Prairieville, Louisiana
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Ascension Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 18 ′ N , 90 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
26,895 (as of 2010) 802,484 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 470.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 57.2 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70769 | ||
| Area code : | +1 225 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-62385 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 543600 | ||
 The Dixon House in Prairieville, listed on the NRHP since 1999 |
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Prairieville is a settlement on community-free area in Ascension Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Prairieville had 26,895 residents.
Prairieville is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Baton Rouge .
geography
Prairieville is located in central southeast Louisiana, in the southeast suburb of Baton Rouge and not far from the left bank of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Prairieville are 30 ° 18'11 "north latitude and 90 ° 58'19" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 57.2 km².
Neighboring towns to Prairieville are French Settlement (15.3 miles east), Gonzales (9.3 miles southeast), Burnside (13.2 miles south), Geismar (6.6 miles southwest), Saint Gabriel ( 10.6 miles west southwest) ) and Shenandoah (8.5 miles north-northwest).
The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (16.2 miles northwest) and Louisiana's largest city, New Orleans (101 miles east-southeast).
traffic
The Interstate 10 passes through in north-south-east through Prairieville. US Highway 61, known as the Airline Highway , runs parallel to this for a few hundred meters . Both streets connect Baton Rouge with New Orleans. Furthermore, Louisiana Highways 42 , 44 and 73 meet in Prairieville . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In addition to the US 61 runs a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern for freight traffic .
With the Louisiana Regional Airport there is a small airfield 19.3 km south-southeast. The nearest major airports are Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (34.2 km northwest) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (90.7 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Prairieville had 26,895 people in 9,149 households. The population density was 470.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.94 people each in the 9149 households.
The racial the population was composed of 82.4 percent white, 12.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.
30.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 83,845 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,066. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 99000634.Retrieved August 14, 2013
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 14, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 14, 2013