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Avoyelles (French: Paroisse des 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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,693. [1] The parish seat is Marksville. [2]
Avoyelles Parish, at the crossroads of Central Louisiana, takes its name from Avoyels Indians who inhabited the area. The Avoyels were later absorbed by the Tunica Biloxi tribe. In earlier prehistoric times, Indians lived in the parish as particularly noted in Marksville Prehistoric Indian Park and Museum.
Cities: Bunkie | Marksville. Towns: Cottonport | Evergreen | Mansura | Simmesport. Villages: Hessmer | Moreauville | Plaucheville. Unincorporated community: Center Point. Access statistical information, contact links, and other local information for Avoyelles Parish.
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana has 831.7 square miles of land area and is the 18th largest county in Louisiana by total area.
In 2022, Avoyelles Parish, LA had a population of 39.5k people with a median age of 38.6 and a median household income of $38,696. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Avoyelles Parish, LA declined from 39,880 to 39,529, a −0.88% decrease and its median household income grew from $37,903 to $38,696, a 2.09% increase.
Avoyelles is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Marksville. In the 2020 count, 57,576 people lived in this parish.
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Bienvenue aux Avoyelles, noted for our French Creole Heritage and Native American Heritage. Located in Central LA, Avoyelles Parish, takes its name from Avoyels Indians. Abundant wildlife and many waterways make this a hunting, fishing, and bird watching paradise year round.
