Madison Parish, Louisiana

Madison Parish is a located in the  of. Its is. In, its population was 13,728. The parish is named for former.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 1,685 (651 ). 1,616 km² (624 sq mi) of it is land and 69 km² (26 sq mi) of it (4.07%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent parishes

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,728 people, 4,469 households, and 3,141 families residing in the parish. The was 8/km² (22/sq mi). There were 4,979 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 37.86%, 60.34% or , 0.15% , 0.16% , 0.01% , 0.35% from , and 1.13% from two or more races. 2.10% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,469 households out of which 35.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.20% were living together, 24.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the parish the population was spread out with 32.60% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 19.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 103.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $20,509, and the median income for a family was $23,589. Males had a median income of $26,394 versus $16,141 for females. The for the parish was $10,114. About 29.70% of families and 36.70% of the population were below the, including 51.60% of those under age 18 and 22.00% of those age 65 or over. The county's makes it one of the.

Politics
Madison Parish is a stronghold of the. However, prior to the  of, which enfranchised many  voters, Madison Parish voted for  senatorial nominee  in , who lost to incumbent , and Republican presidential nominee  in.

In the presidential race, Madison Parish gave the  -  electors 2,291 votes (49 percent) to 2,334 ballots (50 percent) for the   -  slate. Kerry was hence a weaker nominee in Madison Parish than most other prior Democratic candidates.

The from Madison Parish,, is the Democratic candidate for Louisiana  in the , ,.