3287
Foundation :	1840
Made up from:	St. Landry Parish
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	192,768 (2010)
Population density :	69.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2834 km²
Water surface :	60 km²
map

Website : www.cppj.net

The Calcasieu Parish ( French Paroisse de Calcasieu ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 192,768 residents and a population density of 69.5 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Lake Charles , named after Charles Sallier, an early settler in the area.

geography

Bridge over the Calcasieu River

The Parish is located in southwest Louisiana, above the mouth of the Calcasieu River in the Gulf of Mexico . To the west the county is bounded by the Sabine River , which also forms the border with Texas .

The parish has an area of 2834 square kilometers, of which 60 square kilometers are water surface.

The following neighboring parishes and counties border the Calcasieu Parish:

Newton County, Texas	Beauregard Parish
Orange County, Texas		Jefferson Davis Parish
	Cameron Parish

history

The Calcasieu Parish was formed in 1840 from parts of the St. Landry Parish. It was named after the Calcasieu River.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2057	-
1850	3914	90.3%
1860	5028	28.5%
1870	6733	33.9%
1880	12,484	85.4%
1890	20.176	61.6%
1900	30,428	50.8%
1910	62,767	106.3%
1920	32,807	-47.7%
1930	41,963	27.9%
1940	56.506	34.7%
1950	89,635	58.6%
1960	145.475	62.3%
1970	145.415	-0%
1980	167.223	15%
1990	168.134	0.5%
2000	183,577	9.2%
2010	192,768	5%
2012 estimate	194.493	0.9%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

The Sam Houston Jones State Park

According to the 2010 census , the Calcasieu Parish had 192,768 people in 72,061 households. The population density was 69.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 72,061 households.

The racial the population was composed of 71.5 percent white, 25.1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,614 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,013. 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.