- State:LouisianaCounty:Concordia ParishZips:71377,71326,71354,71334,71373Coordinates:31.44585896397533, -91.64004292034066Area total:747.30 sq. mi., 1935.50 sq. km, 478273.28 acresArea land:696.98 sq. mi., 1805.17 sq. km, 446067.84 acresArea water:50.32 sq. mi., 130.33 sq. km, 32205.44 acresEstablished:1807Capital seat:
Vidalia
Address: 4001 Carter St Rm 1
Parish Courthouse
Vidalia, LA 71373-3021
Governing Body: Police Jury with 10 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States
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- Population:18,687; Population change: -10.25% (2010 - 2020)Population density:27 persons per square mileHousehold income:$30,337Unemployment rate:8.10% per 6,949 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.75%Income taxes:6.00%GDP:$580.23 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Concordia Parish's population of Louisiana of 12,778 residents in 1930 has increased 1,46-fold to 18,687 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
- Housing units:8,964 residential units of which 80.60% share occupied residential units.
24.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Concordia Parish require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.57% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 14.03% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.06% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.34% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana 59.98% are owner-occupied homes, another 18.67% are rented apartments, and the remaining 21.35% are vacant.
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The 48.20% of the population in Concordia Parish, Louisiana who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 59.490%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 39.530%) of those eligible to vote in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
