La Salle Parish

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La Salle Parish Courthouse
La Salle Parish Courthouse
administration
US state : Louisiana
Administrative headquarters : Jena
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
Parish Courthouse
P.O. Box 1288
Jena, LA 71342-1288
Foundation : 1908
Made up from: Catahoula Parish
Area code : 001 337
Demographics
Residents : 14,890  (2010)
Population density : 9.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1716 km²
Water surface : 100 km²
map
Map of La Salle Parish within Louisiana

The La Salle Parish ( French : Paroisse de La Salle ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 14,890 residents and a population density of 8.2 people per square kilometer. The seat of the Parish administration ( Parish Seat ) is Jena .

geography

The Parish is located northwest of the geographic center of Louisiana, about 60 km to the east from Mississippi , about 120 km to the north from Arkansas and has an area of ​​1716 square kilometers, of which 100 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

Winn Parish Caldwell Parish
Grant Parish Compass card (de) .svg Catahoula Parish
Rapides Parish Avoyelles Parish

history

La Salle

La Salle Parish was formed in 1908 from parts of the Catahoula Parish. The name goes back to Robert Cavelier de La Salle .

Three 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%
1910 9402 -
1920 9856 4.8%
1930 11,668 18.4%
1940 10,959 -6.1%
1950 12,717 16%
1960 13,011 2.3%
1970 13,295 2.2%
1980 17.004 27.9%
1990 13,662 -19.7%
2000 14,282 4.5%
2010 14,890 4.3%
1900-1990

2000 2010

According to the 2000 census , La Salle Parish had 14,282 people in 5,291 households and 3,798 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.13 percent white, 12.20 percent African American, 0.64 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.64 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.82 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 5,291 households, 33.6 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers, 28.2 percent were non-families, 25.7 percent were single households and 13.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 26.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 100.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 97.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 28,189 USD , and the median income for a family was 36,197 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,431 versus $ 19,697 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,033. 14.9 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 23.7 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 18.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the Parish

1 - partly in Winn Parish

Individual evidence

  1. La Salle Parish in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved March 10, 2011
  2. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 5, 2017.
  3. Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  5. United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 10, 2011
  6. La Salle Parish, Louisiana , data sheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : LaSalle Parish, Louisiana  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 31 ° 41 ′  N , 92 ° 10 ′  W