Farmerville is a town in and the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,808 at the 2000 United States Census. It is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area.

The Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing and protein conversion plant in Farmerville closed early in 2009, along with other company operations in nearby Arcadia, Louisiana in Bienville Parish, Athens, Louisiana in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and Choudrant, Louisiana in Union Parish, Louisiana. The closures cost this part of North Louisiana some 1,300 jobs.


Geography
Farmerville is located at (32.773736,...

Farmerville is a town in and the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,808 at the 2000 United States Census. It is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area.

The Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing and protein conversion plant in Farmerville closed early in 2009, along with other company operations in nearby Arcadia, Louisiana in Bienville Parish, Athens, Louisiana in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and Choudrant, Louisiana in Union Parish, Louisiana. The closures cost this part of North Louisiana some 1,300 jobs.


Geography
Farmerville is located at (32.773736, -92.404257).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km²), of which, 5.5 square miles (14.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.72%) is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,808 people, 1,366 households, and 932 families residing in the town. The population density was 691.7 people per square mile (266.8/km²). There were 1,554 housing units at an average density of 282.3/sq mi (108.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 34.03% White (U.S. Census), 63.52% African American (U.S. Census), 0.03% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.68% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.03% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 1.23% from Race (United States Census), and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 1.71% of the population.