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areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">DeSoto Parish, Louisiana</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_K%C5%ABn_(Louisiana)" title="DeSoto Kūn (Louisiana) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="DeSoto Kūn (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish,_Louisiana" title="De Soto Parish, Louisiana – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="De Soto Parish, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish" title="De Soto Parish – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="De Soto Parish" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana" title="DeSoto Parish, Louisiana – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="DeSoto Parish, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish" title="De Soto Parish – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="De Soto Parish" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_vald" title="DeSoto vald – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="DeSoto vald" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parroquia_de_De_Soto" title="Parroquia de De Soto – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Parroquia de De Soto" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_parrokia_(Louisiana)" title="De Soto parrokia (Louisiana) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="De Soto parrokia (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="پریش دسوتو، لوئیزیانا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پریش دسوتو، لوئیزیانا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_De_Soto" title="Paroisse de De Soto – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Paroisse de De Soto" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%84%DB%8A%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="دسوتو شأرستان (لۊئيزيانا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="دسوتو شأرستان (لۊئيزيانا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%86%8C%ED%86%A0%EA%B5%B0_(%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80%EC%95%A0%EB%82%98%EC%A3%BC)" title="데소토군 (루이지애나주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데소토군 (루이지애나주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B8_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1)" title="Դե Սոտո շրջան (Լուիզիանա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դե Սոտո շրջան (Լուիզիանա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6,_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="ডে সোটো পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ডে সোটো পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrocchia_di_De_Soto" title="Parrocchia di De Soto – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Parrocchia di De Soto" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Paroecia" title="De Soto Paroecia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="De Soto Paroecia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_megye_(Louisiana)" title="DeSoto megye (Louisiana) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="DeSoto megye (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="دسوتو شهرستان (لوئیزیانا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="دسوتو شهرستان (لوئیزیانا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_G%C3%B4ng_(Louisiana)" title="DeSoto Gông (Louisiana) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="DeSoto Gông (Louisiana)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish" title="De Soto Parish – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="De Soto Parish" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%BD%E3%83%88%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E)" title="デソト郡 (ルイジアナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デソト郡 (ルイジアナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5-%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D3%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%82,_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Де-Сото (кӀошт, Луизиана) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Де-Сото (кӀошт, Луизиана)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish" title="De Soto Parish – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="De Soto Parish" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4" title="ڈی سوٹو پارش – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ڈی سوٹو پارش" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Soto_Parish" title="De Soto Parish – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="De Soto Parish" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parafia_DeSoto" title="Parafia DeSoto – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Parafia DeSoto" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%B3quia_de_De_Soto" title="Paróquia de De Soto – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Paróquia de De Soto" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parohia_DeSoto,_Louisiana" title="Parohia DeSoto, Louisiana – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Parohia DeSoto, Louisiana" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">DeSoto Parish, Louisiana</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">Parish</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Parish of DeSoto</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DeSotoParishCourthouse_(1_of_1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="DeSoto Parish Courthouse in Mansfield"><img alt="DeSoto Parish Courthouse in Mansfield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg/250px-DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg/375px-DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg/500px-DeSotoParishCourthouse_%281_of_1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5161" data-file-height="3394" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">DeSoto Parish Courthouse in Mansfield</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana"><img alt="Flag of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg/100px-DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg/150px-DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg/200px-DeSoto_Parish_la_flag.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana"><img alt="Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg/250px-Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg/375px-Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg/500px-Map_of_Louisiana_highlighting_DeSoto_Parish.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1255" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Louisiana's location within the U.S."><img alt="Louisiana's location within the U.S." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Louisiana_in_United_States.svg/250px-Louisiana_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Louisiana_in_United_States.svg/375px-Louisiana_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Louisiana_in_United_States.svg/500px-Louisiana_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Louisiana's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="7040" data-file-height="4556" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Louisiana" title="North Louisiana">North Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1843</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">settler, Marcel DeSoto</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Parish seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Louisiana" title="Mansfield, Louisiana">Mansfield</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest municipality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stonewall,_Louisiana" title="Stonewall, Louisiana">Stonewall</a> (area)<br />Mansfield (population)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,320 km<sup>2</sup> (895 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">2,270 km<sup>2</sup> (876 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">50 km<sup>2</sup> (19 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • percentage</th><td class="infobox-data">5 km<sup>2</sup> (2.1 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,812</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">12/km<sup>2</sup> (30/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_318" title="Area code 318">318</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desotoppj.com">DeSoto Parish Government</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>DeSoto Parish</b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Parroquia de DeSoto</i>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i>Paroisse DeSoto</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">parish</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. The parish was formed in 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 U.S. census</a>, the population was 26,812.