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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.3%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Acadia Parish is $346 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $532 a month.
Cities in this county include: Crowley
, Rayne
, Church Point
, Iota
, Estherwood
, Morse
, Mermentau
.
Neighboring
counties: Evangeline Parish
, Jefferson Davis Parish
, Lafayette Parish
, St. Landry Parish
, Vermilion Parish
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Acadia Parish: Estherwood
Ferry
(A),
Louisiana State University Experiment Station
(B),
Crowley-Rayne Industrial Park
(C),
Iota Racetrack
(D),
Quebodaux Ferry
(E),
Blue Water Gas Plant
(F)
Churches in Acadia Parish include: Maryland
Church
(A),
Maxie Church
(B),
Maxie Gospel Tabernacle
(C),
Apostolic First Pentecostal Church
(D),
Miller Church
(E),
Hebron Church
(F),
Mount Calvary Church
(G),
Saint Edwards Church
(H),
Mowato Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Saint
Joseph Cemetery
(1),
Indian Cemetery
(2),
Mowata Cemetery
(3),
Murphy Cemetery
(4),
German Lutheran Cemetery
(5),
Carron Cemetery
(6),
Gatte Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Ruppert
Lake
(A),
Mitchell Lake
(B)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Plaquemine
Brule, Bayou
(A),
Cannes, Bayou des
(B),
Pointe Aux Loups, Bayou
(C),
Bayou Des Cannes
(D),
Tiger Point Gully
(E),
Gumpoint Gully
(F),
Blanc, Bayou
(G),
Blaise Lejuene Gully
(H),
Barwick, Bayou
(I)
Park in Acadia Parish: Houssiere
Park
(1).
Post offices: Midland
Post Office
(A),
Egan Post Office
(B),
Evangeline Post Office
(C),
Branch Post Office
(D)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.0% | | Louisiana: | 4.4% |
Current college students: 1,884
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 258 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Acadia
Parish: |
0.4% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 61
- 1990
to 1994: 17
- 1985
to 1989: 36
- 1980
to 1984: 28
- 1975
to 1979: 65
- 1970
to 1974: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 18
- 1965
to 1969: 28
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Mean travel time to work: 29.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 17,224
- One,
attached: 303
- Two:
708
- 3
or 4: 263
- 5
to 9: 486
- 10
to 19: 133
- 20
or more: 250
- Mobile
homes: 3,819
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 23
Housing units in Acadia Parish with a mortgage: 5,056 (278 second mortgage, 294 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,027 Agriculture
in Acadia Parish
Average size of farms: 342 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $44150
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $219.13
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 10.23%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $52065
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 52.87%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $93611
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.22%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.92
All wheat for grain: 1150 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 38627 harvested acresAcadia
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Louisiana state average. It is 6.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 9 fatalities and 117 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/29/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
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- Mining
(15%)
- Construction
(12%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Metal
and metal products (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (15%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Extraction
workers (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Cashiers
(7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Vietnam
(17%)
- United
Kingdom (11%)
- Trinidad
and Tobago (10%)
- Mexico
(10%)
- Cambodia
(7%)
- South
Africa (5%)
- Canada
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Acadia Parish:
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- United
States or American (21%)
- French
(except Basque) (21%)
- French
Canadian (12%)
- German
(6%)
- Acadian/Cajun
(6%)
- English
(3%)
- Irish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 16,703 (79%)
- Carpooled:
3,132 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 42 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
23 (0%)
- Bicycle:
22 (0%)
- Walked:
501 (2%)
- Other
means: 285 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 356 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
- 632
people in nursing homes
- 207
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 36
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 31
people in religious group quarters
- 19
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 18
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9
people in other group homes
- 8
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 4
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $40,871.
6.25% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,003 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.25% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($136 average AGI)
| Acadia
Parish: |
0.05% | | Louisiana
average: | 0.11% |
4.87% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($22,715 average AGI)
1.33% relocated from other states ($6,152 average AGI)
| Acadia
Parish: |
1.33% | | Louisiana
average: | 2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Lafayette Parish, LA
|
1.51% ($30,909 average AGI) |
| from
St. Landry Parish, LA
|
0.51% ($27,474) |
| from
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
|
0.45% ($29,918) |
| from
Orleans Parish, LA
|
0.41% ($26,364) |
| from
Vermilion Parish, LA
|
0.32% ($31,328) |
| from
Calcasieu Parish, LA
|
0.28% ($27,352) |
| from
Jefferson Parish, LA
|
0.17% ($29,667) |
5.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,780 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.55% | | Louisiana
average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.23% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($21,387 average AGI)
1.32% relocated to other states ($6,394 average AGI)
| Acadia
Parish: |
1.32% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lafayette Parish, LA
|
1.84% ($28,720 average AGI) |
| to
St. Landry Parish, LA
|
0.50% ($25,863) |
| to
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
|
0.42% ($26,500) |
| to
Vermilion Parish, LA
|
0.32% ($26,492) |
| to
Calcasieu Parish, LA
|
0.29% ($27,926) |
| to
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
|
0.16% ($25,567) |
| to
Evangeline Parish, LA
|
0.14% ($30,000) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.6
Births
per 1000 population in Acadia Parish
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Acadia Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.6
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Acadia Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 8,793 (6,768 aged, 2,025 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 57,876
- In
family households: 51,693 (11,794 male householders, 3,970 female householders)
11,883
spouses, 20,348 children (18,590 natural, 277 adopted, 1,481 stepchildren), 1,324 grandchildren, 526 brothers or sisters, 354 parents, 442 other relatives, 1,052 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 6,183 (2,224 male householders (1,815 living alone)), 3,183 female householders (2,960 living alone)), 776 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 985 (890 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,781 2-persons, 3,861 3-persons, 3,399 4-persons, 1,698 5-persons, 673 6-persons, 352 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,775 1-person, 529 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 40 4-persons.
