Vivian (Louisiana)

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Vivian
Center of Vivian
Center of Vivian
Location in Louisiana
Vivian (Louisiana)
Vivian
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Louisiana
Parish : Caddo Parish
Coordinates : 32 ° 52 ′  N , 93 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 52 ′  N , 93 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
3,671 (as of 2010)
439,000 (as of 2010)
Population density : 271.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.5 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 78 m
Postal code : 71082
Area code : +1 318
FIPS : 22-78890
GNIS ID : 543762
Vivian, LA, Town Hall IMG 5184.JPG
Vivian City Hall

Vivian is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Caddo Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Vivian had 3671 inhabitants.

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

geography

Vivian is located in northwest Louisiana, on the south bank of Black Bayou Lake , around 15 km west of the Red River and around 3 km east of the Texas border . The Arkansas border is approximately 20 km north. The geographic coordinates of Vivian are 32 ° 52'16 "north latitude and 93 ° 59'12" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​13.5 km².

Neighboring places of Vivian are Rodessa (11.6 km north), Ida (24 km northeast), Hosston (11.5 km east), Gilliam (17.3 km east-southeast), Belcher (26.4 km southeast), Oil City (15.1 km south) and McLeod , Texas (16 km northwest).

Shreveport city center is 30 miles south-southeast. The closest other major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (439 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (561 km in the same direction), Lafayette (398 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (359 km south), Texas' largest city Houston (410 km south-southwest), Dallas in Texas (307 km west), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (300 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (395 km east-southeast).

traffic

In the urban area of ​​Vivian, Louisiana Highways 1 , 2 and 170 meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of Kansas City Southern runs through Vivian in north-south direction from the north to Shreveport.

The nearest airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (35 miles south-southeast) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (217 miles west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Vivian had 3,671 people in 1,504 households. The population density was 271.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1504 households there were statistically 2.44 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 55.8 percent white, 41.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 25,735  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,501. 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Buildings

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 26, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 27, 2013

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