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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bienville Parish is $392 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $464 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $554 a month.
Cities in this county include: Arcadia
, Ringgold
, Gibsland
, Lucky
, Saline
, Bienville
, Castor
, Jamestown
, Bryceland
, Mount Lebanon
.
Neighboring
counties: Bossier Parish
, Claiborne Parish
, Jackson Parish
, Lincoln Parish
, Natchitoches Parish
, Red River Parish
, Webster Parish
, Winn Parish
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bienville Parish: Camp
Wawbansee
(A),
Camp
(B),
Machens Spur
(C),
Bistineau Compressor Station
(D),
Thomas Landing
(E),
Nelson Station
(F),
Miracle Camp
(G),
Vickers Landing
(H)
Churches in Bienville Parish include: Spring
Hill Church
(A),
Hope Church
(B),
Sparta Baptist Church
(C),
Mill Creek Church
(D),
Hebron Church
(E),
Hebrew Church
(F),
Bear Creek Church
(G),
Morning Star Church
(H),
Mount Kingdom Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Taylor
Cemetery
(1),
Butler Cemetery
(2),
Camp Ground Cemetery
(3),
Givens-McGuire Cemetery
(4),
Rocky Mount Cemetery
(5),
Stafford Cemetery
(6),
Spring Hill Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Clear
Lake
(A),
Butler Pond
(B),
Horner Lake
(C),
Driggers Pond
(D),
Mill Creek Reservoir
(E),
Kepler Creek Lake
(F),
Gum Pond
(G)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Baptizing
Branch
(A),
Cypress Creek
(B),
Baker Creek
(C),
Davis Creek
(D),
Carter Creek
(E),
Lee Branch
(F),
Armistead Branch
(G),
Saint Lukes Branch
(H),
Brushy Creek
(I)
Post office: Taylor
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.2% | | Louisiana: |
4.4% |
Current college students: 514
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 64 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Bienville
Parish: |
0.4% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 19
- 1990
to 1994: 11
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 2
- 1975
to 1979: 7
- 1970
to 1974: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 3
- 1965
to 1969: 20
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Mean travel time to work: 32.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,067
- One,
attached: 79
- Two:
149
- 3
or 4: 126
- 5
to 9: 132
- 20
or more: 53
- Mobile
homes: 2,127
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 97
Housing units in Bienville Parish with a mortgage: 1,040 (47 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,642 Agriculture
in Bienville Parish
Average size of farms: 198 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $108227
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $55.89
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 98.49%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $70532
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.79%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $45077
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.69%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.07
Vegetables: 283 harvested acresBienville
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Louisiana state average. It is 2.7 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 fatalities and 38 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/12/1950, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 5 people and injured 25 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(14%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Wood
products (7%)
- Paper
(7%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Food
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (19%)
- Educational
services (18%)
- Food
(7%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material
moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(30%)
- Germany
(14%)
- Japan
(13%)
- United
Kingdom (11%)
- Philippines
(11%)
- Other
Southern Europe (8%)
- Thailand
(8%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bienville Parish:
|
- United
States or American (18%)
- Irish
(7%)
- English
(6%)
- German
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
- African
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 3,955 (75%)
- Carpooled:
980 (19%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Taxi:
5 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
2 (0%)
- Bicycle:
4 (0%)
- Walked:
106 (2%)
- Other
means: 77 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 99 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
- 317
people in nursing homes
- 50
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,326.
