Jackson Parish

administration
Jackson Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Jonesboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse Building 500 East Court Street Jonesboro, LA 71251-3439
Foundation :	1845
Made up from:	Claiborne Parish Ouachita Parish Union Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	16,274 (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1503 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

Website : www.jacksonparishpolicejury.org

The Jackson Parish ( French : Paroisse de Jackson ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . In 2010, the parish had 16,274 residents and a population density of 11 residents per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Jonesboro .

geography

The Parish is located in northern Louisiana, about 50 km to the north from Arkansas , about 100 km to the west and east from Texas and Mississippi , and has an area of 1,503 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

	Lincoln Parish	Ouachita Parish
Bienville Parish
	Winn Parish	Caldwell Parish

history

Jackson Parish was formed in 1845 from parts of the Claiborne Parish, the Ouachita Parish, and the Union Parish. It was named after the 7th US President Andrew Jackson .

Five structures and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 5, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	5566	-
1860	9465	70.1%
1870	7646	-19.2%
1880	5328	-30.3%
1890	7453	39.9%
1900	9119	22.4%
1910	13,818	51.5%
1920	14,486	4.8%
1930	13,808	-4.7%
1940	17,807	29%
1950	15,434	-13.3%
1960	15,828	2.6%
1970	15,963	0.9%
1980	17,321	8.5%
1990	15,705	-9.3%
2000	15,397	-2%
2010	16,274	5.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Jimmie Davis State Park

Map of the Jackson Parishes

According to the 2000 census , Jackson Parish had 15,397 people in 6,086 households and 4,302 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.01 percent white, 27.87 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.24 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.37 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.61 percent of the population.

Of the 6,086 households, 31.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 52.8 percent were married couples living together, 14.4 percent were single mothers, 29.3 percent were non-families, 27.0 percent were single households and 13.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 87.5 men.

The median income for a household in the 28,352 USD , and the median income for a family was 36,317 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,977 versus $ 19,992 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,354. 16.0 percent of families and 19.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 26.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 15.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.