Blanchard (Louisiana)
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Location in Louisiana
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Caddo Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 35 ′ N , 93 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
2,899 (as of 2010) 439,000 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 467.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 68 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 71009, 71107 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-07730 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 542997 | ||
| Website : | www.townofblanchard.us | ||
| Mayor : | Johnny Digilormo | ||
Blanchard is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Caddo Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Blanchard had 2899 residents.
Blanchard is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .
geography
Blanchard is located in northwest Louisiana, in the northwest suburbs of Shreveport , about 10 km west of the Red River and not far from the borders with Arkansas in the north and Texas in the west. The geographical coordinates of Blanchard are 32 ° 34'52 "north latitude and 93 ° 53'34" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.2 km².
Neighboring towns of Blanchard are Greenwood (14.3 km south-southwest), Mooringsport (14.8 km northwest) and Belcher (13.4 km north-northeast).
Shreveport city center is 11 miles to the southeast. The closest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (401 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (524 km in the same direction), Lafayette (360 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (331 km south), Texas' largest city Houston (382 km southwest), Dallas , Texas (298 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (332 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (364 km east).
traffic
The Louisiana Highway 1 leads on the northeastern outskirts of Blanchard over. The Louisiana Highway 173 leads north-south direction as the main road through the center of Blanchard. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two Kansas City Southern lines meet in Blanchard and from here run together to Shreveport.
The nearest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (20.4 km south-southeast) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (331 km west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Blanchard had 2,899 people in 1,144 households. The population density was 467.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in 1144 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent white, 7.8 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,375 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,935. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Karl Gerhardt (1853–1940) - sculptor - lived in Blanchard for years
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 26, 2013