Franklin Parish

administration
Franklin Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Winnsboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse 6558 Main Street Winnsboro, LA 71295-2701
Foundation :	1843
Made up from:	Carroll Parish Catahoula Parish Madison Parish Ouachita Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	20,767 (2010)
Population density :	12.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1646 km²
Water surface :	31 km²
map

The Franklin Parish ( French : Paroisse de Franklin ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 20,767 residents and a population density of 12.9 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( parish seat ) is Winnsboro , named after Walter Winn , a lawyer.

geography

The Parish is located in northern Louisiana, about 70 km to the north from Arkansas , about 40 km to the east from Mississippi and has an area of 1646 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

Richland Parish		Madison Parish
Caldwell Parish
	Catahoula Parish	Tensas Parish

history

Benjamin Franklin

Franklin Parish was formed in 1843 from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish. It was named after Benjamin Franklin .

Six structures and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 4, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3251	-
1860	6162	89.5%
1870	5078	-17.6%
1880	6495	27.9%
1890	6900	6.2%
1900	8890	28.8%
1910	11,989	34.9%
1920	24,100	101%
1930	30,530	26.7%
1940	32,382	6.1%
1950	29,376	-9.3%
1960	26,088	-11.2%
1970	23,946	-8.2%
1980	24,141	0.8%
1990	22,387	-7.3%
2000	21,263	-5%
2010	20,767	-2.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the Franklin Parishes

Franklin Parish had a population of 21,263 people as of the 2000 census . 789 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 7,754 households and 5,706 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 67.16 percent white, 31.61 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.62 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.75 percent of the population.

Of the 7,754 households, 33.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.3 percent were married couples living together, 16.5 percent were single mothers, 26.4 percent were non-families, 23.9 percent were single households and 12.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 27.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 86.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 22,964 USD , and the median income for a family was 27,440 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,305 versus $ 16,758 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,675. 23.1 percent of families, 28.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. These included 41.4 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 25.0 percent of people aged 65 and over.