Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
PO Box 1543
Bastrop, LA 71221
Phone: (318) 281-3343
Fax: (318) 281-3775
On the northern border of the LA panhandle, northeast of Monroe; organized Mar 25, 1844 from Ouachita Territory. Name Origin: For Abraham Morehouse (?-1813), colonizer and representative to the legislature of the Territory of Orleans.
Area (sq mi): 805.20 (land 794.25; water 10.95). Pop per sq mi: 37.80.
Pop 2005: 29,989. State rank: 35. Pop change: 2000-20005 -3.30%; 1990-2000 -2.90%. Pop 2000: 31,021 (White 55.50%; Black or African American 43.40%; Hispanic or Latino 0.70%; Asian 0.20%; Other 0.60%). Foreign born: 0.40%. Median age: 35.60.
Income 2000: per capita $13,197; median household $25,124; Pop below poverty level: 26.80%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $18,214-$21,001.
Unemployment 2004: 9.90%. Change from 2000: -2.30%. Median travel time to work: 24.90 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 33.10%.
Bastrop, LA 71221
Phone: (318) 281-3343
Fax: (318) 281-3775
On the northern border of the LA panhandle, northeast of Monroe; organized Mar 25, 1844 from Ouachita Territory. Name Origin: For Abraham Morehouse (?-1813), colonizer and representative to the legislature of the Territory of Orleans.
Area (sq mi): 805.20 (land 794.25; water 10.95). Pop per sq mi: 37.80.
Pop 2005: 29,989. State rank: 35. Pop change: 2000-20005 -3.30%; 1990-2000 -2.90%. Pop 2000: 31,021 (White 55.50%; Black or African American 43.40%; Hispanic or Latino 0.70%; Asian 0.20%; Other 0.60%). Foreign born: 0.40%. Median age: 35.60.
Income 2000: per capita $13,197; median household $25,124; Pop below poverty level: 26.80%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $18,214-$21,001.
Unemployment 2004: 9.90%. Change from 2000: -2.30%. Median travel time to work: 24.90 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 33.10%.
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