| East Carroll Parish, Louisiana | |
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 Location in the state of Louisiana |
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 Louisiana's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1877 |
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| Seat | Lake Providence |
| Largest city | Lake Providence |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
442 sq mi (1,146 km²) 421 sq mi (1,092 km²) 21 sq mi (54 km²), 4.75% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
9,421 22/sq mi (9/km²) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Named for: Charles Carroll of Carrollton | |
East Carroll Parish (French: Paroisse de Carroll Est) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Lake Providence and as of 2000, the population was 9,421.
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Law and government
In the 2004 presidential race, East Carroll gave the George W. Bush - Richard B. Cheney electors 1,357 votes (40 percent) to 1,980 ballots (58 percent) for the Democratic John Kerry - John Edwards slate.
Geography
The parish has a total area of 442 square miles (1,146 km²), of which, 421 square miles (1,092 km²) of it is land and 21 square miles (54 km²) of it (4.75%) is water.
Major highways
Adjacent parishes
- Chicot County, Arkansas (north)
- Issaquena County, Mississippi (east)
- Warren County, Mississippi (southeast)
- Madison Parish (south)
- Richland Parish (southwest)
- West Carroll Parish (west)
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Chicot County, Arkansas | |
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Issaquena County, Mississippi | ||
 East Carroll Parish, Louisiana  |
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| Richland Parish | Madison Parish | Warren County, Mississippi |
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
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| 1900 | 11,373 |
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| 1910 | 11,637 | 2.3% | |
| 1920 | 11,231 | −3.5% | |
| 1930 | 15,815 | 40.8% | |
| 1940 | 19,023 | 20.3% | |
| 1950 | 16,302 | −14.3% | |
| 1960 | 14,433 | −11.5% | |
| 1970 | 12,884 | −10.7% | |
| 1980 | 11,772 | −8.6% | |
| 1990 | 9,709 | −17.5% | |
| 2000 | 9,421 | −3.0% | |
| Est. 2006 | 8,699 | [1] | −7.7% |
| East Carroll Parish Census Data[2] | |||
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 9,421 people, 2,969 households, and 2,140 families residing in the parish. The population density was 22 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 3,303 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 31.60% White, 67.29% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 2,969 households out of which 36.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.00% were married couples living together, 27.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.40.
In the parish the population was spread out with 30.30% under the age of 18, 11.50% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 18.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 104.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.90 males.
The median income for a household in the parish was $20,723, and the median income for a family was $24,554. Males had a median income of $22,099 versus $18,672 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $9,629. About 32.60% of families and 40.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 56.80% of those under age 18 and 32.70% of those age 65 or over. The county's per-capita income makes it one of the poorest counties in the United States.
Cities and towns
Education
Public schools in East Carroll Parish are operated by the East Carroll Parish School Board.
Notable natives and residents
- Buddy Caldwell, District Attorney in East Carroll, later elected attorney general of Louisiana.
- Mose Jefferson, convicted felon, older brother of William J. Jefferson, was born in Lake Providence.
- William J. Jefferson, convicted felon, former U.S. Congressman for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District, was born in Lake Providence.
- Don Johnson, a Transylvania farmer who has run unsuccessfully as a Republican for state agriculture commissioner in 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2007.
- Joseph Ransdell, a Democrat who served in Congress from 1913 to 1931. Ransdell was born in Alexandria but resided for many years in Lake Providence.
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See also
References
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "East Carroll Parish Quickfacts". http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22035.html. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "Louisiana Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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