Children (louisiana)

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Children (louisiana)
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Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Allen Parish
Coordinates : 30 ° 29 ′  N , 92 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 29 ′  N , 92 ° 51 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,477 (as of 2010)
Population density : 173.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 14.3 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 )
Height : 14 m
Postal code : 70648
Area code : +1 337
FIPS : 22-39755
GNIS ID : 536191
Children's High School in Children, LA IMG 1073.JPG
Kids high school

Children is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Allen Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Kinder had 2477 inhabitants.

geography

Kinder is located in central southwest Louisiana, a few kilometers east of the Calcasieu River . The geographical coordinates of children are 30 ° 29'08 "north latitude and 92 ° 51'03" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​14.3 km².

Neighboring places of children are Oberlin (17.3 km north-northeast), Elton (15 km east), Welsh (32 km south), Fenton (15.1 km south-southwest) and Reeves (20.2 km west).

The closest major cities are Baton Rouge (175 km east), Lafayette (109 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (155 km west-southwest), and Shreveport (293 km north-northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 165 leads as the main road through children. US Highway 190 and Louisiana Highway 383 intersect downtown . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Two Union Pacific Railroad lines cross in the urban area of ​​Kinder .

With the Allen Parish Airport is located 33.6 km north-northeast a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (306 km east) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (276 km west-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 2477 people in 1010 households in Kinder. The population density was 173.2 people per square kilometer. In the 1010 households there were statistically 2.37 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 70.6 percent white, 23.1 percent African American, 1.8 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 36,575  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,617. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 13, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 13, 2013

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