Claiborne Parish

administration
Claiborne Parish Courthouse in Homer, listed on NRHP No. 81000291
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Homer
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 270 Homer, LA 71040-0270
Foundation :	1828
Made up from:	Natchitoches Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	17,195 (2010)
Population density :	8.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1988 km²
Water surface :	33 km²
map

Website : www.claiborneone.org

The Claiborne Parish ( French : Paroisse de Claiborne ) is a Parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 17,195 inhabitants and a population density of 8.8 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( Parish Seat ) is Homer , named after the Greek poet Homer .

geography

The Parish is located in northern Louisiana, bordering Arkansas , about 100 km to the west from Texas and has an area of 1988 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water. It borders the following parishes and counties:

Columbia County (Arkansas)		Union County, Arkansas
Webster Parish		Union Parish
	Bienville Parish	Lincoln Parish

history

The Claiborne Parish was formed in 1828 from parts of the Natchitoches Parish. It was named after William CC Claiborne , the first governor of Louisiana.

Ten structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 23, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1764	-
1840	6185	250.6%
1850	7471	20.8%
1860	16,848	125.5%
1870	20,240	20.1%
1880	18,837	-6.9%
1890	23,312	23.8%
1900	23,029	-1.2%
1910	25,050	8.8%
1920	27,885	11.3%
1930	32,285	15.8%
1940	29,855	-7.5%
1950	25,063	-16.1%
1960	19,407	-22.6%
1970	17,024	-12.3%
1980	17,095	0.4%
1990	17.405	1.8%
2000	16,851	-3.2%
2010	17.195	2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Lake Claiborne

According to the 2000 census , Claiborne Parish had 16,851 people in 6,270 households and 4,338 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 51.80 percent white, 47.37 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.48 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.76 percent of the population.

Of the 6,270 households, 29.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 47.1 percent were married couples living together, 17.6 percent were single mothers, 30.8 percent were non-families, 28.5 percent were single households and 14.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.07.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 25.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 98.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 25,344 USD , and the median income for a family was 32,225 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,161 versus $ 20,102 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,825. 21.4 percent of families and 26.5 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 36.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 23.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.