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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 Claiborne 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: Homer
, Haynesville
, Athens
, Lisbon
.
Neighboring
counties: Bienville Parish
, Columbia County, Arkansas
, Lincoln Parish
, Union Parish
, Webster Parish
, Union County, Arkansas
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Claiborne Parish: Camp
(A),
Bucktail Camp
(B),
Sugar Creek Camp
(C),
State Line
(D),
North Louisiana Hill Farm Experiment Station
(E),
North Louisiana Experimental Station
(F),
Turkey Pot Campground
(G),
Corney Lake Picnic Area
(H),
Wade State Correctional Center
(I)
Churches in Claiborne Parish include: Arizona
Methodist Church
(A),
Springhill Church
(B),
Holly Springs Church
(C),
Holly Grove Church
(D),
Hebron Church
(E),
Sharon Church
(F),
Bethany Church
(G),
Bethel Church
(H),
Shady Grove Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Teague
Cemetery
(1),
Taylor Cemetery
(2),
Gordon Cemetery
(3),
Caldwell Cemetery
(4),
Alexander Cemetery
(5),
Allen Cemetery
(6),
Gilgal Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Spring
Lake
(A),
Marsalis Ponds
(B),
Kidd Lake
(C),
King Lake
(D),
Craighead Pond
(E),
Goodwin Lake
(F),
Campit Lake
(G),
Clear Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Barber
Creek
(A),
Cow Creek
(B),
Cypress Creek
(C),
McCasland Creek
(D),
Dixie Creek
(E),
Doe Branch
(F),
Steep Creek
(G),
Cox Creek
(H),
Dowdy Branch
(I)
Park in Claiborne Parish: Lake
Claiborne State Park
(1).
Post office: Summerfield
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.1% | | Louisiana: |
4.4% |
Current college students: 455
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 65.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 60 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Claiborne
Parish: |
0.4% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 0
- 1990
to 1994: 9
- 1985
to 1989: 14
- 1980
to 1984: 3
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 30
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Mean travel time to work: 25.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,433
- One,
attached: 140
- Two:
182
- 3
or 4: 113
- 5
to 9: 37
- 20
or more: 27
- Mobile
homes: 1,868
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Housing units in Claiborne Parish with a mortgage: 1,182 (110 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,759 Agriculture
in Claiborne Parish
Average size of farms: 202 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $189051
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $113.06
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 98.46%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $130307
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 12.73%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $48265
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.18%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 17.48
Corn for grain: 14 harvested acres
Vegetables: 42 harvested acresClaiborne
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Louisiana state average. It is 3.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 fatalities and 11 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/12/1950, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed 5 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(14%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Mining
(9%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Paper
(5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (23%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(40%)
- Japan
(17%)
- Trinidad
and Tobago (15%)
- Cuba
(13%)
- Haiti
(8%)
- Taiwan
(7%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Claiborne Parish:
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- United
States or American (13%)
- English
(8%)
- Irish
(5%)
- German
(4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,344 (78%)
- Carpooled:
865 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 40 (1%)
- Walked:
152 (3%)
- Other
means: 75 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 110 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- 864
people in state prisons
- 227
people in nursing homes
- 60
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $40,789.
6.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,894 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.51% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.00% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($20,916 average AGI)
2.51% relocated from other states ($10,978 average AGI)
| Claiborne
Parish: |
2.51% | | Louisiana
average: |
2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Webster Parish, LA
|
1.21% ($27,383 average AGI) |
| from
Lincoln Parish, LA
|
0.53% ($38,192) |
| from
Bossier Parish, LA
|
0.30% ($35,000) |
| from
Bienville Parish, LA
|
0.28% ($38,786) |
| from
Caddo Parish, LA
|
0.26% ($26,538) |
| from
Union Parish, LA
|
0.26% ($40,154) |
| from
Columbia County, AR
|
0.24% ($25,833) |
5.81% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,811 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.81% | | Louisiana
average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.95% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($19,200 average AGI)
1.85% relocated to other states ($12,607 average AGI)
| Claiborne
Parish: |
1.85% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Webster Parish, LA
|
1.14% ($31,821 average AGI) |
| to
Caddo Parish, LA
|
0.59% ($24,138) |
| to
Lincoln Parish, LA
|
0.53% ($29,692) |
| to
Bossier Parish, LA
|
0.43% ($28,619) |
| to
Bienville Parish, LA
|
0.24% ($33,750) |
| to
Union County, AR
|
0.20% ($23,400) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1
Births
per 1000 population in Claiborne Parish
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Claiborne Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 16.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Claiborne Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,817 (2,437 aged, 380 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 15,682
- In
family households: 13,639 (3,000 male householders, 1,388 female householders)
2,929
spouses, 4,932 children (4,497 natural, 143 adopted, 292 stepchildren), 591 grandchildren, 116 brothers or sisters, 111 parents, 245 other relatives, 327 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,043 (777 male householders (708 living alone)), 1,123 female householders (1,068 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,169 (1,163 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,910 2-persons, 1,044 3-persons, 805 4-persons, 374 5-persons, 163 6-persons, 92 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,776 1-person, 113 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons.
