Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. the population was 32,350. The parish seat is Ville Platte.
History
The parish was created out of lands formerly belonging to St. Landry Parish in 1910. The majority ...
,
Louisiana
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, United States. The population was 1,610 at the 2010 census, up from 1,087 in
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
.
Geography
Pine Prairie is located north of the center of Evangeline Parish.
Louisiana Highway 13
Louisiana Highway 13 (LA 13) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana. It runs in a north–south direction from LA 14 west of Kaplan to US 167 in Turkey Creek.
The route connects several small population centers in ...
passes through the village, leading north to Turkey Creek and south to
Mamou
Mamou ( Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est). Ville Platte, the
parish seat
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, is to the southeast.
In 1823 the area was the epicenter of an earthquake which was felt throughout the district.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Pine Prairie has a total area of , of which , or 0.61%, is water.
Pine Prairie Correctional Center is located in the northern part of the village. The village is also home to an ICE detention center where guards pepper sprayed over 100 immigrants for protesting their treatment and which also had an outbreak of mumps.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,087 people, 327 households, and 242 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 367 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 91.08%
White
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, 7.36%
African American
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, 0.09%
Native American
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Ethnic groups
* Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North, South, and Central America ...
Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 1.84% of the population.
There were 327 households, out of which 45.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were
married couples
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living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% 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 3.14.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $21,167, and the median income for a family was $27,292. Males had a median income of $32,375 versus $17,321 for females. The
per capita income
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for the village was $9,735. About 24.2% of families and 29.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 33.7% of those under age 18 and 22.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Public schools in Evangeline Parish are operated by the Evangeline Parish School Board. Pine Prairie High School is located in the village of Pine Prairie and serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through four as well as grades nine through twelve.