Simmesport
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Avoyelles Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 59 ′ N , 91 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,161 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 354.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 12 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71369 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-70525 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 539381 | ||
Simmesport is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Avoyelles Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Simmesport had 2161 inhabitants.
geography
Simmesport is located in central Louisiana on the west bank of the Atchafalaya , a few kilometers southwest of the confluence of the Red River . The geographical coordinates of Simmesport are 30 ° 59'01 "north latitude and 91 ° 48'00" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.1 km².
Neighboring towns of Simmesport are Innis (20.5 km southeast), Plaucheville (25.4 km west), Moreauville (19.6 km west-northwest) and Bordelonville (27.1 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Mississippi's capital Jackson (277 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (114 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (233 km in the same direction), Lafayette (110 km southwest), Beaumont , Texas (305 km west-southwest) and Shreveport (284 km northwest).
traffic
The Louisiana Highway 1 leads from the west as the main road through Simmesport and leaves the urban area in an easterly direction over a bridge over the Atchafalaya. In the city center, Louisiana Highway 105 branches off to the south at its northern end point and runs along the Atchafalaya. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (104 km southeast), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (219 km in the same direction) and Jackson-Evers International Airport (290 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Simmesport had 2,161 people in 718 households. The population density was 354.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 718 households.
The racial the population was composed of 49.4 percent white, 48.5 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 59.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 25,473 USD . The per capita income was $ 11,525. 30.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 20, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 20, 2013