Oakdale, Louisiana
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Allen Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 49 ′ N , 92 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,780 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 585 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13.3 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 36 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-56540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 537798 | ||
Oakdale is a city (with the status " City ") in Allen Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Oakdale had 7780 residents.
geography
Oakdale is located in central southwest Louisiana, about two kilometers east of the Calcasieu River . The geographical coordinates are 30 ° 48'48 "north latitude and 92 ° 39'38" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 13.3 km².
Neighboring towns to Oakdale are Glenmora (12 miles north-northeast), Turkey Creek (28.2 km east-northeast), Pine Prairie (15.4 miles east), Oberlin (15.5 miles southwest), and Elizabeth (16.8 km west-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Baton Rouge (176 km east-southeast), Lafayette (113 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (196 km west-southwest), and Shreveport (261 km northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 165 leads as the main road through Oakdale and crosses the urban area to Louisiana Highway 10 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Allen Parish Airport is 9 km south-southwest a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (283 km east-southeast) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (318 km west-southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Oakdale had 7,780 people in 2,152 households. The population density was 585 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in 2152 households.
The racial the population was composed of 62.4 percent white, 34.0 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.
18.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 71.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 37.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 27,230 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,795. 28.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Federal prison
The population imbalance is explained by the Oakdale-based Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale , a federal prison for men.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 12, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 12, 2013
- ^ Allen Parish Airport. Retrieved August 12, 2013
- ↑ Federal Bureau of Prisons - FCC Oakdale ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 12, 2013
