Cameron (Louisiana)

Cameron Parish

22-12000

Cameron is a settlement on community- free area and the administrative seat of Cameron Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Cameron had 406 inhabitants.

Cameron is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area, the metropolitan area around the city of Lake Charles.

Geography

Cameron lies between the brackish Calcasieu Lake, the Gulf of Mexico and the connecting channel therebetween which forms the mouth of the Calcasieu River.

The geographical coordinates of 29 ° 47'52 Cameron ' north latitude and 93 ° 19'31 "west longitude. The site covers an area of 76.1 km ² to 72 km ² of land and 4.1 km ² water surface spread.

Towns nearby Cameron are Holly Beach (17 miles west) and Oak Grove ( 23.9 km to the east).

The center of Lake Charles is located 86.6 km north. The nearest big cities are Lafayette (181 km east-northeast ), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (269 km in the same direction), Shreveport (370 km north), Beaumont, Texas (111 km west-northwest ) and Houston (217 miles west).

Traffic

The Louisiana Highway 27 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Cameron. To the west of the town, the highway meets the mouth of the Calcasieu River channel through which is a ferry. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.

With the Lake Charles Regional Airport is located 72.7 km north of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major international airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (233 miles west).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Cameron 406 people in 165 households. The population density was 5.6 people per square kilometer. In the 165 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.4 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 2.0 percent Native American, and 1.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 61,731. The per capita income was $ 27,673. 18 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.