Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
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- Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals: Office of Public Health, Baton Rouge
Population:
- Total Population: 41,481
- Males: 20,378
- Females: 21,103
Ethnicity:
- White: 28,134
- Black/African American: 12,235
- Hispanic: 328
- Native American/Eskimo: 293
- Asian: 167
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 38
- 2 or more: 286
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (30,575)
- French (6,335)
- Spanish (820)
- Cajun (480)
- Arabic (115)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 223
- Philippines (38)
- Germany (37)
- Vietnam (18)
- United Kingdom (14)
- Other Caribbean (14)
- Netherlands (14)
- Nicaragua (13)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (19,280)
- Southern Baptist Convention (3,894)
- United Methodist Church, The (679)
- Church of the Nazarene (130)
- Episcopal Church (75)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 18,077
- Sensory: 2,210
- Physical: 4,693
- Mental: 2,530
- Self-care: 1,611
- Go outside home: 3,254
- Employment: 3,902
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 510
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 14,736
- Utility gas: 8,325
- Bottled or LP gas: 1,488
- Electricity: 4,636
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 22
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 205
- Solar Energy: 9
- Other fuel: 17
- No fuel used: 34
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 25,776
- No vehicle: 2,834
- 1 or more vehicle: 22,942
Education Attainment:
- No School: 543
- No High School: 3,737
- Some High School: 6,427
- High School: 9,856
- Some College: 3,179
- Associate's Degree: 668
- College Degree: 1,569
- Master's Degree: 443
- Professional Degree: 143
- Doctoral Degree: 41
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 14,736
- Owners with phone: 10,494
- Owners without phone: 474
- Renters with phone: 3,163
- Renters without phone: 605
10 closest counties:
- Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
- St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
- La Salle Parish, Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- Grant Parish, Louisiana
- Concordia Parish, Louisiana
- Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
71320, 71322, 71323, 71327, 71329, 71331, 71333, 71339, 71341, 71350, 71351, 71355, 71362, 71369
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- KLIL (92.1 FM) MOREAUVILLE, LA
- KZLG (95.9 FM) MOREAUVILLE, LA
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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