Franklin Parish, Louisiana

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Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Map
Location in the state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1843
Seat	Winnsboro
Largest city	Winnsboro
Area - Total - Land - Water	635 sq mi (1,646 km²) 624 sq mi (1,615 km²) 12 sq mi (31 km²), 1.86%
Population - (2000) - Density	21,263 34/sq mi (13/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Benjamin Franklin

Franklin Parish (French: Paroisse de Franklin) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Winnsboro. As of 2000, the population was 21,263.

1 Geography
2 Major highways
3 Adjacent parishes
4 Demographics
5 Cities and towns
6 Education
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Geography

The parish has a total area of 635 square miles (1,646 km²), of which, 624 square miles (1,615 km²) of it is land and 12 square miles (31 km²) of it (1.86%) is water.

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent parishes

Richland Parish (north & northwest)
Madison Parish (northeast)
Tensas Parish (southeast)
Catahoula Parish (south)
Caldwell Parish (west)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 21,263 people, 7,754 households, and 5,706 families residing in the parish. The population density was 34 people per square mile (13/km²). There were 8,623 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 67.16% White, 31.61% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


Census	Pop.		%±
1900	8,890		—
1910	11,989		34.9%
1920	24,100		101%
1930	30,530		26.7%
1940	32,382		6.1%
1950	29,376		−9.3%
1960	26,088		−11.2%
1970	23,946		−8.2%
1980	24,141		0.8%
1990	22,387		−7.3%
2000	21,263		−5%
Est. 2006	20,455	^[2]	−3.8%
Franklin Parish Census Data^[3]

There were 7,754 households out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were married couples living together, 16.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the parish the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.40 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $22,964, and the median income for a family was $27,440. Males had a median income of $26,305 versus $16,758 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $12,675. About 23.10% of families and 28.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.40% of those under age 18 and 25.00% of those age 65 or over.