7.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,494 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.01% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.46% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($20,845 average AGI)
1.55% relocated from other states ($5,648 average AGI)
| Bienville
Parish: |
1.55% | | Louisiana
average: | 2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Lincoln Parish, LA
|
0.87% ($20,951 average AGI) |
| from
Webster Parish, LA
|
0.74% ($26,029) |
| from
Bossier Parish, LA
|
0.64% ($30,533) |
| from
Caddo Parish, LA
|
0.62% ($26,414) |
| from
Jackson Parish, LA
|
0.40% ($29,158) |
| from
Claiborne Parish, LA
|
0.25% ($33,750) |
| from
Natchitoches Parish, LA
|
0.25% ($35,083) |
7.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,060 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.09% | | Louisiana
average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.43% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($21,844 average AGI)
1.66% relocated to other states ($7,219 average AGI)
| Bienville
Parish: |
1.66% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lincoln Parish, LA
|
1.00% ($23,745 average AGI) |
| to
Bossier Parish, LA
|
0.93% ($31,614) |
| to
Webster Parish, LA
|
0.81% ($21,658) |
| to
Caddo Parish, LA
|
0.68% ($28,500) |
| to
Jackson Parish, LA
|
0.55% ($31,038) |
| to
Claiborne Parish, LA
|
0.30% ($38,786) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.9
Births
per 1000 population in Bienville Parish
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bienville Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bienville Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,019 (2,586 aged, 433 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 15,382
- In
family households: 13,390 (2,906 male householders, 1,338 female householders)
2,908
spouses, 4,898 children (4,380 natural, 113 adopted, 405 stepchildren), 655 grandchildren, 136 brothers or sisters, 96 parents, 218 other relatives, 235 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,992 (817 male householders (743 living alone)), 1,045 female householders (1,005 living alone)), 130 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 370 (364 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,824 2-persons, 963 3-persons, 787 4-persons, 438 5-persons, 130 6-persons, 102 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,748 1-person, 103 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 5-persons, 1 6-persons.
2,191 married couples with children.
1,384 single-parent households (211 men, 1,173 women).
98.0% of residents of Bienville Parish speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $111,759,000 ($7276 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,386,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $41,873,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $33,101,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $235,000
Federal grants: $32,534,000
Federal procurement contracts: $739,000 ($-4,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,277,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $120,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,438,000
Federal Government insurance: $551,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,045
| Here: |
69 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,261
| Here: |
83 per 1000 residents | | State: |
49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +6
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -345
| Here: |
-23 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bienville Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.72 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: 178
- 1995
to 1998: 481
- 1990
to 1994: 449
- 1980
to 1989: 1,509
- 1970
to 1979: 1,632
- 1960
to 1969: 1,356
- 1950
to 1959: 1,046
- 1940
to 1949: 583
- 1939
or earlier: 596
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bienville Parish, Louisiana:
|
- 1
room: 15
- 2
rooms: 76
- 3
rooms: 245
- 4
rooms: 691
- 5
rooms: 1,386
- 6
rooms: 1,152
- 7
rooms: 675
- 8
rooms: 313
- 9
or more rooms: 201
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bienville Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 8
- 2
rooms: 62
- 3
rooms: 195
- 4
rooms: 394
- 5
rooms: 348
- 6
rooms: 216
- 7
rooms: 85
- 8
rooms: 25
- 9
or more rooms: 21
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bienville Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 28
- 1
bedroom: 219
- 2
bedrooms: 1,300
- 3
bedrooms: 2,554
- 4
bedrooms: 564
- 5
or more bedrooms: 89
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bienville Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 22
- 1
bedroom: 244
- 2
bedrooms: 540
- 3
bedrooms: 458
- 4
bedrooms: 84
- 5
or more bedrooms: 6
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bienville Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 501
- 1
vehicle: 1,571
- 2
vehicles: 1,771
- 3
vehicles: 667
- 4
vehicles: 179
- 5
or more vehicles: 65
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bienville Parish in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 448
- 1
vehicle: 590
- 2
vehicles: 252
- 3
vehicles: 54
- 4
vehicles: 4
- 5
or more vehicles: 6
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67% of Bienville Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Louisiana.
| Bienville
Parish: |
66.6% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 13718
- Northeast:
95
- Midwest:
246
- South:
1328
- West:
258
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,900 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (43%)
- Electricity
(28%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood
(6%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (44%)
- Electricity
(38%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 238
| Here: |
11.5% | | Louisiana: | 17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 104
| Here: |
10.0% | | Louisiana: | 15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 39
| Here: |
8.7% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
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