Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Claiborne Parish (: Paroisse de Claiborne) is a located in the  of. The is  and as of, the population is 16,851. The parish is named for the first,.

Two Louisiana Commissioners of and  have roots in Claiborne Parish:, who served from - and again from -, and , in office from -.

Geography
The parish has a total area of 1,988 (768 ). 1,955 km² (755 sq mi) of it is land and 33 km² (13 sq mi) of it (1.68%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 79.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:LA 2.PNG|20px]]
 * [[Image:LA 9.PNG|20px]]

Adjacent parishes

 * (northwest)
 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,851 people, 6,270 households, and 4,338 families residing in the parish. The was 9/km² (22/sq mi). There were 7,815 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/sq mi). The racial makeup of the parish was 51.80%, 47.37% or , 0.14% , 0.10% , 0.03% , 0.08% from , and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,270 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.10% were living together, 17.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the parish the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.40 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $25,344, and the median income for a family was $32,225. Males had a median income of $29,161 versus $20,102 for females. The for the parish was $13,825. About 21.40% of families and 26.50% of the population were below the, including 36.30% of those under age 18 and 23.20% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia
Haynesville and Homer high schools have the oldest football rivalry in the state. The teams first played in, and they have met twice in one year for the playoffs. The Haynesville Tornado has prevailed over the Homer Pelicans in the win-column.