Union Parish, Louisiana

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Union Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Parish of Union
Template:Native name
Union Parish Courthouse in Farmerville
Union Parish Courthouse in Farmerville
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
CountryError creating thumbnail:  United States
StateTemplate:Country data Louisiana
RegionNorth Louisiana
FoundedMarch 13, 1839
Named forUnion of American states
Parish seat (and largest town)Farmerville
Area
 • TotalTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
 • LandTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
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Population
 (2020)
 • Total21,107
 • Estimate 
(2025)
20,561 Template:Loss
 • DensityTemplate:Infobox settlement/densdisp
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
Congressional district4th
File:Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville IMG 3865.JPG
Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville.
File:Union General Hospital in Farmerville IMG 3864.JPG
Union General Hospital in Farmerville.

Union Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Union) is a parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,107.[1] The parish seat is Farmerville.[2] The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then (in 1845, 1846, 1867, and 1873, respectively).[3]

Union Parish is part of the Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 905 square miles (2,340 km2), of which 877 square miles (2,270 km2) is land and 28 square miles (73 km2) (3.1%) is water.[4]

Geographically north central Louisiana, Union Parish more closely resembles Lincoln Parish, to which Union is deeply tied culturally, politically, and educationally.[citation needed] Union Parish, along with Lincoln Parish to the southwest and Union County, Arkansas to the north, form the eastern boundary of the Ark-La-Tex region.

Major highways

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Adjacent parishes and counties

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National protected areas

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Communities

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Towns

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Villages

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Unincorporated communities

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Demographics

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Racial and ethnic composition

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Union Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[6] Pop 1990[7] Pop 2000[8] Pop 2010[9] Pop 2020[10] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 14,854 14,775 15,772 15,398 14,289 70.18% 71.41% 69.17% 67.77% 67.70%
Black or African American alone (NH) 6,112 5,742 6,355 6,153 4,980 28.88% 27.75% 27.87% 27.08% 23.59%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 18 18 40 53 59 0.09% 0.09% 0.18% 0.23% 0.28%
Asian alone (NH) 14 22 58 31 38 0.07% 0.11% 0.25% 0.14% 0.18%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [11] x [12] 11 16 6 x x 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
Other race alone (NH) 5 0 8 2 30 0.02% 0.00% 0.04% 0.01% 0.14%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [13] x [14] 98 125 570 x x 0.43% 0.55% 2.70%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 164 133 461 943 1,135 0.77% 0.64% 2.02% 4.15% 5.38%
Total 21,167 20,690 22,803 22,721 21,107 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2020 census

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As of the 2020 census, Union Parish had a population of 21,107 and 4,899 families, and the median age was 44.9 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.9 males age 18 and over.[15]

There were 8,759 households in the parish, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.8% were married-couple households, 20.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[15]

The racial makeup of the parish was 68.5% White, 23.7% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% from some other race, and 3.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 5.4% of the population.[16]

<0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[17]

There were 10,334 housing units, of which 15.2% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 78.7% were owner-occupied and 21.3% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.8%.[15]

Politics

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Located in far northern Louisiana next to the Arkansas state line, Union Parish is heavily Republican in most competitive elections, particularly at the presidential level, last voting for a Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 when Adlai Stevenson received 52% of the vote. In the most recent election in 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump received 8,407 votes (75.1 percent) of the parish total to 2,654 (23.7 percent) for former Vice President Joe Biden.[18]

