East Feliciana Parish

administration
East Feliciana Parish Courthouse in Clinton, listed on NRHP No. 73002232
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Clinton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 427 Clinton, LA 70722-0427
Foundation :	1824
Made up from:	Feliciana Parish
Area code :	001 225
Demographics
Residents :	20,267 (2010)
Population density :	17.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1180 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The East Feliciana Parish ( French Paroisse de Feliciana Est ) is a Parish (an administrative unit) in the US state of Louisiana in the United States . In 2010 the parish had 20,267 residents and a population density of 17.3 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Clinton , named after New York Governor DeWitt Clinton .

geography

The Parish is located east of the geographic center of Louisiana, borders Mississippi to the north and has an area of 1180 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It borders the following parishes and counties:

Wilkinson County, Mississippi		Amite County, Mississippi
West Feliciana Parish		St. Helena Parish
	East Baton Rouge Parish

history

The Feliciana Parish was named after Maria Feliciana Saint-Maxent, the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid . In 1824 this was divided and the East Feliciana Parish formed.

Two of the Parish sites have National Historic Landmark status due to their historical significance , The Courthouse and Lawyers' Row and Port Hudson State Historic Site . A total of 32 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 23, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	8247	-
1840	11,893	44.2%
1850	13,598	14.3%
1860	14,697	8.1%
1870	13,499	-8.2%
1880	15,132	12.1%
1890	17,903	18.3%
1900	20,443	14.2%
1910	20,055	-1.9%
1920	17,487	-12.8%
1930	17,449	-0.2%
1940	18,039	3.4%
1950	19,133	6.1%
1960	20.198	5.6%
1970	17,657	-12.6%
1980	19,015	7.7%
1990	19,211	1 %
2000	21,360	11.2%
2010	20,267	-5.1%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

Map of the East Feliciana Parishes

Brame-Bennett House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , East Feliciana Parish had 21,360 people in 6,699 households and 5,030 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 51.79 percent white, 47.08 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian and 0.18 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.74 percent of the population.

Of the 6,699 households, 35.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 18.0 percent were single mothers, 24.9 percent were non-families, 22.5 percent were single households and 8.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.26.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 25.7 percent residents under 18 years of age, 9.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 116.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 119.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,631 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,278. Males had a median income of $ 31,804 versus $ 20,243 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,428. 18.3 percent of families and 23.0 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 28.7 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 21.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.