Bossier Parish, Louisiana

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1 Geography
- 1.1 Major Highways
- 1.2 Adjacent parishes
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

Bossier Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Benton. As of 2000, the population was 98,310. The principal city is Bossier City, which is located east of the Red River from Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish.

Bossier is one of the more Republican parishes in the state. When Democrats win in Bossier Parish, they tend to win nearly everywhere else in the state as well.

Bossier Parish is named for Pierre Bossier, a 19th Century state senator and U.S. representative from Natchitoches Parish.

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The parish has a total area of 2,245 km² (867 mi²). 2,174 km² (839 mi²) of it is land and 72 km² (28 mi²) of it (3.19%) is water.

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As of the census ² of 2000, there were 98,310 people, 36,628 households, and 26,628 families residing in the parish. The population density was 45/km² (117/mi²). There were 40,286 housing units at an average density of 19/km² (48/mi²). The racial makeup of the parish was 74.66% White, 20.82% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.00% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. 3.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 36,628 households out of which 36.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were married couples living together, 14.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the parish the population was spread out with 28.00% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 30.50% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $39,203, and the median income for a family was $45,542. Males had a median income of $32,305 versus $23,287 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $18,119. About 10.60% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.00% of those under age 18 and 12.50% of those age 65 or over.

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