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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 Catahoula Parish is $344 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $533 a month.
Cities in this county include: Jonesville
, Harrisonburg
, Sicily Island
.
Neighboring
counties: Avoyelles Parish
, Caldwell Parish
, Concordia Parish
, Franklin Parish
, La Salle Parish
, Tensas Parish
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Catahoula Parish: Mayo
Landing
(A),
Saline Bayou Campground
(B),
Pritchard Camp
(C),
Cooper Camp
(D)
Churches in Catahoula Parish include: Sunnyside
Church
(A),
Stafford Point Church
(B),
Spring Ridge Church
(C),
Hope Well Church
(D),
Meyers Bend Church
(E),
Moss Grove Church
(F),
Birds Creek Church
(G),
Sandy Lake Church
(H),
Mount Olive Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Taunton-Coleman
Cemetery
(1),
Aimwell Cemetery
(2),
Calhoun Cemetery
(3),
Alexander Cemetery
(4),
Glade Cemetery
(5),
Girlinghouse Cemetery
(6),
Gillespie Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Fisher
Lake
(A),
Wallace Lake
(B),
Walsh Lake
(C),
Five Point Lake
(D),
Coon Lake
(E),
Rhinehart Lake
(F),
Riffee Lake
(G),
River Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Buffalo
Bayou
(A),
Cutoff Bayou
(B),
Cypress Bayou
(C),
Devils Bayou
(D),
Bushley Bayou
(E),
Steep Bayou
(F),
Woods Bayou
(G),
Stokes Creek
(H),
Straight Bayou
(I)
Park in Catahoula Parish: Sicily
Island Hills State Wildlife Management Area
(1).
Post offices: Aimwell
Post Office
(A),
Enterprise Post Office
(B),
Larto Post Office
(C)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.3% | | Louisiana: |
4.4% |
Current college students: 325
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 61.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Catahoula
Parish: |
0.1% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 3
- 1990
to 1994: 0
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 0
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1965
to 1969: 0
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Mean travel time to work: 38.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 3,473
- One,
attached: 46
- Two:
71
- 3
or 4: 71
- 5
to 9: 5
- 10
to 19: 6
- 20
or more: 17
- Mobile
homes: 1,615
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 47
Housing units in Catahoula Parish with a mortgage: 729 (21 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,213 Agriculture
in Catahoula Parish
Average size of farms: 534 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $65706
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $189.98
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.39%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 16.30%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $84716
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 54.26%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $79463
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.05%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.27
Corn for grain: 17495 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 3309 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 33526 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 33666 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 167 acresCatahoula
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Louisiana state average. It is 1.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 16 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/21/1992, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
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- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction
(14%)
- Mining
(13%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (17%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors,
construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (6%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Nicaragua
(67%)
- Turkey
(33%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Catahoula Parish:
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- United
States or American (26%)
- Irish
(9%)
- French
(except Basque) (4%)
- English
(4%)
- German
(4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 2,762 (77%)
- Carpooled:
558 (16%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 24 (1%)
- Bicycle:
22 (1%)
- Walked:
86 (2%)
- Other
means: 82 (2%)
- Worked
at home: 57 (2%)
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392
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
116 people in nursing homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $33,088.
6.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,798 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.71% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.84% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($18,736 average AGI)
1.87% relocated from other states ($7,063 average AGI)
| Catahoula
Parish: |
1.87% | | Louisiana
average: | 2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Concordia Parish, LA
|
1.36% ($24,952 average AGI) |
| from
Orleans Parish, LA
|
0.71% ($23,636) |
| from
La Salle Parish, LA
|
0.45% ($35,500) |
| from
Rapides Parish, LA
|
0.45% ($36,929) |
| from
Franklin Parish, LA
|
0.42% ($20,923) |
| from
Jefferson Parish, LA
|
0.35% ($15,909) |
5.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,871 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.58% | | Louisiana
average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.02% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($18,310 average AGI)
1.57% relocated to other states ($7,561 average AGI)
| Catahoula
Parish: |
1.57% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
La Salle Parish, LA
|
0.78% ($26,208 average AGI) |
| to
Concordia Parish, LA
|
0.69% ($29,333) |
| to
Franklin Parish, LA
|
0.52% ($25,375) |
| to
Rapides Parish, LA
|
0.42% ($26,846) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.7
Births
per 1000 population in Catahoula Parish
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Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.5
Deaths
per 1000 population in Catahoula Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Catahoula Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,014 (1,604 aged, 410 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 10,415
- In
family households: 9,302 (2,275 male householders, 766 female householders)
2,283
spouses, 3,213 children (2,788 natural, 112 adopted, 313 stepchildren), 318 grandchildren, 76 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 163 other relatives, 154 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,113 (446 male householders (401 living alone)), 601 female householders (590 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 505 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,325 2-persons, 729 3-persons, 589 4-persons, 247 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 991 1-person, 50 2-persons, 6 3-persons.
