Clarks (Louisiana)
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Location in Louisiana
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Caldwell Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 2 ′ N , 92 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,017 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 391.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 43 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 71415, 71435 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-15780 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 554002 | ||
Clarks is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Caldwell Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Clarks had 1,017 residents.
geography
Clarks is located in north central Louisiana, not far from the west bank of the Ouachita River . The geographical coordinates of Clarks are 32 ° 01'36 "north latitude and 92 ° 08'20" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.6 km².
Neighboring towns to Clarks are Grayson (4.2 km northeast), Banks Springs (8.3 km in the same direction), and Kelly (8.2 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Mississippi's capital Jackson (232 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (272 km south-southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (397 km in the same direction), Lafayette (234 km south), Shreveport (203 km west-northwest ) and Arkansas' capital, Little Rock (344 km north).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 165 runs along the southeastern outskirts . Louisiana Highways 844 and 845 meet in the center of town . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to US 165 for freight traffic through the center of Clarks.
With the Caldwell Parish Airport there is a small airfield 15.1 km northeast. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (396 km south-southeast) and Jackson-Evers International Airport (247 km east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Clarks had 1,017 people in 222 households. The population density was 391.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 222 households.
The racial the population was composed of 51.7 percent white, 46.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
14.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 76.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.7 percent were 65 years or older. 27.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 16,827 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,095. 43.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 3, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 3, 2013