Greenwood (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)
| Greenwood | |||
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 Greenwood Town Hall |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1839 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Caddo Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 27 ′ N , 93 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
3,219 (status: 2010) 439,000 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 159.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.2 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 75 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 71033, 71129 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-31705 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 535409 | ||
| Website : | greenwoodla.org | ||
| Mayor : | Frank Stawasz | ||
 First United Methodist Church in Greenwood |
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Greenwood is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Caddo Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Greenwood had 3,219 residents.
Greenwood is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .
geography
Greenwood is located in northwest Louisiana, in the western suburbs of Shreveport , around 20 km west of the Red River and around 2 km east of the Texas border . The Arkansas border is around 70 km north. The geographical coordinates of Greenwood are 32 ° 26'35 "north latitude and 93 ° 58'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 20.2 km².
Neighboring towns to Greenwood are Stonewall ( 19 miles southeast), Keatchie ( 20 miles southeast), Bethany ( 7 miles southwest), Waskom , Texas (6.1 miles west-northwest), and Blanchard (14.3 miles northeast) ).
Shreveport city center is 16.4 miles east-northeast. The closest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (395 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (517 km in the same direction), Lafayette (353 km south-southeast), Beaumont , Texas (309 km south), Texas' largest city Houston (361 km southwest), Dallas , Texas (277 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (361 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (232 km east).
traffic
The Interstate 20 , which forms the shortest connection from Dallas via Shreveport to Jackson, extends in west-east direction by Greenwood. At the same time, US Highways 79 and 80 run as the main road through Greenwood on a shared route . In the west of the city the US 79 branches off from the common route to the southwest. In the city center, Louisiana Highways 169 , 511 and 526 still meet the main street. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad from Texas to Shreveport runs through Greenwood in a west-east direction .
The closest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (9.4 miles east) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (310 miles west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Greenwood had 3,219 people in 1,310 households. The population density was 159.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.46 people in each of the 1310 households.
The racial the population was composed of 70.9 percent white, 24.9 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,974. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 27, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 27, 2013