East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

East Carroll Parish (: Paroisse de Carroll Est) is a located in the  of. The seat is  and as of, the population is 9,421.

East Carroll Parish was the home of former U.S. Senator, a who served from -. Ransdell was born in but resided for many years in.

of, whose Sixth Judicial District includes East Carroll Parish]], is the Democratic choice for in the , ,.

Another East Carroll Parish political figure is Don Johnson, a farmer who has run unsuccessfully as a  for state agriculture commissioner in, , , , and 2007.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 1,146 (442 ). 1,092 km² (421 sq mi) of it is land and 54 km² (21 sq mi) of it (4.75%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent parishes

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,421 people, 2,969 households, and 2,140 families residing in the parish. The was 9/km² (22/sq mi). There were 3,303 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 31.60%, 67.29% or , 0.18% , 0.33% , 0.25% from , and 0.35% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,969 households out of which 36.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.00% were living together, 27.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.60% 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 2.82 and the average family size was 3.40.

In the parish the population was spread out with 30.30% under the age of 18, 11.50% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 18.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 104.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.90 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $20,723, and the median income for a family was $24,554. Males had a median income of $22,099 versus $18,672 for females. The for the parish was $9,629. About 32.60% of families and 40.50% of the population were below the, including 56.80% of those under age 18 and 32.70% of those age 65 or over. The county's makes it one of the.

Politics
In the presidential race, East Carroll gave the  -  electors 1,357 votes (40 percent) to 1,980 ballots (58 percent) for the - slate.