Concordia Parish

administration
Concordia Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Vidalia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 4001 Carter Street, Room 1 Vidalia, LA 71373-3021
Foundation :	1807
Made up from:	Original parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	20,822 (2010)
Population density :	11.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1939 km²
Water surface :	137 km²
map

The Concordia Parish ( French : Paroisse de Concordia ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 20,822 residents and a population density of 11.6 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Vidalia , named after Don Jose Vidal , a Spanish officer.

geography

The Concordia Parish is located northeast of the geographic center of Louisiana, borders Mississippi to the east and has an area of 1939 square kilometers, of which 137 square kilometers are water. It borders the following parishes and counties:

	Tensas Parish	Adams County, Mississippi
Catahoula Parish		Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Avoyelles Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish	West Feliciana Parish

history

Concordia Parish was formed in 1807 as one of the 19 original parishes. It was named after a Spanish military post.

13 buildings 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%
1810	2895	-
1820	2626	-9.3%
1830	4662	77.5%
1840	9414	101.9%
1850	7758	-17.6%
1860	13,805	77.9%
1870	9977	-27.7%
1880	14,914	49.5%
1890	14,871	-0.3%
1900	13,559	-8.8%
1910	14,278	5.3%
1920	12,466	-12.7%
1930	12,778	2.5%
1940	14,562	14%
1950	14,398	-1.1%
1960	20,467	42.2%
1970	22,578	10.3%
1980	22,981	1.8%
1990	20,828	-9.4%
2000	20,247	-2.8%
2010	20,822	2.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the Concordia Parishes

Concordia Parish Library

According to the 2000 census , Concordia Parish was home to 20,247 people. 689 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 7,521 households and 5,430 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 60.75 percent white, 37.72 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian and 0.55 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.58 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.48 percent of the population.

Of the 7,521 households, 33.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 49.0 percent were married couples living together, 19.0 percent were single mothers, 27.8 percent were non-families, 25.3 percent were single households, and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.12.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 27.8 percent residents under 18 years of age, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 91.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 22,742 USD , and the median income for a family was 28,629 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,453 versus $ 18,678 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,966. 24.3 percent of families, 29.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. These included 42.0 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 20.6 percent of senior citizens aged 65 and over.