Vermilion Parish

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administration
US state : Louisiana
Administrative headquarters : Abbeville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Parish Courthouse
100 North State Street
Abbeville, LA 70510-5147
Foundation : 1844
Made up from: Lafayette Parish
Area code : 001 337
Demographics
Residents : 57,999  (2010)
Population density : 19.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3984 km²
Water surface : 944 km²
map
Map of Vermilion Parish within Louisiana
Website : vermilionparishpolicejury.com

The Vermilion Parish ( French Paroisse de Vermilion ) is a parish in the state of Louisiana in the United States . At the 2010 census , the Parish had 57,999 residents and a population density of 19.1 people per square kilometer. The Parish Seat is Abbeville .

geography

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Vermilion River

The Parish is located in southern Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of ​​3984 square kilometers, of which 944 square kilometers are water.

The largest waterways are the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway along the coast and the Vermilion River .

The Vermilion Parish is adjacent to the following parishes:

Jefferson Davis Parish Acadia Parish Lafayette Parish
Cameron Parish Compass card (de) .svg Iberia Parish

history

Vermilion Parish was formed in 1844 from parts of Lafayette Parish.

19 buildings and sites in the Parish are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 10, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 3409 -
1860 4324 26.8%
1870 4528 4.7%
1880 8728 92.8%
1890 14,234 63.1%
1900 20,705 45.5%
1910 26,390 27.5%
1920 26,482 0.3%
1930 33,684 27.2%
1940 37,750 12.1%
1950 36,929 -2.2%
1960 38,855 5.2%
1970 43,071 10.9%
1980 48,458 12.5%
1990 50,055 3.3%
2000 53,807 7.5%
2010 57,999 7.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of the Vermilion Parish

According to the 2000 census , Vermilion Parish had 53,807 people in 19,832 households and 14,457 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.68 percent white, 14.17 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 1.82 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.76 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.38 percent of the population.

Of the 19,832 households, 37.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.0 percent were single mothers, 27.1 percent were non-families, 23.1 percent were single households and 10.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.16.

In relation to the entire Parish, the population was composed of 28.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 89.8 men.

The median income for a household in the 29,500 USD , and the median income for a family was 36,093 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,044 versus $ 18,710 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,201. 17.4 percent of families and 22.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 30.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 21.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the Parish

1 - partly in the Iberia Parish

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vermilion 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 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 14, 2011
  7. ↑ Vermilion Parish, Louisiana , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Vermilion Parish, Louisiana  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 29 ° 49 ′  N , 92 ° 19 ′  W