Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
The Beauregard Parish (French: Paroisse de Beauregard ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, the Parish had 11.9 inhabitants and a population density of 35 654 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( Parish Seat) is DeRidder, named after Ella De Ridder, a sister of the railroad magnate Jan De Goeijen.
Geography
The Parish is located in western Louisiana and is bounded to the west by the Sabine River, which forms the border with Texas. It has an area of 3020 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers of water area of Toledo Bend reservoirs. At the Beauregard Parish boundaries following Nachbarparishes and countys:
History
The Beauregard Parish was formed on June 12, 1912 from portions of Calcasieu Parish. It was named later by Pierre G. T. Beauregard, a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
The area of present-day Beauregard Parish was from 1806 to 1821 a part of the " Neutral Ground" between the U.S. and Spain. The border between the then Spanish Texas and the U.S. state of Louisiana has been finally determined by the 1821 rativizierten of the United States Adams - Onís Treaty.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Beauregard Parish 35 654 people in 12,853 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 12,853 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 82.2 percent white, 13.5 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Poynesiern as well as other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 45,113. The per capita income was $ 21,808. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Beauregard Parish
City
- DeRidder1
Town
- Merryville
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Longville
- Oretta
- Sugartown
- Singer
Other Unincorporated communities
- Bancroft
- Bivens
- Bon Ami
- Carson
- Dry Creek1
- Fields
- Fulton
- Gaytine
- Gordon
- Helmets
- Hite
- Ikes
- Juanita
- Junction
- Kernan
- Ludington
- Neale
- Ragley
- Seale
- Shear
- Tulla
- Turps
1 - partially in Vernon Parish
Structure
The Beauregard Parish is divided into ten districts: