Cottonport
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1888 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Avoyelles Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 59 ′ N , 92 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2.006 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 385.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 17 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71327 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-17880 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 554097 | ||
| Mayor : | William "Scotty" Scott | ||
Cottonport is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Avoyelles Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Cottonport had 2006 inhabitants.
geography
Cottonport is located in central Louisiana, around 30 km south of the Red River and around 50 km southwest of its confluence with the Atchafalaya . The geographical coordinates of Cottonport are 30 ° 59'18 "north latitude and 92 ° 03'11" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 5.2 km².
Neighboring towns to Cottonport are Mansura (9 km north), Moreauville (12.6 km northeast), Plaucheville (9.7 km east-southeast), Evergreen (8.5 km west-southwest) and Hessmer (16.6 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Mississippi's capital Jackson (306 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (138 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (260 km in the same direction), Lafayette (103 km south), Beaumont , Texas (257 km) km west southwest) and Shreveport (265 km northwest).
traffic
Louisiana Highways 29 and 107 meet in the urban area of Cottonport . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest major airports are Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (132 km southeast), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (245 km in the same direction) and Jackson-Evers International Airport (320 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , there were people in 773 households in Cottonport in 2006. The population density was 385.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 773 households.
The racial the population was composed of 44.9 percent white, 52.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 25.853 USD . The per capita income was $ 13,065. 32.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 20, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 20, 2013