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">parish seat</a> and most populous municipality is <a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Louisiana" title="Mansfield, Louisiana">Mansfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DeSoto Parish is part of the <a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana" title="Bossier City, Louisiana">Bossier City</a> <a href="/wiki/Shreveport-Bossier_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area">metropolitan statistical area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a typical misconception that the parish was named after <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hernando de Soto (explorer)">Hernando de Soto</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spaniard" class="mw-redirect" title="Spaniard">Spaniard</a> who explored the future southeastern <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and discovered and named the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parish was in fact named after the unrelated Marcel DeSoto, who led the first group of European settlers there, to a settlement historically known as Bayou Pierre.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parish's name is also commonly misspelled following the explorer's name as "De Soto Parish," but it is properly spelled following the settler's name as "DeSoto Parish."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the parish has a total area of 895 square miles (2,320 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 876 square miles (2,270 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 19 square miles (49 km<sup>2</sup>) (2.1%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-49.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/I-49.svg/25px-I-49.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/I-49.svg/38px-I-49.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/I-49.svg/50px-I-49.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_49" title="Interstate 49">Interstate 49</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-69_(Future).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/I-69_%28Future%29.svg/25px-I-69_%28Future%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/I-69_%28Future%29.svg/38px-I-69_%28Future%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/I-69_%28Future%29.svg/50px-I-69_%28Future%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_69" title="Interstate 69">Future Interstate 69</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_84.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_84.svg/25px-US_84.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_84.svg/38px-US_84.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_84.svg/50px-US_84.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_84" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 84">U.S. Highway 84</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_171.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_171.svg/25px-US_171.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_171.svg/38px-US_171.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_171.svg/50px-US_171.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_171" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 171">U.S. Highway 171</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_371.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/US_371.svg/25px-US_371.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/US_371.svg/38px-US_371.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/US_371.svg/50px-US_371.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_371" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 371">U.S. Highway 371</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana_5_(2008).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg/25px-Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg/38px-Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg/50px-Louisiana_5_%282008%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Highway_5" title="Louisiana Highway 5">Louisiana Highway 5</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana_191_(2008).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg/25px-Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg/38px-Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg/50px-Louisiana_191_%282008%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Highway_191" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Highway 191">Louisiana Highway 191</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_parishes">Adjacent parishes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caddo_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caddo Parish, Louisiana">Caddo Parish</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Red River Parish, Louisiana">Red River Parish</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchitoches_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana">Natchitoches Parish</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Sabine Parish, Louisiana">Sabine Parish</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Texas" title="Shelby County, Texas">Shelby County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panola_County,_Texas" title="Panola County, Texas">Panola County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Red River National Wildlife Refuge">Red River National Wildlife Refuge</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG/250px-Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG/375px-Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG/500px-Map_of_De_Soto_Parish_Louisiana_With_Municipal_Labels.PNG 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption>Map of DeSoto Parish, with municipal labels</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City">City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Louisiana" title="Mansfield, Louisiana">Mansfield</a> (parish seat and largest municipality)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keachi,_Louisiana" title="Keachi, Louisiana">Keachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logansport,_Louisiana" title="Logansport, Louisiana">Logansport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall,_Louisiana" title="Stonewall, Louisiana">Stonewall</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frierson,_Louisiana" title="Frierson, Louisiana">Frierson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster,_Louisiana" title="Gloster, Louisiana">Gloster</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benson,_Louisiana" title="Benson, Louisiana">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carmel,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carmel, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evelyn,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evelyn, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Evelyn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funston,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Funston, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Funston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hunter,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hunter, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Louisiana" title="Kingston, Louisiana">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naborton,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naborton, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Naborton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican,_Louisiana" title="Pelican, Louisiana">Pelican</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_communities">Former communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Former communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford,_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxford, Louisiana (page does not exist)">Oxford</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>8,023</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>13,298</td><td></td><td>65.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>14,962</td><td></td><td>12.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>15,603</td><td></td><td>4.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>19,860</td><td></td><td>27.