Pine prairie

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Pine prairie
Pine Prairie, Louisiana
Pine prairie
Pine prairie
Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Evangeline Parish
Coordinates : 30 ° 47 ′  N , 92 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 47 ′  N , 92 ° 25 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 1,087 (as of: 2000)
Height : 37 m
Area code : +1 337
FIPS : 22-60495
GNIS ID : 538191

Pine Prairie is a village in Evangeline Parish in the US state of Louisiana . In 2000 Pine Prairie had 1,087 residents.

geography

Pine Prairies geographic coordinates are 30 ° 47 '  N , 92 ° 25'  W (30.781882, −92.420852). The place is located on the north-south running Louisiana State Highway 13 (the Veterans Memorial Highway ), south of the confluence from the west Louisiana State Highway 106 , which continues north to east.

According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has an area of ​​3.5 km², of which 99.26% is land and 0.74% is water.

Demographics

At the time of the United States Census 2000, Pine Prairie had 1,087 people. The population density was 313.2 people per km ². There were 367 housing units at an average of 105.7 per km ². The Pine Prairies population was 91.08% White , 7.36% Black or African American , 0% Native American , 0.09% Asian , 0.37% Pacific Islander , 0% said they were racial , and 1 , 10% named two or more races. 1.84% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Pine Prairies were distributed to 327 households out of which 45.0% were living in children under 18 years of age. 51.7% of households were married, 19.0% had a female head of the household without a husband and 25.7% were not families. 25.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 10.7% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.14.

The population was divided into 27.6% minors, 9.8% 18–24 year olds, 28.4% 25–44 year olds, 15.4% 45–64 year olds and 18.9% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 women there were 100.6 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 105.5 men.

The median household income in Pine Prairie was 21,167 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 27,292 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 32,375 compared to $ 17,321 for women. The per capita income was $ 9735. 29.2% of the population and 24.2% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 33.7% of minors and 22.8% of those aged 65 and over.