Adjacent Parishes

  1. • Claiborne Parish (North)

  2. • Lincoln Parish (Northeast)

  3. • Jackson Parish (East)

  4. • Winn Parish (Southeast)

  5. • Natchitoches Parish (South)

  6. • Red River Parish (Southwest)

  7. • Bossier Parish (West)

  8. • Webster Parish (Northwest)

Population

2004 Estimate: 15,668
2000 Census: 15,752
1990 Census: 16,201

Climate
Average Temperature

January: 54º
July: 92º
Annually: 64º
Average Annual Rainfall 50.7”

Age

0-17: 27.3%
18-24: 8.0%
25-44: 24.6%
45-64: 22.5%
65+: 17.6%

Market Access

Highways:

Interstate 20
US Highway 80
LA Highway 4, 7, 9, 150, 154, 501, 747, 754, 792


Freight Rail:

Kansas City Southern


Navigable Waterways/Ports:

Caddo-Bossier Port (shallow)
Channel Depth 9’  55 miles


Port of Lake Charles
Channel Depth 40’  200 miles


Airports:

Monroe Regional (Commercial)
Runway Length 8,351’  50 miles


Shreveport Regional (Commercial)
Runway Length 7,500’ 55 miles


Arcadia Bienville (General)
Runway Length 3,000’  Within Parish