Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Bienville Parish (: Paroisse de Bienville) is a located in the  of. The is  and as of, the population is 15,752.

Bienville Parish is a stronghold. It was one of three parishes -- the others were neighboring and  near  -- to reject the successful  gubernatorial candidate,   in the, ,. However,  secured a close victory in the parish in. He polled 3,612 votes (50 percent) to 3,399 (47 percent) for Democrat.

The notorious bandits and  were killed when captured in Bienville Parish in. The Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in contains  about the capture.

The highest point in Louisiana,, 535 feet in elevation, is located in Bienville Parish.

Bienville Parish was represented in the from - by a fiery  and  Democratic gubernatorial candidate,  of neighboring.

The Louisiana and   (-) grew up in Bienville Parish.

, a of the, was a native and resident of Arcadia. Wimberly served in the House from - and again from -; he was Speaker from -1940, -, and briefly in 1956. His father, Joseph Rush Wimberly, I, served in the legislature from - and was thereafter a.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 2,128 (822 ). 2,100 km² (811 sq mi) of it is land and 29 km² (11 sq mi) of it (1.35%) is water. The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain (535 feet), is located in Bienville Parish. Driskill Mountain is 11 miles south of Arcadia at Latitude 32 degree, 25 minutes North; Longitude 92 degree 54 minutes West.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 15,752 people, 6,108 households, and 4,214 families residing in the parish. The was 8/km² (19/sq mi). There were 7,830 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 54.92%, 43.78% or , 0.27% , 0.15% , 0.32% from , and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,108 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.70% were living together, 17.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.10% 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 3.09.

In the parish the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.80 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $23,663, and the median income for a family was $30,241. Males had a median income of $28,022 versus $18,682 for females. The for the parish was $12,471. About 21.80% of families and 26.10% of the population were below the, including 34.00% of those under age 18 and 23.20% of those age 65 or over.