Bossier City
| Bossier City | |||
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 Downtown Bossier City |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1883 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bossier Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 31 ′ N , 93 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
61,315 (as of 2010) 439,000 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 578.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 107.7 km 2 (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 106 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 53 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 71111-2 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-08920 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 553758 | ||
| Website : | www.bossiercity.org | ||
| Mayor : | Lorenz James "Lo" Walker | ||
Bossier City ( fr .: Ville de Bossier ) is a city in Bossier Parish in northwestern US -amerikanischen state of Louisiana . In 2010 Bossier City had 61,315 inhabitants, the number of which increased to 64,655 by the 2012 estimate. Bossier City is located across from the larger city of Shreveport on the Red River and is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City .
geography
Bossier City is in northwest Louisiana . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 107.7 km², of which 106 km² are land and 1.7 km² are water. The city is located on the Red River, which separates Bossier City from the urban area of Shreveport.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 775 | - | |
| 1920 | 1094 | 41.2% | |
| 1930 | 4003 | 265.9% | |
| 1940 | 5786 | 44.5% | |
| 1950 | 15,470 | 167.4% | |
| 1960 | 32,776 | 111.9% | |
| 1970 | 41,595 | 26.9% | |
| 1980 | 50,817 | 22.2% | |
| 1990 | 52,721 | 3.7% | |
| 2000 | 56,461 | 7.1% | |
| 2010 | 61,315 | 8.6% | |
| 2012 estimate | 64,655 | 5.4% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Bossier City had 61,315 people in 23,866 households. The population density was 578.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 23,866 households.
The racial the population was composed of 65.4 percent white, 25.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 2.0 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 3.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.1 percent of the population.
26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,518 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,091. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
education
schools
Public schools are:
- Airline high school
- Apollo elementary school
- Bellaire elementary school
- Benton high school
- Benton middle school
- Bossier high school
- Carrie Martin elementary school
- Central Park elementary school
- Cope middle school
- Curtis elementary school
- Elm Grove middle school
- Greenacres middle school
- Haughton high school
- Haughton middle school
- Kerr elementary school
- Legacy elementary school
- Meadowview elementary school
- Parkway high school
- Plain Dealing middle & high school
- Plantation Park elementary school
- Platt elementary school
- Princeton elementary school
- Rodes elementary school
- Rusheon middle school
- RV Kerr elementary school
- Stockwell Place elementary school
- Sun City elementary school
- WT Lewis elementary school
- Waller elementary school
military
Near Bossier City is the Barksdale Air Force Base with the 2nd Bomb Wing , the 8th US Air Fleet and the 917th Wing . It was founded on February 2, 1933 and is one of the largest employers in the region. The base covers 89 km².
Sports and gambling
Bossier City is home to the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, an arena football team . Also based in Bossier City were the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs , an ice hockey team that played in the Central Hockey League .
The city is a gambling mecca, with casinos lining the Red River and horse racing in Harrah's Louisiana Downs, which opened in 1974.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jesse Winchester (1944-2014), country musician and songwriter
- Shannon Leto (* 1970), photographer and musician
- Jared Leto (* 1971), actor and musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 23, 2013
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 23, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved August 23, 2013
