POPULATION
 
 
 
 
POPULATION  BY CITY

1990 Census          16,269

2000 Census          16,894

2005 Projection      17.219

2010 Projection      17,543

 

Atlanta    150

Calvin      236

Dodson    357

Sikes      120

Winnfield  5,749

*source US Census Bureau

QUALITY OF LIFE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RAINFALL AVG.

Climate

Average Temperature:

January            56 deg.

July                92 deg.

Annual Avg.      65 deg.

Average Annual Rainfall  58 in.

MEDICAL SERVICES

Winn Parish Medical Center  -  60 beds

*St. Francis Medical Center  -  339 beds

*E.A. Conway Medical Center -  247 beds

*Glenwood Medical Center  -  259 beds

*located in nearby Ouachita Parish

*source Louisiana Dept. of Health & Hospitals

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Winn Parish School Board              Winn Parish Medical Ctr.

CCA of Winn Parish                        Parkview Care Ctr.

Willamette Industries                    City of Winnfield

Plum Creek Marketing, Inc.              PBS Lumber Mfg.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.                    Comm-Craft, Inc.

EDUCATION

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (within 100 miles)

Northwestern State University    Natchitoches

Grambling State University    Grambling

LA Tech University    Ruston

University of LA. Monroe    Monroe

Louisiana State University    Alexandria

*source Board of Regents

TECHNICAL COLLEGES (within parish & surrounding parish's)  Huey P. Long Campus    Winn Parish

Rod Brady Campus    La Salle Parish

Natchitoches Campus    Natchitoches

Louisiana Tech Resource Center    Natchitoches

PRIMARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

8 Public Schools    13:1 Student/Teacher Ratio

*source Louisiana Board of Education

UTILITIES & SERVICES

ELECTRICITY:  Entergy, Valley Electric Membership Coop

NATURAL GAS:  Atmos Energy LA

WATER:  City of Winnfield; Village of Dodson; Village of            Calvin; Village of Sikes; Atlanta Water System

SEWERAGE:  City of Winnfield; Village of Dodson; Village of      Calvin; Village of Sikes; Septic Tanks

SOLID WASTE:  Landfill

TELEPHONE SERVICE: AT&T; Bellsouth; LDDS; LDS: MCI:

    U.S. Sprint

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CONTACTS:

 

Entergy Corp.

5353 Essen Ln.

Suite 120

Baton Rouge, LA 70809

(800) 542-2668

 

Louisiana Economic Development

P.O. Box 94185

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-5349

(225) 342-5388

 

Economic Devel. Commission, Kisatchie-Delta Eco. Devel. District Council

P.O. Box 12248

Alexandria, LA 71315

(318) 487-5454

 

 

Winnfield

Mayor's Office

120 E. Main St.

Winnfield, LA 71483

(318) 628-3939

Mayor

Deano Thornton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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