Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Avoyelles is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. The parish seat is Marksville. The parish was created in 1807, with the name deriving from the French name for the historic Avoyel people, one of the local Indian tribes at the time of European encounter. Today the parish is the base of the federally recognized Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, who have a reservation there. The tribe has a land-based gambling casino on their reservation. It is located in Marksville, the parish seat, which is partly within reservation land
Population & More
Population: 40,144
Median Household Income: $ 38,565
Persons in poverty: 24.4 %
High school graduate: 76.8 %
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 12.3 %
Persons without health insurance: 10.6 %
Households: 15,163
Number of Companies: 3,090
Men owned firms: 1,594
Women owned firms: 1,146
Veterans: 2,218
Cities & Zip Codes: Bunkie, 71322 - Center Point, 71323 - Cottonport, 71327 - Deville, 71328 - Effie, 71331 - Evergreen, 71333 - Hessmer, 71341 - Mansura, 71350 - Marksville, 71351 - Moreauville, 71355 - Morrow, 71356 - Pineville, 71360 - Plaucheville, 71362 - Simmesport, 71369 - Bordelonville, 71320.