Eastwood, Louisiana
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Location in Louisiana
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bossier Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 33 ′ N , 93 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
4,093 (as of 2010) 439,000 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 251.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16.3 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 73 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71037 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-22610 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 534750 | ||
Eastwood is a settlement on community-free area in Bossier Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Eastwood had 4,093 residents.
Eastwood is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .
geography
Eastwood is located in northwest Louisiana, 12 km east of the Red River and not far from the borders of Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of Eastwood are 32 ° 33'23 "north latitude and 93 ° 34'02" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 16.3 km².
About 5 km to the east is the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, a former US Army ammunition factory , the site of which is now partly used by the Louisiana National Guard .
Neighboring towns to Eastwood are Princeton (7.9 km northeast), Haughton (on the southeastern border), Red Chute (on the western border) and the center of Bossier City (19.8 km west-southwest).
Shreveport city center is 14 miles west-southwest. The nearest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (384 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (505 km in the same direction), Lafayette (342 km south-southeast), Beaumont , Texas (337 km southwest), Texas' largest city Houston (405 km southwest), Dallas in Texas (320 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (325 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (331 km east).
traffic
Interstate 20 , which is the shortest connection from Dallas to Jackson, runs along the southern boundary of Eastwood in a west-east direction . US Highway 80 runs through the center of the village parallel to I 20 as the main street . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A few hundred meters south of the outskirts, a railway line of Kansas City Southern runs west-east , while another forms the northwestern edge of the place.
The nearest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (19 miles west-southwest) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (227 miles west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Eastwood had 4,093 people in 1,499 households. The population density was 251.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.73 people in each of the 1499 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.2 percent white, 6.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 78,370 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,040. 4.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 25, 2013