Catahoula Parish

administration
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Harrisonburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 258 Harrisonburg, LA 71340-0258
Foundation :	1808
Made up from:	Ouachita Parish Rapides Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	10,407 (2010)
Population density :	5.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1915 km²
Water surface :	93 km²
map

The Catahoula Parish ( French. : Paroisse de Catahoula ) is a Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , the parish had 10,407 residents and a population density of 5.7 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 10,238. The Parish Seat is Harrisonburg .

geography

The Parish is located in north-central Louisiana and has an area of 1915 square kilometers, of which 93 square kilometers are water.

It is bounded to the east by the Ouachita River , which is referred to here as the Black River and flows into the Red River at the southeast corner of Parish . This forms the southern border of the Catahoula Parish.

Around 35 km to the east, the Mississippi forms the border between Louisiana and the neighboring state of Mississippi .

The Catahoula Parish borders on the following neighboring parishes:

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1164	-
1820	2287	96.5%
1830	2581	12.9%
1840	4955	92%
1850	7132	43.9%
1860	11,651	63.4%
1870	8475	-27.3%
1880	10,277	21.3%
1890	12.002	16.8%
1900	16,351	36.2%
1910	10,415	-36.3%
1920	11,074	6.3%
1930	12,451	12.4%
1940	14,618	17.4%
1950	11,834	-19%
1960	11,421	-3.5%
1970	11,769	3%
1980	12,287	4.4%
1990	11,065	-9.9%
2000	10,920	-1.3%
2010	10,407	-4.7%
2013 estimate	10,238	-1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Caldwell Parish	Franklin Parish	Tensas Parish
La Salle Parish		Concordia Parish
	Avoyelles Parish

history

The Catahoula Parish was formed in 1808 from parts of the Ouachita Parish and the Rapides Parish. The name is derived from the word Taensa (a subgroup of the Natchez ) for large, clear sea .

population

According to the 2010 census , Catahoula Parish had 10,407 people in 3,753 households. The population density was 5.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 3753 households.

The racial the population was composed of 66.8 percent white, 31.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.0 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 38,205 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,178. 21.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.