Supreme (Louisiana)

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Supreme
Supreme (Louisiana)
Supreme
Supreme
Location in Louisiana
Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Assumption Parish
Coordinates : 29 ° 52 ′  N , 90 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 52 ′  N , 90 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,052 (as of 2010)
Population density : 309.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 5 m
Postal code : 70390
Area code : +1 225
FIPS : 22-74235
GNIS ID : 556176

Supreme 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 , Supreme had 1,052 residents.

geography

Supreme is located in central southeast Louisiana. The place is on the southwest bank of the Bayou Lafourche , a former estuary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Supreme are 29 ° 51'34 "north latitude and 90 ° 58'52" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​3.4 km².

Neighboring places of Supreme are Napoleonville (11.1 km north-northwest) and Labadieville (3.7 km southeast), both of which are also located on Bayou Lafourche.

The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (90.9 km north) and Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (109 km east) and Lafayette (151 km west-northwest).

traffic

Louisiana Highway 1 , which runs along Bayou Lafourche, is the main street in Supreme. In Supreme there are two bridges over the bayou. The Louisiana Highway 400 branches off from LA 1, runs through the Supreme and leaves the town in a westerly direction. 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 (104 km north), and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (90.3 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Supreme had 1,052 people in 341 households. The population density was 309.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.09 people lived in each of the 341 households.

The racial the population was composed of 14.4 percent white, 83.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 25,500  USD . The per capita income was $ 14,271. 32.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 16, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 16, 2013

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