Caldwell Parish

administration
Caldwell Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Columbia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 1737 Columbia, LA 71418-1737
Foundation :	1838
Made up from:	Catahoula Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	10,132 (2010)
Population density :	7.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1400 km²
Water surface :	29 km²
map

Website : caldwellparish.com

The Caldwell Parish ( French Paroisse de Caldwell ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010, the parish had 10,132 residents and a population density of 7.4 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Columbia .

geography

The John J. McKeithen Bridge over the Ouachita River

The Parish is located in northern Louisiana and is crossed by the Ouachita River from north to south . To the east, the Caldwell County is bounded by the Boeuf River , which flows further south into the Ouachita River.

Caldwell Parish is approximately 100 km away to north Arkansas and east Mississippi . It has an area of 1400 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring parishes border the Caldwell Parish:

Jackson Parish	Ouachita Parish	Richland Parish
		Franklin Parish
Winn Parish	La Salle Parish	Catahoula Parish

history

The Caldwell Parish was formed in 1838 from parts of the Catahoula and the Ouachita Parish within its current boundaries. It was named after the local plantation owner family Caldwell .

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2017	-
1850	2815	39.6%
1860	4833	71.7%
1870	4820	-0.3%
1880	5767	19.6%
1890	5814	0.8%
1900	6917	19%
1910	8593	24.2%
1920	9514	10.7%
1930	10,430	9.6%
1940	12,046	15.5%
1950	10,293	-14.6%
1960	9004	-12.5%
1970	9354	3.9%
1980	10,761	15%
1990	9810	-8.8%
2000	10,560	7.6%
2010	10.132	-4.1%
2012 estimate	10,004	-1.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Caldwell Parish had 10,132 people in 3,834 households. The population density was 7.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 3834 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 17.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,606 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,111. 19.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.