[5] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 19,774 people, 7,423 households, and 5,130 families residing in the parish.

One of them, Franklin Academy in Winnsboro, was opened as a segregation academy on September 14, 1970, three weeks after parish schools were ordered by a federal judge to desegregate.

The 2018 festival was attended by over 10,000 people in bad weather but usually the draw is between 15,000 and 20,000.

People from across the region are attracted by the relatively high vendor count and this has an important economic contribution for local businesses.

In past years the festival has included an antique car show, a zoo exhibit for children and an exhibit about Louisiana's contributions during World War II, along with performances from Grammy-winning artists Jo-El Sonnier and Jason Crabb.