Cameron Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Cameron
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 366 Cameron, LA 70631-0366
Foundation :	1870
Made up from:	Calcasieu Parish
Area code :	001 337
Demographics
Residents :	6839 (2010)
Population density :	2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5003 km²
Water surface :	1602 km²
map

Website : www.parishofcameron.net

The Cameron Parish ( French Paroisse de Cameron ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 6,839 inhabitants and a population density of 2 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Cameron .

geography

The Parish is located in the extreme southwest of Louisiana, bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the south and Texas to the west . It has an area of 5003 square kilometers, of which 1602 square kilometers are water.

The Calcasieu River flows through the center of the Parish until it flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The western border of the Parish with Texas is formed by the mouth of the Sabine River .

The Cameron Parish borders on the following neighboring parishes and counties:

	Calcasieu Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Orange County, Texas		Vermilion Parish
Jefferson County, Texas

history

Cameron

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	1591	-
1880	2416	51.9%
1890	2828	17.1%
1900	3952	39.7%
1910	4288	8.5%
1920	3952	-7.8%
1930	6054	53.2%
1940	7203	19%
1950	6244	-13.3%
1960	6909	10.7%
1970	8194	18.6%
1980	9336	13.9%
1990	9260	-0.8%
2000	9991	7.9%
2010	6839	-31.5%
2012 estimate	6702	-2%
before 1900 1900–1900 2000 2010–2012

The Cameron Parish was formed in 1870 from parts of the Calcasieu Parish. It was named after Simon Cameron (1799–1889), a US Senator and US Secretary of War from Pennsylvania . On June 27, 1957, large parts of the Parish were devastated by Hurricane Audrey . 390 people died. On September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita devastated larger areas again.

The lighthouse Sabine Pass Lighthouse , listed in NRHP No. 81000290

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 6,839 people in 2,482 households in Cameron County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.78 people each in the 2,482 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 62,353 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,032. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.