Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

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Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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Location in the state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1828
Seat	Homer
Largest city	Homer
Area - Total - Land - Water	768 sq mi (1,988 km²) 755 sq mi (1,955 km²) 13 sq mi (33 km²), 1.68%
Population - (2000) - Density	16,851 22/sq mi (9/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Governor William C.C. Claiborne

Claiborne Parish (French: Paroisse de Claiborne) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Homer and as of 2000, the population is 16,851. The parish is named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne.

Two Louisiana Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry have roots in Claiborne Parish: Dave L. Pearce, who served from 1952-1956 and again from 1960-1976, and Bob Odom, in office from 1980-2008.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major highways
- 1.2 Adjacent parishes
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Cities and towns
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The parish has a total area of 768 square miles (1,988 km²), of which, 755 square miles (1,955 km²) of it is land and 13 square miles (33 km²) of it (1.68%) is water.

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent parishes

Columbia County, Arkansas (northwest)
Union County, Arkansas (northeast)
Union Parish (east)
Lincoln Parish (southeast)
Bienville Parish (south)
Webster Parish (west)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 16,851 people, 6,270 households, and 4,338 families residing in the parish. The population density was 22 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 7,815 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 51.80% White, 47.37% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


Census	Pop.		%±
1900	23,029		—
1910	25,050		8.8%
1920	27,885		11.3%
1930	32,285		15.8%
1940	29,855		−7.5%
1950	25,063		−16.1%
1960	19,407		−22.6%
1970	17,024		−12.3%
1980	17,095		0.4%
1990	17,405		1.8%
2000	16,851		−3.2%
Est. 2006	16,210	^[2]	−3.8%
Claiborne Parish Census Data^[3]

There were 6,270 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.10% were married couples living together, 17.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the parish the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.40 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $25,344, and the median income for a family was $32,225. Males had a median income of $29,161 versus $20,102 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $13,825. About 21.40% of families and 26.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.30% of those under age 18 and 23.20% of those age 65 or over.