Paincourtville

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Paincourtville
Paincourtville, Louisiana
Paincourtville
Paincourtville
Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Assumption Parish
Coordinates : 29 ° 59 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 59 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 911 (as of 2010)
Population density : 535.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 5 m
Postcodes : 70390, 70391
Area code : +1 225
FIPS : 22-58745
GNIS ID : 556508

Paincourtville is a settlement on community-free area in the Assumption Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Paincourtville had 911 residents.

geography

Paincourtville is located in central southeast Louisiana, on the western bank of the Bayou Lafourche , a former estuary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Paincourtville are 29 ° 59'25 "north latitude and 91 ° 03'18" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​1.7 km².

Neighboring places of Paincourtville are Belle Rose (on the northern outskirts) and Plattenville (3.5 km east), both of which are also located on Bayou Lafourche.

The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (75.7 km north), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (110 km east) and Lafayette (148 km west-northwest).

traffic

The Louisiana Highway 1 , which runs along Bayou Lafourche, is the main road from Paincourtville. Louisiana Highway 70 , which crosses Bayou Lafourche, forms the northern edge of the town . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Lafayette Regional Airport (149 km west-northwest), Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (88.5 km north) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (96.7 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Paincourtville had 911 people in 346 households. The population density was 535.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.63 people lived in each of the 346 households.

The racial the population was composed of 63.6 percent white, 35.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.1 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,015  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,777. 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder , accessed August 16, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on August 16, 2013

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