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East Feliciana Parish
	East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
	; Location in the state of Louisiana
	; Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Seat	Clinton
Largest city	Jackson
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 456 sq mi (1,180 km²); 453 sq mi (1,174 km²); 2 sq mi (6 km²), 0.50%
Population; - (2000); - Density	; 21,360; 47/sq mi (18/km²)
Founded	1824
Named for	Felicite de Gálvez
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5

East Feliciana Parish (French: Paroisse de Feliciana Est) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Clinton. In 2000, the population was 21,360.

East Feliciana Parish is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Baton Rouge–Pierre Part Combined Statistical Area.

[edit] History

The parish was part of Feliciana Parish which was founded in 1810 and was divided in 1824 into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.

The Margaret Dixon Correctional Institute is located in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish. It opened in 1976 and is named for the crusading managing editor of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, who argued for the decentralization of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in neighboring West Feliciana Parish.

[edit] Geography

The parish has a total area of 456 square miles (1,180 km²), of which, 453 square miles (1,174 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (6 km²) of it (0.50%) is water.

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[edit] Adjacent parishes

Wilkinson County, Mississippi (northwest)
Amite County, Mississippi (northeast)
St. Helena Parish (east)
East Baton Rouge Parish (south)
West Feliciana Parish (west)

[edit] Demographics


Census	Pop.		%±
1830	8,247		—
1840	11,893		44.2%
1850	13,598		14.3%
1860	14,697		8.1%
1870	13,499		−8.2%
1880	15,132		12.1%
1890	17,903		18.3%
1900	20,443		14.2%
1910	20,055		−1.9%
1920	17,487		−12.8%
1930	17,449		−0.2%
1940	18,039		3.4%
1950	19,133		6.1%
1960	20,198		5.6%
1970	17,657		−12.6%
1980	19,015		7.7%
1990	19,211		1.0%
2000	21,360		11.2%
Est. 2006	20,922	^[1]	−2.1%
East Feliciana Parish Census Data^[2]

At the 2000 census^[3], there were 21,360 people, 6,699 households, and 5,030 families residing in the parish. The population density was 47 per square mile (18/km²). There were 7,915 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (7/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 51.79% White, 47.08% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. 0.74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,699 households of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were married couples living together, 18.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.90% were non-families. 22.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.26.

25.70% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 116.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.40 males.

The median household income was $31,631, and the median family income was $37,278. Males had a median income of $31,804 versus $20,243 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $15,428. About 18.30% of families and 23.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.70% of those under age 18 and 21.20% of those age 65 or over.