2,096 married couples with children.
1,502 single-parent households (236 men, 1,266 women).
98.2% of residents of Claiborne Parish speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $105,309,000 ($6394 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,774,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $38,628,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $28,078,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $513,000
Federal grants: $34,726,000
Federal procurement contracts: $856,000 ($8,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,508,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $133,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,584,000
Federal Government insurance: $8,723,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 909
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,072
| Here: |
66 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: -351
| Here: |
-22 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Claiborne Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.40 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: 215
- 1995
to 1998: 485
- 1990
to 1994: 432
- 1980
to 1989: 1,431
- 1970
to 1979: 1,508
- 1960
to 1969: 1,239
- 1950
to 1959: 1,113
- 1940
to 1949: 641
- 1939
or earlier: 751
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana:
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- 1
room: 5
- 2
rooms: 25
- 3
rooms: 181
- 4
rooms: 521
- 5
rooms: 1,444
- 6
rooms: 1,229
- 7
rooms: 657
- 8
rooms: 385
- 9
or more rooms: 304
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 24
- 2
rooms: 41
- 3
rooms: 198
- 4
rooms: 368
- 5
rooms: 452
- 6
rooms: 263
- 7
rooms: 126
- 8
rooms: 25
- 9
or more rooms: 22
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Claiborne Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 9
- 1
bedroom: 158
- 2
bedrooms: 1,061
- 3
bedrooms: 2,833
- 4
bedrooms: 592
- 5
or more bedrooms: 98
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Claiborne Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 27
- 1
bedroom: 241
- 2
bedrooms: 593
- 3
bedrooms: 583
- 4
bedrooms: 75
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Claiborne Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 430
- 1
vehicle: 1,501
- 2
vehicles: 1,906
- 3
vehicles: 740
- 4
vehicles: 122
- 5
or more vehicles: 52
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Claiborne Parish in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 433
- 1
vehicle: 729
- 2
vehicles: 294
- 3
vehicles: 52
- 4
vehicles: 6
- 5
or more vehicles: 5
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60% of Claiborne Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Louisiana.
| Claiborne
Parish: |
60.0% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 13798
- Northeast:
93
- Midwest:
410
- South:
2269
- West:
181
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (43%)
- Electricity
(28%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood
(5%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (53%)
- Electricity
(26%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood
(4%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 321
| Here: |
14.8% | | Louisiana: | 17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 143
| Here: |
14.2% | | Louisiana: | 15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 25
| Here: |
6.8% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
Claiborne
Parish government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $619,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $543,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $1,986,000
Corrections - Other: $1,080,000
Regular Highways: $1,070,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $977,000
Solid Waste Management: $787,000
Financial Administration: $779,000
Central Staff Services: $531,000
Libraries: $426,000
Welfare - Other: $336,000
General - Other: $250,000
Housing & Community Development: $204,000
Fire Protection: $187,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $180,000
General Public Buildings: $178,000
Transit Utilities: $114,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $200,000
All Other: $70,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $485,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $3,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $359,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $7,784,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $215,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $7,500,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $69,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $536,000
Interest Earnings: $251,000
Property Sale Other: $9,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $392,000
Regular Highways: $221,000
Police Protection: $119,000
Corrections - Other: $71,000
Financial Administration: $24,000
Judicial: $12,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $12,000
Libraries: $7,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,255,000
- Revenue
- Transit Utilities: $14,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,591,000
General Support: $1,526,000
Public Welfare: $297,000
Highways: $172,000
Transit Utilities: $107,000
Housing & Community Development: $22,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,928,000
Total General Sales: $607,000
Public Utilities: $115,000
NEC: $40,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,322,000
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