Bayou L'Ourse

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Bayou L'Ourse
Bayou L'Ourse (Louisiana)
Bayou L'Ourse
Bayou L'Ourse
Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Assumption Parish
Coordinates : 29 ° 43 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 43 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,978 (as of 2010)
Population density : 278.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.1 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 1 m
Postal code : 70380
Area code : +1 225
FIPS : 22-05378
GNIS ID : 2583529

Bayou L'Ourse is a settlement on community-free area in the Assumption Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Bayou L'Ourse had 1978 residents.

geography

Bayou L'Ourse is located in the central southeast of Louisiana, on the bayou of the same name , not far from Lake Palourde . The geographical coordinates of Bayou L'Ourse are 29 ° 43'18 "north latitude and 91 ° 03'28" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​7.1 km².

Neighboring towns of Bayou L'Ourse are Labadieville (11.7 km to the northeast), Gibson (13.1 km to the southeast) and Amelia (11.7 km to the southwest).

The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (109 km north) and Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (125 km east) and Lafayette (129 km northwest).

traffic

Louisiana Highways 398 , 662 and 663 meet in Bayou L'Ourse . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Lafayette Regional Airport (127 km west-northwest), Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (125 km north) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (104 km east-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 1978 people in 702 households in Bayou L'Ourse. The population density was 278.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.82 people lived in each of the 702 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.9 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 2.4 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.3 percent of the population.

27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 48,696  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,423. 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 15, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 15, 2013