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Category:Winn Parish, Louisiana
Winn Parish is a
parish located in the
U.S. state of
Louisiana. The
parish seat is
Winnfield and as of
2000, the population is 16,894. Winn is alphabetically last among the 64 Louisiana parishes.
Winn Parish is the traditional home of the former Long political dynasty. In recent competitive elections, it trends
Republican, but local offices remain almost exclusively
Democratic.
In the
2004 presidential election, Winn Parish gave the Democratic
John Kerry-
John Edwards ticket 2,056 votes (32 percent), compared to the Republican
George W. Bush-
Richard Cheney slate, which polled 4,366 ballots (67 percent).
History
During the
American Civil War, Winn Parish refused to secede from the
Union and was a de facto Union
enclave in the
Confederate state of Louisiana.
It is also the birthplace of
Huey Pierce Long, Jr.,
Earl Kemp Long, and
Oscar K. Allen, former
governors of Louisiana. Earl Long is buried in a public square in Winnfield, the site of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, which opened in
1993.
Geography
The parish has a total area of 2,478
km² (957
mi²). 2,462 km² (950 mi²) of it is land and 17 km² (6 mi²) of it (0.67%) is water.
Major Highways
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20px U.S. Highway 84*
20px U.S. Highway 167*
20px Louisiana Highway 34Adjacent parishes
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Jackson Parish (north)
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Caldwell Parish (northeast)
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La Salle Parish (southeast)
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Grant Parish (south)
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Natchitoches Parish (west)
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Bienville Parish (northwest)
Demographics
As of the
census2 of 2000, there were 16,894 people, 5,930 households, and 4,234 families residing in the parish. The
population density was 7/km² (18/mi²). There were 7,502 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/mi²). The racial makeup of the parish was 66.27%
White, 32.03%
Black or
African American, 0.50%
Native American, 0.16%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 0.13% from
other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. 0.87% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 5,930 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.80% were
married couples living together, 15.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the parish the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 110.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.20 males.
The median income for a household in the parish was $25,462, and the median income for a family was $31,513. Males had a median income of $29,094 versus $17,939 for females. The
per capita income for the parish was $11,794. About 17.00% of families and 21.50% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 28.40% of those under age 18 and 24.20% of those age 65 or over.
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