Луизиана штатындағы Понт-Купи округі

Parish in Louisiana, United States

Pointe Coupee Parish (/'//p//ɔɪ//n//t// //k//ə//'//p//i:/ or /'//p//w//ɑː//n//t// //k//uː//'//p//eɪ/; ) is a parish located in the U. S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758. Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Louisiana was located in Pointe Coupee Parish, in the city of New Roads.

Pointe Coupee is the oldest settlement on the lower Mississippi, having been made by some wandering Canadian trappers as early as 1708. Bienville established this place as a military post, before the commencement of New Orleans. The fort was moved in 1722 to an area near the present St. Francisville Ferry landing. After several floods, Governor Luis de Unzaga in 1772 moved the European settlement to a new post, the so called Post Unzaga. Recently, historians Cazorla and Polo, from the Louis de Unzaga Historical Society research team, using satellite remote sensing techniques and comparative plans from the General Archive of the Indies, have managed to locate the position of the Unzaga post, which included, along with it, a parish. After the slave rebellion of 1795 this settlement was left uninhabited. Pointe Coupee Parish (originally and recently, informally pronounced pwahnt coo pay) was organized by European Americans in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans (statehood for Louisiana followed in 1812). It was originally called Pointe Coupee County, and was one of the original 12 counties of the Territory of Orleans. It was renamed as Pointe Coupee Parish in 1816. The original Pointe Coupee Parish included parts of present day Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes. There were minor boundary adjustments with neighboring parishes up through 1852, when its boundaries stabilized. In 2008, Pointe Coupee was one of the communities that suffered the most damage by Hurricane Gustav.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 591 square miles (1,531 km2), of which 557 square miles (1,443 km2) is land and 33 square miles (85 km2) (5.6%) is water. The land consists mainly of prairies and backswamp.

+Pointe Coupee Parish racial composition as of 2020 Race Number Percentage White (non Hispanic) 12,245 58.99% Black or African American (non Hispanic) 7,221 34.79% Native American 37 0.18% Asian 60 0.29% Pacific Islander 2 0.01% Other/Mixed 568 2.74% Hispanic or Latino 625 3.01%
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,763 people, 8,397 households, and 6,171 families residing in the parish. The population density was There were 10,297 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the parish was 68.91% White, 29.61% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 93.61% of the population spoke only English at home, while 4.89% spoke French or Cajun French, 0.96% spoke Spanish, and 0.73% spoke Louisiana Creole French. By the publication of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,758 people, 8,960 households, and 5,625 families residing in the parish, reflecting a slight population decline.

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America has a large plant near Batchelor. Another large employer is NRG / Big Cajun 1 & 2 power plants near New Roads. The parish's economy is heavily reliant upon agriculture, with sugar cane being one of the main cash crops.

The parish is in the service area of South Louisiana Community College. Additionally, Pointe Coupee Parish is home to one of the satellite campuses of Baton Rouge Community College. This campus, located in New Roads, offers several technical, academic, and other courses.

A Co of the 769th BEB (Brigade Engineer Battalion) is an Engineer Company (Combat) that resides in New Roads, Louisiana. This unit is part of the 256TH IBCT and deployed to Iraq in 2004 5 and 2010.

The Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency in Pointe Coupee Parish. The sheriff's office is responsible for routine law enforcement patrols in the parish. There are several divisions besides the road patrol, including the parish prison, a water patrol, a mounted horse patrol, an aviation unit, a criminal investigations division, and bailiffs for the courthouse. This department employs over 100 full time deputies, as well as several part time deputies. The department's main office is located in the parish courthouse in New Roads.