Census Information
Market Access
Highway
US Highways 84, 167
LA Highways 34, 124, 156, 499, 505, 1232
Freight Rail
Central Louisiana Gulf
Kansas City Southern
Midsouth Rail
Navigable Waterways/Ports (distance in miles)
Port of Lake Charles (deep)* – 150
Natchitoches Parish Port (shallow) – 35
*foreign trade zone
Airports (distance in miles)
Alexandria-Esler Regional (commercial) – 48
David G. Joyce Airport (local) – within parish
Motor Freight
5 major freight lines
Terminal facilities are not available
Labor Market
Employment (August 2001)
Civilian Labor Force
Parish – 6,080 (100%)
Total Employment
Parish – 5,730 (94.3%)
State – 1,956,500 (95.2%)
Unemployment
Parish – 350 (5.7%)
Louisiana – 98,000 (4.8%)
Taxes
- Sales Tax (2001)
- State – 4%
- Parish – 2.5%-4%
- Winnfield – 1.5%
- Total – 6.5%-8%
- Parish Millage (1998)
- Winnfield – 64.40
- Ware 1,2,9 – 88.17
- Ware 3, Sikes, Partial Ward 7 – 93.17
- Ward 4, 7, Dodson – 108.17
- Ward 5, 6, Atlanta – 118.17
- Ward 8, Calvin, Ward 10 – 128.17
Distance to Major Cities
- Atlanta, GA – 570
- Birmingham, AL – 450
- Chicago, IL – 865
- Cincinnati, OH – 790
- Dallas, TX – 285
- Denver, CO – 1,100
- Houston, TX – 280
- Kansas City, MO – 650
- Memphis, TN – 320
- Minneapolis, MN – 1,180
- Nashville, TN – 520
- New Orleans, LA – 260
- St. Louis, MO – 565
Education
Colleges & Universities
(within 100 miles)
Winn Parish Schools
Parish Medical Services
- Winn Parish Medical Center 60 beds
- St. Francis Medical Center* 339 beds
- E.A. Conway Medical Center* 247 beds
- Glenwood Regional Medical Center* 259 beds
Rapides Regional Medical Center**
Cabrini Hospital**
Government
- Parish – parish president / police jury
- Municipal – mayor / council, mayor / alderman