1,601 married couples with children.
786 single-parent households (155 men, 631 women).
98.2% of residents of Catahoula Parish speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 2% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $97,083,000 ($9136 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,144,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $26,426,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $19,711,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,900,000
Federal grants: $28,646,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,576,000 ($2,027,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,824,000 ($454,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,006,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,412,000
Federal Government insurance: $57,308,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 698
| Here: |
67 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 734
| Here: |
70 per 1000 residents | | State: |
49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +2
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -423
| Here: |
-40 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Catahoula Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.18 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: 76
- 1995
to 1998: 393
- 1990
to 1994: 381
- 1980
to 1989: 1,136
- 1970
to 1979: 1,336
- 1960
to 1969: 983
- 1950
to 1959: 544
- 1940
to 1949: 231
- 1939
or earlier: 271
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana:
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- 1
room: 14
- 2
rooms: 95
- 3
rooms: 179
- 4
rooms: 575
- 5
rooms: 1,007
- 6
rooms: 785
- 7
rooms: 422
- 8
rooms: 191
- 9
or more rooms: 122
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 32
- 2
rooms: 30
- 3
rooms: 101
- 4
rooms: 191
- 5
rooms: 177
- 6
rooms: 102
- 7
rooms: 25
- 8
rooms: 20
- 9
or more rooms: 14
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Catahoula Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 20
- 1
bedroom: 176
- 2
bedrooms: 906
- 3
bedrooms: 1,888
- 4
bedrooms: 385
- 5
or more bedrooms: 15
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Catahoula Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 43
- 1
bedroom: 108
- 2
bedrooms: 264
- 3
bedrooms: 237
- 4
bedrooms: 25
- 5
or more bedrooms: 15
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Catahoula Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 278
- 1
vehicle: 1,017
- 2
vehicles: 1,491
- 3
vehicles: 442
- 4
vehicles: 101
- 5
or more vehicles: 61
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Catahoula Parish in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 200
- 1
vehicle: 308
- 2
vehicles: 152
- 3
vehicles: 32
- 4
vehicles: 0
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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68% of Catahoula Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Louisiana.
| Catahoula
Parish: |
67.6% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 8639
- Northeast:
40
- Midwest:
215
- South:
1868
- West:
112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,200 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility
gas (35%)
- Electricity
(23%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Electricity
(40%)
- Utility
gas (36%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood
(2%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: |
4.7% | | Louisiana: | 17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: |
6.6% | | Louisiana: | 15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 25
| Here: |
8.6% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
Catahoula
Parish government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $960,000
All Other: $265,000
Solid Waste Management: $7,000
- Construction
- Water Utilities: $204,000
General: $83,000
Own Hospitals: $12,000
- Current
Operations - Corrections - Other: $5,898,000
Own Hospitals: $1,641,000
Regular Highways: $1,078,000
Police Protection: $976,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $536,000
Solid Waste Management: $477,000
Financial Administration: $417,000
General - Other: $324,000
Central Staff Services: $257,000
Housing & Community Development: $204,000
Libraries: $198,000
Welfare - Other: $157,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $72,000
Water Utilities: $71,000
Parks & Recreation: $69,000
Health Services - Other: $31,000
Fire Protection: $21,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $204,000
General Support: $1,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $33,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $13,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $244,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $437,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $25,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $126,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $291,000
Water Utilities: $239,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $45,000
Water Utilities: $5,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $5,937,000
Interest Earnings: $44,000
Rents: $2,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Health - Other: $241,000
Regular Highways: $111,000
Solid Waste Management: $81,000
Police Protection: $58,000
Corrections - Other: $35,000
Own Hospitals: $35,000
Libraries: $29,000
Financial Administration: $22,000
Judicial: $6,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $6,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,673,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $72,000
- Short
Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $12,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $130,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $834,000
All Other: $658,000
Public Welfare: $335,000
General Support: $297,000
Highways: $270,000
Water Utilities: $205,000
Housing & Community Development: $64,000
- Tax
- Property: $1,445,000
Total General Sales: $1,137,000
Public Utilities: $97,000
NEC: $73,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $4,757,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $15,000
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