Haughton, Louisiana
| Haughton | |||
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 Post Office in Haughton |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bossier Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 32 ′ N , 93 ° 30 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
3,454 (as of 2010) 439,000 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 316.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10.9 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 73 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71037 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-33420 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 554679 | ||
| Website : | www.townofhaughton.org | ||
| Mayor : | Carlton Anderson | ||
 First Baptist Church in Haughton |
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Haughton is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Bossier Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Haughton had 3,454 residents.
Haughton is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .
geography
Haughton is located in northwest Louisiana, about 15 km east of the Red River and not far from the borders with Arkansas in the north and Texas in the west. The geographical coordinates of Haughton are 32 ° 31'48 "north latitude and 93 ° 30'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 10.9 km².
About one kilometer behind the northeastern city limits, the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant is a former US Army ammunition factory , the site of which is now partially used by the Louisiana National Guard .
Neighboring towns to Haughton are Princeton (7.4 km north), Doyline (9.1 km east), Red Chute (11.7 km west), Minden (17 km northeast), and Eastwood (on the northwest city limits).
Shreveport city center is 17 miles west. The closest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (383 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (500 km in the same direction), Lafayette (337 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (352 km south-southwest), Texas' largest city Houston (410 km southwest), Dallas in Texas (325 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (325 km north-northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (328 km east).
traffic
Interstate 20 , which is the shortest connection from Dallas to Jackson, runs along the northern city limits of Haughton in a west-east direction . Further north, US Highway 80 runs in the same direction. The Louisiana Highway 614 leads in a west-east direction as the main road through the center of Haughton, after it has crossed the Louisiana Highway 157, which runs in the north-south direction, in the western city area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Kansas City Southern railroad runs through Haughton in a west-east direction .
The closest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (22 miles west) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (22 miles in the same direction).
population
According to the 2010 census , Haughton had 3,454 people in 1,317 households. The population density was 316.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.62 people in each of the 1317 households.
The racial the population was composed of 78.2 percent white, 18.2 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesians and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,089 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,474. 19.8 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