United States presidential election results for Union Parish, Louisiana[19]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
1912 11 1.39% 696 87.66% 87 10.96%
1916 22 1.95% 1,106 97.96% 1 0.09%
1920 98 7.43% 1,221 92.57% 0 0.00%
1924 7 0.79% 875 99.09% 1 0.11%
1928 422 27.97% 1,085 71.90% 2 0.13%
1932 58 2.48% 2,285 97.52% 0 0.00%
1936 272 13.27% 1,778 86.73% 0 0.00%
1940 371 11.55% 2,842 88.45% 0 0.00%
1944 803 31.27% 1,765 68.73% 0 0.00%
"text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Dixiecrat |1948 259 9.07% 724 25.35% 1,873 65.58%
1952 1,894 47.96% 2,055 52.04% 0 0.00%
1956 1,384 40.49% 878 25.69% 1,156 33.82%
1960 2,017 49.64% 1,034 25.45% 1,012 24.91%
1964 4,534 79.70% 1,155 20.30% 0 0.00%
"text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/American Independent |1968 1,113 16.50% 1,336 19.80% 4,297 63.70%
1972 4,322 70.20% 1,465 23.79% 370 6.01%
1976 4,139 52.36% 3,600 45.54% 166 2.10%
1980 5,130 55.77% 3,841 41.76% 227 2.47%
1984 6,585 67.73% 2,916 29.99% 222 2.28%
1988 5,900 62.97% 3,210 34.26% 259 2.76%
1992 4,434 44.04% 4,005 39.78% 1,630 16.19%
1996 4,418 46.30% 4,260 44.64% 865 9.06%
2000 5,772 61.78% 3,205 34.30% 366 3.92%
2004 7,457 69.57% 3,089 28.82% 172 1.60%
2008 7,619 70.10% 3,103 28.55% 146 1.34%
2012 7,561 70.23% 3,075 28.56% 130 1.21%
2016 7,972 73.18% 2,691 24.70% 231 2.12%
2020 8,407 75.06% 2,654 23.69% 140 1.25%
2024 8,176 78.05% 2,206 21.06% 93 0.89%
2016 1 33.33% 1 33.33% 1 33.33%


School

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Residents are assigned to Union Parish Public Schools.

Law enforcement

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The Union Parish Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency of Union Parish, Louisiana. It is headquartered in Farmerville. The currentTemplate:As of? Sheriff of Union Parish is Dusty Gates, who was first sworn as the sheriff following long time Sheriff Bob Buckley's death in September 2013.[20]

Border monument

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In 1931, a monument was erected at the Union Parish border with Union County, Arkansas. In 1975, State Representative Louise B. Johnson passed a law to refurbish the monument. The completed restoration was unveiled in 2009.[21]

Notable people

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Two Louisiana governors came from the Shiloh Community in Union Parish:

Two Arkansas governors were natives of Union Parish:

Other Union Parish residents have included:

See also

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Sources

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Many facts concerning events in early Union Parish history come from the conveyance, probate, and lawsuit records on file in the Union Parish courthouse, as well as records of the United States Land Offices available in the National Archives. Other sources include:

1) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Spanish Poste d’Ouachita: The Ouachita Valley in Colonial Louisiana 1783–1804, and Early American Statehood, 1804–1820, Williams Genealogical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1995.

2) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Oe A – K, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1996.

3) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Two L – O, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1997.

4) Williams, Max Harrison, Union Parish (Louisiana) Historical Records: Police Jury Minutes, 1839–1846, D’Arbonne Research and Publishing Co., Farmerville, LA, 1993.

References

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  1. ↑ "Census - Geography Profile: Union Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "" + theTitle + "". Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Truxno Populated Place Profile / Union Parish, Louisiana Data".
  6. ↑ "1980 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Louisiana - Table 14 - Persons by Race and Table 15 - Total Persons and Spanish Origin Persons by Type of Spanish Origin and Race (p. 20/12-20/20)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  7. ↑ "1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Louisiana - Table 6 - Race and Hispanic Origin" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. p. 15-38.
  8. ↑ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Union Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
  9. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Union Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
  10. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Union Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
  11. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census
  12. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census
  13. ↑ not an option in the 1980 Census
  14. ↑ not an option in the 1990 Census
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  16. ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  17. ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)". United States Census Bureau. 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Louisiana Secretary of State". voterportal.sos.la.gov. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  19. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  20. ↑ LAKANA (September 19, 2013). "Dusty Gates Sworn In As New Union Parish Sheriff". Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Matthew Hamil, "Monument Forgotten by Time"". Monroe News Star, August 31, 2009. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012" (PDF). legis.la.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Bolton, George Washington". Louisiana Historical Association: A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Louisiana: McCallum, Jay Bowen", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 2003), p. 787
  25. ↑ "Thomas, Lee Emmett". Louisiana Historical Association, A Directory of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

Template:Geographic Location

Template:Union Parish, Louisiana Template:Louisiana parishes Coordinates: 32°50′N 92°23′W / 32.83°N 92.38°W / 32.83; -92.38

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