Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Catahoula Parish (: Paroisse de Catahoula) is a located in the  of. Its is. In, the population of the parish was 10,920.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 1,915 (739 ). 1,822 km² (704 sq mi) of it is land and 93 km² (36 sq mi) of it (4.84%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent parishes

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,920 people, 4,082 households, and 2,992 families residing in the parish. The was 6/km² (16/sq mi). There were 5,351 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 71.78%, 27.12% or , 0.19% , 0.13% , 0.19% from , and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.92% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,082 households out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.70% were living together, 14.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the parish the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.00 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $22,528, and the median income for a family was $27,206. Males had a median income of $26,181 versus $18,427 for females. The for the parish was $12,608. About 22.60% of families and 28.10% of the population were below the, including 41.80% of those under age 18 and 20.10% of those age 65 or over.