Assumption Parish, Louisiana

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Assumption Parish (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,039.[1] Its parish seat is Napoleonville.[2] Assumption Parish was established in 1807, as one of the original parishes of the Territory of Orleans.[3]

Assumption Parish is one of the twenty-two Acadiana parishes. Its major product is sugar cane. In proportion to its area, Assumption Parish produces the most sugar of any parish of Louisiana.

History

In 1807, Assumption became the eighth parish of the Orleans Territory. Its history is rooted in its waterways and its large expanse of fertile soils ideal for farming. Settled in the middle 18th century by French and Spanish settlers, the area retains strong cultural ties to its past with conversational French still common among residents. Assumption was also a final destination for many of the French Acadians exiled from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1764.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert". (7.1%) is water.[4]

Major highways

Adjacent parishes

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Communities

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Map of Assumption Parish, with municipal labels

Village

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated communities

Demographics

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Historical population
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Assumption Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[10] Pop 1990[11] Pop 2000[12] Pop 2010[13] Pop 2020[14] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 14,576 15,033 15,565 15,442 13,580 66.00% 66.07% 66.55% 65.93% 64.55%
Black or African American alone (NH) 6,941 7,308 7,303 7,111 5,973 31.43% 32.12% 31.23% 30.36% 28.39%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 21 44 67 132 83 0.10% 0.19% 0.29% 0.56% 0.39%
Asian alone (NH) 24 72 53 56 56 0.11% 0.32% 0.23% 0.24% 0.27%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [15] x [16] 0 11 0 x x 0.00% 0.05% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 5 4 2 4 17 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.08%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [17] x [18] 114 167 416 x x 0.49% 0.71% 1.98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 517 292 284 498 914 2.34% 1.28% 1.21% 2.13% 4.34%
Total 22,084 22,753 23,388 23,421 21,039 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 21,039 people, 8,552 households, and 5,484 families residing in the parish. During the 2010 United States census, there were 23,421 people living in the parish. Among its 2010 population, 66.8% were White, 30.5% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.0% of some other race and 0.9% of two or more races. 2.1% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). 38.2% were of French, French Canadian or Cajun and 9.4% American ancestry.[19]

Education

The Assumption Parish School Board operates local public schools. Assumption High School serves the whole parish. There is one private school in the parish, Saint Elizabeth School, which was founded in 1834.

  • Assumption High School
  • Bayou L'Ourse Primary School
  • Belle Rose Middle School
  • Belle Rose Primary School
  • Labadieville Middle School
  • Labadieville Primary School
  • Napoleonville Middle School
  • Napoleonville Primary School
  • Pierre Part Elementary School
  • Saint Elizabeth School

National Guard

The 928th Sapper Company, a unit of the 769th Engineer Battalion and the 225th Engineer Brigade.

Politics

Assumption Parish is represented in the Louisiana House of Representatives by Beryl Amedee, a Republican, and Chad Brown, a Democrat. During the "Solid South" era, conflicts over trade policy often caused Assumption Parish to deviate somewhat from overwhelming Democratic support, as did rebellion in the Acadiana region against Woodrow Wilson's perceived hostility towards France.[20]

Since the Dixiecrat revolt, by contrast, Assumption has been a typical rural South Louisiana parish in its political behaviour. It backed Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond in 1948 and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 before showing powerful pro-Catholic behaviour in 1960[21] and then turning powerfully against liberal Midwestern Democrats in 1968 and 1972. With the nomination of the more centrist Southerner Jimmy Carter in 1976, Assumption became again Democratic leaning until the 2000s, when, like all of the rural white South, it has turned powerfully Republican.[22]

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Notable people

See also

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References

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  19. ↑ "American FactFinder"
  20. ↑ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, page 211 Template:ISBN
  21. ↑ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 222
  22. ↑ Cohn, Nate; ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’, The New York Times, April 24, 2014

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