Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

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Caldwell Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Columbia and as of 2000, the population is 10,560.

Caldwell Parish was the home of Governor John Julian McKeithen (1918-1999), a Democrat, and his Republican son, Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen (1946-2005). The parish has few black residents. It tends to vote Republican in competitive elections.

In the 2004 presidential race, Caldwell Parish gave the George W. Bush - Richard B. Cheney electors 3,308 votes (70 percent) to 1,384 ballots (29 percent) for the Democratic John Kerry - John Edwards slate.

Its Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia serves the whole parish. W. Fox McKeithen once taught school there, prior to launching his political career, which began with the Louisiana House of Representatives, when he was still a Democrat.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Adjacent parishes

2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

Geography

The parish has a total area of 1,400 km² (541 mi²). 1,371 km² (529 mi²) of it is land and 29 km² (11 mi²) of it (2.09%) is water.

Adjacent parishes

Ouachita Parish (north)
Richland Parish (northeast)
Franklin Parish (east)
Catahoula Parish (southeast)
La Salle Parish (south)
Winn Parish (southwest)
Jackson Parish (northwest)

Demographics

There were 3,941 households out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were married couples living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the parish the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 103.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.20 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $26,972, and the median income for a family was $33,653. Males had a median income of $29,677 versus $19,475 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $13,884. About 17.70% of families and 21.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.10% of those under age 18 and 19.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

	State of Louisiana
Regions:	Acadiana \| Central Louisiana \| Florida Parishes \| Greater New Orleans \| North Louisiana
Largest cities and CDPs:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge (Capital) \| Bossier City \| Houma \| Kenner \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Marrero \| Metairie \| Monroe \| New Iberia \| New Orleans \| Shreveport
Metropolitan Areas:	Alexandria \| Baton Rouge \| Houma-Bayou-Cane-Thibodaux \| Lafayette \| Lake Charles \| Monroe \| New Orleans \| Shreveport-Bossier City
Parishes:	Acadia \| Allen \| Ascension \| Assumption \| Avoyelles \| Beauregard \| Bienville \| Bossier \| Caddo \| Calcasieu \| Caldwell \| Cameron \| Catahoula \| Claiborne \| Concordia \| De Soto \| East Baton Rouge \| East Carroll \| East Feliciana \| Evangeline \| Franklin \| Grant \| Iberia \| Iberville \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Jefferson Davis \| La Salle \| Lafayette \| Lafourche \| Lincoln \| Livingston \| Madison \| Morehouse \| Natchitoches \| Orleans \| Ouachita \| Plaquemines \| Pointe Coupee \| Rapides \| Red River \| Richland \| Sabine \| St. Bernard \| St. Charles \| St. Helena \| St. James \| St. John the Baptist \| St. Landry \| St. Martin \| St. Mary \| St. Tammany \| Tangipahoa \| Tensas \| Terrebonne \| Union \| Vermilion \| Vernon \| Washington \| Webster \| West Baton Rouge \| West Carroll \| West Feliciana \| Winn

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