Varnado is a

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Washington Parish, Louisiana Washington Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de Washington''; ) is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,463. Its parish seat is ...

, United States. The population was 1,461 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Bogalusa Bogalusa ( ) is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census. In th2020 censusthe city reported a population of 10,659. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 342 people, 144 households, and 86 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 163 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 88.60%

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, 9.36%

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, 0.58% Native American, and 1.46% from two or more races. There were 144 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.15. In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 74.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $26,563, and the median income for a family was $30,909. Males had a median income of $30,938 versus $21,000 for females. The

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for the village was $14,416. About 21.4% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the

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, including 23.4% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Andre Jones Jr. (born 1998), American football player

References

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