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>25,063</td><td></td><td>26.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>27,689</td><td></td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>29,376</td><td></td><td>6.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>31,016</td><td></td><td>5.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>31,803</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>24,398</td><td></td><td>−23.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>24,248</td><td></td><td>−0.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>22,764</td><td></td><td>−6.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>25,727</td><td></td><td>13.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>25,346</td><td></td><td>−1.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>25,494</td><td></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>26,656</td><td></td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>26,812</td><td></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2021 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">26,919</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-QF_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>DeSoto Parish racial composition as of 2020<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>15,122 </td> <td>56.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>9,586 </td> <td>35.75% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>242 </td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>99 </td> <td>0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>12 </td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>1,001 </td> <td>3.73% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>762 </td> <td>2.84% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 26,812 people, 10,821 households, and 7,254 families residing in the parish. At the 2019 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American Community Survey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 10,821 households. </p><p>In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup of the parish was 58.8% <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">non-Hispanic or Latino white</a>, 35.3% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black or African American</a>, 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian and Alaska Native</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a>, <0.0% <a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" title="Native Hawaiians">Native Hawaiian</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.1% some other race, 1.9% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">two or more races</a>, and 2.9% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latin American</a> of any race.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 10,821 households at the 2019 census estimates, and the home-ownership rate was 71.3%. Of the 7,716 owner-occupied units, 3,917 were married couples living together, 365 male households with no female present, and 896 female households with no male present. There was a 17.1% vacancy rate in the parish. The average family size was 3.07,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the average household size was 2.50.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the parish, 75.5% were aged 18 and older, and 17.2% were aged 65 and older; the median age was 39.3, and 6.5% were aged 5 and under. Approximately 0.8% of the population were foreign-born, and 2.1% spoke a language other than <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> at home. </p><p>The median income for a household in the parish was $46,006; families had a median income of $56,323, married couples had a median income of $78,090, and non-family households had a median income of $25,314. An estimated 22% of the parish lived at or below the poverty line, and 30.6% of people aged under 18 were at or below the poverty line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public schools in DeSoto Parish are operated by the <a href="/wiki/DeSoto_Parish_School_Board" title="DeSoto Parish School Board">DeSoto Parish School Board</a>. It is in the service area of <a href="/wiki/Bossier_Parish_Community_College" title="Bossier Parish Community College">Bossier Parish Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bagley" title="Larry Bagley">Larry Bagley</a> (born 1949), incoming Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo, Desoto, and Sabine parishes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> (born 1948), Hall of Fame professional football player, sportscaster, singer, and actor</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Burford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Burford (page does not exist)">Richard Burford</a> (born 1946), current Louisiana state representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vida_Blue" title="Vida Blue">Vida Blue</a> (born 1949–2023), professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C.L._Bryant" class="mw-redirect" title="C.L. Bryant">C.L. Bryant</a> (born 1956), Baptist minister and radio talk show host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riemer_Calhoun" title="Riemer Calhoun">Riemer Calhoun</a> (1909–1994), state senator from 1944 to 1952 for DeSoto and Caddo parishes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_T._Cawthorn" title="Joe T. Cawthorn">Joe T. Cawthorn</a> (1911–1967), state senator from 1940 to 1944 for DeSoto and Caddo parishes</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sherri_Smith_Cheek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sherri Smith Cheek (page does not exist)">Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington</a> (born 1966), <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana State Senator</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Henry_Cooper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Henry Cooper (page does not exist)">Joe Henry Cooper</a> (1920–1980), Louisiana state representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Ray_Cox" title="Kenny Ray Cox">Kenny Ray Cox</a> (born 1957), Louisiana state representative and former United States Army officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Joseph_Cunningham" title="Milton Joseph Cunningham">Milton Joseph Cunningham</a> (1842–1916), <a href="/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> lawyer, state senator from Natchitoches and DeSoto parishes from 1880 to 1884; state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900, born in what became DeSoto Parish</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dement" title="George Dement">George Dement</a> (1922–2014), mayor of Bossier City</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barton_Elam" title="Joseph Barton Elam">Joseph Barton Elam</a> (1821–1885), United States Representative from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">Louisiana's 4th congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Pike_Hall,_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Pike Hall, Sr. (page does not exist)">William Pike Hall, Sr.</a> (1896–1945), <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">state senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Caddo_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caddo Parish, Louisiana">Caddo</a> and DeSoto parishes, 1924–1932, Shreveport attorney<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer_Hardy" title="John Spencer Hardy">John Spencer Hardy</a> (1913–2012), United States Air Force lieutenant general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lewis_(American_football)" title="Albert Lewis (American football)">Albert Lewis</a> (1960-), professional football player</li> <li>Curtis W. McCoy, <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of Mansfield</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnie_W._McGinty" title="Garnie W. McGinty">Garnie W. McGinty</a> (1900–1984), historian at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_University" title="Louisiana Tech University">Louisiana Tech University</a> and school principal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M.C._Reynolds" class="mw-redirect" title="M.C. Reynolds">Mack Charles Reynolds</a> (1935–1991), professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._%22Johnny%22_Rogers" title="B. H. "Johnny" Rogers">B. H. "Johnny" Rogers</a> (1905–1977), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._O._Simpkins,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="C. O. Simpkins, Sr.">C. O. Simpkins, Sr.