Belle Rose
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Assumption Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 3 ′ N , 91 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,902 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 352.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.4 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 6 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70341 | ||
| Area code : | +1 225 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-06260 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 553588 | ||
Bellerose 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 , Belle Rose had 1902 residents.
geography
Belle Rose is located in central southeast Louisiana, on the western bank of the Bayou Lafourche , a former estuary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Belle Rose are 30 ° 03'02 "north latitude and 91 ° 02'29" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 5.4 km².
Neighboring towns of Belle Rose are Donaldsonville (9.1 km northeast), Convent (33.6 km east), Saint James (32.9 km east-southeast), Plattenville (10.4 km south-southeast), Paincourtville (on the southern border) and White Castle (12 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (45 miles north) and Louisiana's largest cities, New Orleans (108 miles east) and Lafayette (146 miles west).
traffic
The Louisiana Highway 1 , which runs along Bayou Lafourche, is Belle Rose's main street. Louisiana Highway 70 , which crosses Bayou Lafourche, forms the southern edge of the town . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Lafayette Regional Airport (147 km west), Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (86.2 km north) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (89.4 km east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Belle Rose had 1,902 people in 708 households. The population density was 352.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.69 people each in the 708 households.
The racial the population was composed of 41.1 percent white, 58.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,203 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,682. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 16, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 16, 2013