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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 Concordia 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 $546 a month.
Cities in this county include: Vidalia
, Ferriday
, West Ferriday
, Clayton
, Ridgecrest
.
Neighboring
counties: Adams County, Mississippi
, Avoyelles Parish
, Catahoula Parish
, Pointe Coupee Parish
, Tensas Parish
, West Feliciana Parish
, West Feliciana Parish
, Wilkinson County, Mississippi
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Concordia Parish: Lum
Point Plantation
(A),
Moro Landing
(B),
Canebrake Plantation
(C),
Moro Plantation
(D),
Glendale Plantation
(E),
Lum Landing
(F),
Morville Landing
(G),
Morville Plantation
(H),
Haphazard Plantation
(I),
Shaw Plantation
(J),
Alabama Plantation
(K),
Clayton Junction
(L),
Shamrock Plantation
(M),
Sycamore Landing
(N),
Warnicott Landing
(O),
Rifle Point Plantation
(P),
Ashley Landing
(Q),
Ashley Plantation
(R),
Waverly Place Landing
(S),
Delhi Plantation
(T)
Churches in Concordia Parish include: Stonefield
Church
(A),
House of Prayer Church
(B),
Hill Memorial Church
(C),
Monterey Church
(D),
Morning Star Church
(E),
Bethel Church
(F),
Hall Grove Church
(G),
Mount Bula Church
(H),
Second Baptist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Calhoun
Cemetery
(1),
Saint James Cemetery
(2),
Alton Cemetery
(3),
Matthew Cemetery
(4),
Steele Cemetery
(5),
Rogers Cemetery
(6),
Ashland Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and swamps: Wallace
Lake
(A),
Carr Lake
(B),
Flat Lake
(C),
Coon Lake
(D),
Fletchers Lake
(E),
Concordia, Lake
(F),
Gin Lake
(G),
Myers Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cynthia
Bayou
(A),
Pincushion Bayou
(B),
Deep Bayou
(C),
Dobbs Bay
(D),
Patton Lake Drain
(E),
Pat Lake Bayou
(F),
Catfish Bayou
(G),
Alligator Bayou
(H),
Workinger Bayou
(I)
Parks in Concordia Parish include: Red
River State Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Concordia State Wildlife Management Area
(2),
Three Rivers State Wildlife Management Area
(3),
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area
(4)
Post offices: Monterey
Post Office
(A),
Frogmore Post Office
(B),
Wildsville Post Office
(C)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
6.8% | | Louisiana: |
4.4% |
Current college students: 406
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 259 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Concordia
Parish: |
1.3% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 20
- 1990
to 1994: 34
- 1985
to 1989: 13
- 1980
to 1984: 104
- 1975
to 1979: 25
- 1970
to 1974: 13
- 1970
to 1974: 9
- 1965
to 1969: 41
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Mean travel time to work: 26.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 57.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 6,359
- One,
attached: 92
- Two:
113
- 3
or 4: 128
- 5
to 9: 83
- 10
to 19: 23
- 20
or more: 65
- Mobile
homes: 2,182
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 103
Housing units in Concordia Parish with a mortgage: 1,793 (177 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,258 Agriculture
in Concordia Parish
Average size of farms: 630 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $87143
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $188.22
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 10.20%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $103400
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 66.00%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $100943
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 85.71%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.32
Corn for grain: 38407 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 5347 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 23494 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 51337 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 73 acresConcordia
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Louisiana state average. It is 2.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 29 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/28/1974, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 16 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
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- Construction
(15%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Mining
(8%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Paper
(4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Repair
and maintenance (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (17%)
- Educational
services (16%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Cuba
(52%)
- Canada
(10%)
- Other
Caribbean (8%)
- Vietnam
(6%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
- Other
South Central Asia (5%)
- Japan
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Concordia Parish:
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- United
States or American (23%)
- Irish
(7%)
- English
(5%)
- French
(except Basque) (4%)
- German
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- Italian
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,373 (80%)
- Carpooled:
940 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle:
6 (0%)
- Walked:
94 (1%)
- Other
means: 146 (2%)
- Worked
at home: 161 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
- 457
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 155
people in nursing homes
- 43
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 34
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,834.
7.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,186 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.03% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.60% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($11,763 average AGI)
3.43% relocated from other states ($13,423 average AGI)
| Concordia
Parish: |
3.43% | | Louisiana
average: |
2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Adams County, MS
|
1.42% ($33,000 average AGI) |
| from
Orleans Parish, LA
|
1.10% ($16,779) |
| from
Catahoula Parish, LA
|
0.34% ($29,333) |
| from
Jefferson Parish, LA
|
0.29% ($15,000) |
| from
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
|
0.24% ($34,400) |
| from
Ouachita Parish, LA
|
0.23% ($20,214) |
| from
St. Bernard Parish, LA
|
0.18% ($25,273) |
6.50% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,173 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.50% | | Louisiana
average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.10% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($12,710 average AGI)
3.40% relocated to other states ($14,463 average AGI)
| Concordia
Parish: |
3.40% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Adams County, MS
|
1.15% ($30,845 average AGI) |
| to
Catahoula Parish, LA
|
0.68% ($24,952) |
| to
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
|
0.37% ($21,174) |
| to
Ouachita Parish, LA
|
0.37% ($26,043) |
| to
Tensas Parish, LA
|
0.24% ($20,533) |
| to
Rapides Parish, LA
|
0.21% ($45,231) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.4
Births
per 1000 population in Concordia Parish
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.5
Deaths
per 1000 population in Concordia Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Concordia Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,534 (2,893 aged, 641 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 19,550
- In
family households: 17,281 (3,734 male householders, 1,733 female householders)
3,679
spouses, 6,276 children (5,792 natural, 142 adopted, 342 stepchildren), 941 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 148 parents, 352 other relatives, 291 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,269 (906 male householders (838 living alone)), 1,165 female householders (1,070 living alone)), 198 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 697 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 2,252 2-persons, 1,267 3-persons, 1,118 4-persons, 526 5-persons, 187 6-persons, 117 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,908 1-person, 147 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.