</a> (1925–2019 from Mansfield), African-American state representative, dentist, and civil rights activist in Shreveport<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O.C._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="O.C. Smith">O.C. Smith</a> (1932–2001), singer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeSoto_Parish,_Louisiana&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for DeSoto Parish, Louisiana<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,112 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,457 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">167 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,068 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,165 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">267 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,353 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.34%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,553 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">145 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,883 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,242 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.77% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">132 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,211 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,026 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.34% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,260 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.64%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,036 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.53% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">300 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,526 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.52% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,221 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">773 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,643 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,671 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,707 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,022 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.76% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,366 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">128 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,989 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.77%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,642 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">108 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,349 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.11% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,861 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.75%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">117 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,601 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.14% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,630 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">117 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1972 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,017 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,596 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.29% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">540 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">974 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,400 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.70% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,190 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>48.93%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,954 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,254 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.08% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF7F00"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,603 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.11% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,183 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.65% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,653 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>37.24%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,011 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,206 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.98% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">554 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,303 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,678 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF7F00"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">270 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">617 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.21% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,891 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>68.07%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">538 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22.45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,858 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>77.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">211 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,872 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>93.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">93 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,337 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>96.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">87 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3.47% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,416 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>96.45%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1928 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">517 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,445 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>73.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1924 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">118 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.25% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,146 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>89.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="1920 United States presidential election in Louisiana">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,219 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>95.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Acadia Parish, Louisiana">Acadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Allen Parish, Louisiana">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Ascension Parish, Louisiana">Ascension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Assumption Parish, Louisiana">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana">Avoyelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauregard_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Beauregard Parish, Louisiana">Beauregard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienville_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bienville Parish, Louisiana">Bienville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bossier Parish, Louisiana">Bossier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caddo_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caddo Parish, Louisiana">Caddo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcasieu_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana">Calcasieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caldwell Parish, Louisiana">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Cameron Parish, Louisiana">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catahoula_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Catahoula Parish, Louisiana">Catahoula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Claiborne Parish, Louisiana">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordia_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Concordia Parish, Louisiana">Concordia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">DeSoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish,_Louisiana" title="East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana">East Baton Rouge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Carroll_Parish,_Louisiana" title="East Carroll Parish, Louisiana">East Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Feliciana_Parish,_Louisiana" title="East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana">East 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