Red Chute

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Red Chute
Red Chute (Louisiana)
Red Chute
Red Chute
Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Bossier Parish
Coordinates : 32 ° 33 ′  N , 93 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 33 ′  N , 93 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
6,261 (as of 2010)
439,000 (as of 2010)
Population density : 259.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 24.1 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 )
Height : 65 m
Postal code : 71037
Area code : +1 318
FIPS : 22-63855
GNIS ID : 538521

Red Chute is a settlement on community-free area in Bossier Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010 , Red Chute had 6,261 residents.

Red Chute is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport - Bossier City on the Red River .

geography

Red Chute is located in northwest Louisiana, 6 miles east of the Red River and not far from the borders of Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of Red Chute are 32 ° 33'22 "north latitude and 93 ° 36'48" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​24.1 km².

Neighboring locations of Red Chute are Princeton (11.8 km east-northeast), Eastwood (on the eastern town limits), Bossier City (on the southern, southwestern and western town limits) and Benton (27.7 km northwest).

Shreveport city center is 11 miles west-southwest. The closest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (388 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (510 km in the same direction), Lafayette (346 km south-southeast), Beaumont , Texas (332 km south-southwest), Texas' largest city Houston (400 km southwest), Dallas in Texas (315 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (330 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (335 km east).

traffic

Interstate 20 , which is the shortest connection from Dallas to Jackson, runs along the southern boundary of Red Chute in a west-east direction . US Highway 80 runs through the center of the village parallel to I 20 as the main street . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A few hundred meters south of the outskirts runs a railway line of Kansas City Southern , west-east , another runs through the center of the village.

The nearest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (16 miles west-southwest) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (219 miles to the west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Red Chute had 6,261 people in 2,319 households. The population density was 259.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.7 people lived in each of the 2319 households.

The racial the population was composed of 85.6 percent white, 7.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 2.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.2 percent of the population.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 71,534  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,503. 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 26, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 26, 2013

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