Richland Parish

administration
Richland Parish Courthouse
US state :	Louisiana
Administrative headquarters :	Rayville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parish Courthouse P.O. Box 668 Rayville, LA 71269-0668
Foundation :	September 29, 1868
Made up from:	Carroll Parish Franklin Parish Morehouse Parish Ouachita Parish
Area code :	001 318
Demographics
Residents :	20,725 (2010)
Population density :	14.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1462 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
map

The Richland Parish ( French : Paroisse de Richland ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 20,725 residents and a population density of 14.3 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Rayville .

geography

The Parish is located almost in the extreme north of Louisiana, is in the north about 50 km from Arkansas , in the east also about 50 km from Mississippi and has an area of 1462 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following parishes:

	Morehouse Parish	West Carroll Parish , East Carroll Parish
Ouachita Parish		Madison Parish
Caldwell Parish		Franklin Parish

history

Richland Parish was formed on September 29, 1868 from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish, and Ouachita Parish.

Ten structures and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 9, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	5110	-
1880	8440	65.2%
1890	10,230	21.2%
1900	11,116	8.7%
1910	15,769	41.9%
1920	20,860	32.3%
1930	26,374	26.4%
1940	28,829	9.3%
1950	26,672	-7.5%
1960	23,824	-10.7%
1970	21,774	-8.6%
1980	22,187	1.9%
1990	20,629	-7%
2000	20,981	1.7%
2010	20,725	-1.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the Richland Parishes

According to the 2000 census , Richland Parish had 20,981 people in 7,490 households and 5,482 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 60.96 percent white, 38.01 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.08 percent of the population.

Of the 7,490 households, 34.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 50.2 percent were married couples living together, 18.8 percent were single mothers, 26.8 percent were non-families, 24.0 percent were single households and 12.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.14.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 27.3 percent residents under 18 years of age, 9.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 84.3 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 23,668 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,075. Males had a median income of $ 28,471 versus $ 18,587 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,479. 23.1 percent of families 27.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 39.5 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.