La Salle Parish, Louisiana

La Salle Parish is a located in the  of. The is  and as of, the population is 14,282. It is named for.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 1,716 (662 ). 1,616 km² (624 sq mi) of it is land and 100 km² (39 sq mi) of it (5.82%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent parishes

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,282 people, 5,291 households, and 3,798 families residing in the parish. The was 9/km² (23/sq mi). There were 6,273 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 86.13%, 12.20% or , 0.64% , 0.18% , 0.01% , 0.20% from , and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,291 households out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the parish the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $28,189, and the median income for a family was $36,197. Males had a median income of $27,431 versus $19,697 for females. The for the parish was $14,033. About 14.90% of families and 18.70% of the population were below the, including 23.70% of those under age 18 and 18.90% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
The parish tends to vote in competitive elections.

In the presidential race, La Salle Parish gave the  -  electors 5,015 votes (80 percent) to 1,155 ballots (19 percent) for the   -  slate.

La Salle Parish was the home of former Democratic state senator, congressman, and district attorney  (-), a member of the popular Long political dynasty.

Public schools
The consists of nine schools with a total of over 2,300 students. Temple Christian Academy, which is a private school, has a total of 102 students.

Colleges and universities
Louisiana Technical College/Rod Brady Extension is located in Jena.

The nearest four year university to LaSalle Parish is LC (Louisiana College)in Pineville, Louisiana and in. Other nearby universities include in,  in , and  in.