11,195 married couples with children.
4,545 single-parent households (924 men, 3,621 women).
80.0% of residents of Acadia Parish speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
19.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $372,450,000 ($6295 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,286,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $123,587,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $80,856,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $30,101,000
Federal grants: $114,875,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,027,000 ($6,731,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,004,000 ($1,715,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,849,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,613,000
Federal Government insurance: $144,600,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,944
| Here: |
83 per 1000 residents | | State: |
78 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,258
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: |
49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +52
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -989
| Here: |
-17 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Acadia Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.94 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 480
- 1995
to 1998: 1,471
- 1990
to 1994: 1,214
- 1980
to 1989: 3,637
- 1970
to 1979: 5,012
- 1960
to 1969: 3,652
- 1950
to 1959: 3,553
- 1940
to 1949: 2,038
- 1939
or earlier: 2,152
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Acadia Parish, Louisiana:
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- 1
room: 17
- 2
rooms: 241
- 3
rooms: 931
- 4
rooms: 2,175
- 5
rooms: 4,459
- 6
rooms: 3,512
- 7
rooms: 2,093
- 8
rooms: 1,005
- 9
or more rooms: 826
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Acadia Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 60
- 2
rooms: 259
- 3
rooms: 960
- 4
rooms: 1,599
- 5
rooms: 1,787
- 6
rooms: 727
- 7
rooms: 309
- 8
rooms: 94
- 9
or more rooms: 88
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Acadia Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 53
- 1
bedroom: 729
- 2
bedrooms: 3,848
- 3
bedrooms: 8,995
- 4
bedrooms: 1,413
- 5
or more bedrooms: 221
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Acadia Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 94
- 1
bedroom: 1,008
- 2
bedrooms: 2,627
- 3
bedrooms: 1,932
- 4
bedrooms: 198
- 5
or more bedrooms: 24
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Acadia Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 849
- 1
vehicle: 4,988
- 2
vehicles: 7,166
- 3
vehicles: 1,750
- 4
vehicles: 417
- 5
or more vehicles: 89
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Acadia Parish in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 1,503
- 1
vehicle: 2,678
- 2
vehicles: 1,478
- 3
vehicles: 183
- 4
vehicles: 29
- 5
or more vehicles: 12
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65% of Acadia Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Louisiana.
| Acadia
Parish: |
64.6% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 53613
- Northeast:
229
- Midwest:
835
- South:
3211
- West:
629
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(48%)
- Utility
gas (44%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (58%)
- Electricity
(37%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,943
| Here: |
23.2% | | Louisiana: |
17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 785
| Here: |
20.9% | | Louisiana: |
15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 185
| Here: |
10.6% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
Acadia
Parish government finances in 2002:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $6,214,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $5,232,000
All Other: $1,864,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $687,000
Parks & Recreation: $668,000
Fire Protection: $307,000
Financial Administration: $217,000
Natural Resources - Other: $127,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $6,691,000
Police Protection: $3,909,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,884,000
Corrections - Other: $1,918,000
Regular Highways: $1,898,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,809,000
Financial Administration: $1,438,000
Central Staff Services: $1,060,000
Parks & Recreation: $795,000
Natural Resources - Other: $683,000
General - Other: $642,000
Health Services - Other: $445,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $320,000
Fire Protection: $204,000
Welfare - Other: $18,000
Air Transportation: $1,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $273,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $743,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Housing & Community Development: $42,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Natural Resources: $10,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $13,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $14,455,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $5,535,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,215,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $14,987,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,788,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $1,180,000
General Revenue, NEC: $399,000
Rents: $62,000
Property Sale Other: $8,000
Special Assessments: $4,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $345,000
Police Protection: $261,000
Natural Resource - Other: $227,000
Parks & Recreation: $201,000
Corrections - Other: $151,000
General - Other: $120,000
Health - Other: $116,000
Own Hospitals: $78,000
Financial Administration: $53,000
Judicial: $28,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $25,000
Regular Highways: $7,000
Central Staff: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $22,906,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,013,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,255,000
General Support: $2,227,000
Public Welfare: $1,091,000
Highways: $911,000
Housing & Community Development: $72,000
- Tax
- Total General Sales: $14,411,000
Property: $5,035,000
NEC: $327,000
Public Utilities: $51,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $13,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $8,974,000
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