2,816 married couples with children.
1,808 single-parent households (275 men, 1,533 women).
96.8% of residents of Concordia Parish speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $152,276,000 ($7720 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,688,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $50,829,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $33,433,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,925,000
Federal grants: $45,585,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,049,000 ($1,357,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,456,000 ($1,757,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,882,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,084,000
Federal Government insurance: $77,084,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,276
| Here: |
66 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,042
| Here: |
54 per 1000 residents | | State: |
49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +15
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,182
| Here: |
-61 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Concordia Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.57 millions of gallons per day (58% from ground, 42% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 187
- 1995
to 1998: 478
- 1990
to 1994: 372
- 1980
to 1989: 1,460
- 1970
to 1979: 2,149
- 1960
to 1969: 1,934
- 1950
to 1959: 1,468
- 1940
to 1949: 597
- 1939
or earlier: 503
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Concordia Parish, Louisiana:
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- 1
room: 12
- 2
rooms: 34
- 3
rooms: 303
- 4
rooms: 771
- 5
rooms: 1,817
- 6
rooms: 1,523
- 7
rooms: 666
- 8
rooms: 302
- 9
or more rooms: 295
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Concordia Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 30
- 2
rooms: 150
- 3
rooms: 217
- 4
rooms: 458
- 5
rooms: 526
- 6
rooms: 243
- 7
rooms: 138
- 8
rooms: 11
- 9
or more rooms: 25
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Concordia Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 35
- 1
bedroom: 155
- 2
bedrooms: 1,278
- 3
bedrooms: 3,489
- 4
bedrooms: 647
- 5
or more bedrooms: 119
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Concordia Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 36
- 1
bedroom: 359
- 2
bedrooms: 646
- 3
bedrooms: 640
- 4
bedrooms: 105
- 5
or more bedrooms: 12
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Concordia Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 482
- 1
vehicle: 2,144
- 2
vehicles: 2,136
- 3
vehicles: 720
- 4
vehicles: 195
- 5
or more vehicles: 46
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Concordia Parish in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 526
- 1
vehicle: 812
- 2
vehicles: 378
- 3
vehicles: 80
- 4
vehicles: 2
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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66% of Concordia Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Louisiana.
| Concordia
Parish: |
65.5% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 11640
- Northeast:
88
- Midwest:
404
- South:
7634
- West:
183
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (50%)
- Electricity
(27%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (57%)
- Electricity
(30%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood
(1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 189
| Here: |
7.2% | | Louisiana: | 17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 129
| Here: |
9.8% | | Louisiana: | 15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 37
| Here: |
11.7% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
Concordia
Parish government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $4,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $8,636,000
All Other: $1,161,000
Sewerage: $114,000
Parks & Recreation: $10,000
- Construction
- Sewerage: $3,258,000
Air Transportation: $540,000
Regular Highways: $405,000
Libraries: $278,000
General: $202,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $11,827,000
Corrections - Other: $6,327,000
Police Protection: $2,685,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,010,000
Financial Administration: $872,000
Water Utilities: $706,000
Natural Resources - Other: $703,000
General - Other: $541,000
Solid Waste Management: $531,000
Central Staff Services: $451,000
Libraries: $391,000
Regular Highways: $351,000
Welfare - Other: $333,000
Parks & Recreation: $269,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $252,000
Fire Protection: $205,000
Housing & Community Development: $153,000
Sewerage: $101,000
Health Services - Other: $68,000
Air Transportation: $20,000
General Public Buildings: $3,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,910,000
Housing & Community Development: $160,000
General Support: $18,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $85,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $890,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,067,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,096,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,391,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $2,998,000
Other, NEC: $81,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $625,000
Water Utilities: $69,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $305,000
Interest Earnings: $279,000
Property Sale Other: $6,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Own Hospitals: $466,000
Corrections - Other: $255,000
Police Protection: $162,000
Fire Protection: $150,000
Libraries: $132,000
General - Other: $122,000
Parks & Recreation: $114,000
Financial Administration: $34,000
Judicial: $25,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $16,000
Central Staff: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $13,139,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $1,012,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $724,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,828,000
Public Welfare: $2,409,000
Highways: $605,000
General Support: $548,000
Water Utilities: $135,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,979,000
Total General Sales: $1,079,000
NEC: $152,000
Public Utilities: $147,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $13,968,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $151,000
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