Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (LA)

• 
• • 26,17764.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 10,90627.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,7854.4%Two or more races
  • 8222.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3550.9%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2160.5%Asian alone
  • 690.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 410.1%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $156,808

Here:	$156,808
State:	$234,504

Townhouses or other attached units: $169,563

Here:	$169,563
State:	$226,343

Mobile homes: $59,878

Here:	$59,878
State:	$69,208

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 181
• Thefts: 227
• Auto thefts: 7

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $275 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $212 (0.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Avoyelles Parish is $371 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $573 a month.

Cities in this county include: Marksville, Bunkie, Cottonport, Simmesport, Mansura, Moreauville, Fifth Ward, Hessmer, Bordelonville, Center Point.

Neighboring counties: Ben Hill County, Georgia , Brooks County, Georgia , Franklin County, Mississippi , Glynn County, Georgia , Grady County, Georgia , Walthall County, Mississippi .

Current college students: 1,013
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 369 (41.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1852010 or later
• 902000 to 2009
• 271990 to 1999
• 421980 to 1989
• 721970 to 1979
• 80Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,388
• One, attached: 64
• Two: 552
• 3 or 4: 359
• 5 to 9: 224
• 10 to 19: 152
• 20 to 49: 109
• 50 or more: 74
• Mobile homes: 3,908

Housing units in Avoyelles Parish with a mortgage: 4,764 (39 second mortgage, 126 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,944

Religion statistics for Avoyelles Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Avoyelles Parish:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Hurricane Delta, Incident Period: October 6, 2020 - October 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4570, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 22, 2020 - August 27, 2020, FEMA Id: 4559, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4484-LA: March 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4484, Natural disaster type: Other
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 11, 2016 to August 31, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4277: August 14, 2016, FEMA Id: 4277, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2016 to April 08, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4263: March 13, 2016, FEMA Id: 4263, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to July 07, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3322: May 06, 2011, FEMA Id: 3322, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Louisiana Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to July 07, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4015: August 18, 2011, FEMA Id: 4015, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: September 01, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1786: September 02, 2008, FEMA Id: 1786, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3289: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3289, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1607: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1607, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.55% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($36,054 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.83% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($30,269 average AGI)
0.72% relocated from other states ($5,787 average AGI)

Avoyelles Parish:	0.72%
Louisiana average:	2.30%

from Rapides Parish, LA	1.00% ($35,859 average AGI)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.26% ($29,571)
from Lafayette Parish, LA	0.17% ($32,652)

3.72% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($38,904 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.01% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($32,078 average AGI)
0.70% relocated to other states ($6,827 average AGI)

Avoyelles Parish:	0.70%
Louisiana average:	2.61%

to Rapides Parish, LA	0.98% ($37,076 average AGI)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.24% ($37,424)
to Lafayette Parish, LA	0.24% ($49,500)
to Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	0.17% ($41,348)
to St. Landry Parish, LA	0.17% ($33,000)
to Calcasieu Parish, LA	0.16% ($20,318)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Avoyelles Parish

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,286 (1,776 living alone), Female householders: 8,906 (2,796 living alone)

• 6,256 spouses (6,215 opposite-sex spouses), 1,099 unmarried partners, (1,036 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 10,999 children (10,143 natural, 397 adopted, 464 stepchildren), 1,508 grandchildren, 346 brothers or sisters, 189 parents, 31 foster children, 573 other relatives, 627 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,762

Size of family households: 4,744 2-persons, 2,379 3-persons, 1,691 4-persons, 662 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 229 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,734 1-person, 612 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

4,304 married couples with children.
3,831 single-parent households (560 men, 3,271 women).

88.7% of residents of Avoyelles speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
9.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $288,534,000 ($6,873 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,625,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $97,191,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $68,337,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $12,521,000
Federal grants: $99,501,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,669,000 ($709,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,315,000 ($2,737,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $10,752,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,117,000
Federal Government insurance: $54,045,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-7 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.49 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• 5202014 or later
• 5772010 to 2013
• 2,5272000 to 2009
• 3,0351990 to 1999
• 2,5031980 to 1989
• 3,2731970 to 1979
• 2,0521960 to 1969
• 2,0611950 to 1959
• 1,1271940 to 1949
• 9581939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• 571 room
• 272 rooms
• 2903 rooms
• 1,4434 rooms
• 2,3615 rooms
• 2,7016 rooms
• 1,5557 rooms
• 9738 rooms
• 1,2739+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• 1761 room
• 2212 rooms
• 5893 rooms
• 9324 rooms
• 1,3205 rooms
• 8076 rooms
• 3667 rooms
• 448 rooms
• 429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• 68no bedroom
• 1721 bedroom
• 1,8922 bedrooms
• 6,6243 bedrooms
• 1,6254 bedrooms
• 2835+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
• 175no bedroom
• 7281 bedroom
• 1,3952 bedrooms
• 2,0593 bedrooms
• 1654 bedrooms
• 35+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Avoyelles Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 332no vehicle
• 3,2311 vehicle
• 4,5802 vehicles
• 1,6013 vehicles
• 6844 vehicles
• 2665+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Avoyelles Parish in renter-occupied apartments
• 886no vehicle
• 2,4501 vehicle
• 9962 vehicles
• 1423 vehicles
• 554 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.9% of Avoyelles Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Louisiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 36,561
• Other state: 3,364
• Northeast: 186
• Midwest: 472
• South: 2,256
• West: 449

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,948
• Number of aged recipients: 398
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,550
• Number of recipients under 18: 451
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,672
• Number of recipients older than 64: 825
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,200
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,174

Avoyelles Parish on our top lists:

• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"