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Acadia Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Founded
- June 30, 1886
- Named after
- The Acadians
- Seat
- Crowley
- Largest city
- Crowley
- Total
- 657 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 655 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Water
- 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,032
- Density
- 87.9/sq mi (33.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- appj .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 57576
- Area
- 1703
- Official website
- www.acadiaparishclerk.com
- Image
- First Acadia Parish Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 22598
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- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Acadia Parish
- Commons category
- Acadia Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1886-06-30
- per capita income
- 25174
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Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 57,576. The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Crowley. The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1886, and later an election was held to determine the parish seat, ending when Crowley beat Rayne and Prairie Hayes. Acadia Parish is included in the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
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