Parish Profile

Market Access:

• Highways:
• Interstate 20
• US Highway 80
• LA Highway 4, 7, 9, 150, 154, 501, 747, 754, 792
• Freight Rail:
• Kansas City Southern
• Navigable Waterways/Ports:
• Caddo-Bossier Port (shallow) - Channel Depth 9’  55 miles
• Port of Lake Charles - Channel Depth 40’  200 miles
• Airports:
• Monroe Regional (Commercial) - Runway Length 8,351’  50 miles
• Shreveport Regional (Commercial) - Runway Length 7,500’ 55 miles
• Arcadia Bienville (General) - Runway Length 3,000’  Within Parish

Population

• 2004 Estimate: 15,668
• 2000 Census: 15,752
• 1990 Census: 16,201

Climate (Average Temperature)

• January: 54º
• July: 92º
• Annually: 64º
• Average Annual Rainfall 50.7

Age

• 0-17: 27.3%
• 18-24: 8.0%
• 25-44: 24.6%
• 45-64: 22.5%
• 65+: 17.6%

Adjacent Parishes

• Claiborne Parish (North)
• Lincoln Parish (Northeast)
• Jackson Parish (East)
• Winn Parish (Southeast)
• Natchitoches Parish (South)
• Red River Parish (Southwest)
• Bossier Parish (West)
• Webster Parish (Northwest)