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Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,023. The parish seat and largest city is Alexandria, which developed along the Red River of the South. Rapides is the French word for "rapids". The parish was created in 1807 after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 166010
- FIPS state
- 22
- FIPS county
- 079
- FIPS place
- 99079
- Census record name
- PARISH OF RAPIDES
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 1150, ALEXANDRIA 71309