Crowley (Louisiana)
Acadia Parish
22-18650
Crowley is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Acadia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Crowley had 13,265 inhabitants. Crowley has the nickname "America's rice capital", which is related to the fact that Crowley was long the center of rice cultivation in the United States. Today there are still many farmers who grow rice there. In addition, Crowley has a nationally successful football team.
Geography
Crowley is located in south central Louisiana on the southeastern shore of the Mermentau River. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 12'49 Crowley are " north latitude and 92 ° 22'25 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.7 km ².
Towns nearby Crowley are Rayne (12,4 km to the east ) and Esther Wood (10,5 km west-southwest ).
The nearest large towns are Lafayette (37,2 km to the east), Baton Rouge (130 km in the same direction) and Beaumont, Texas (180 miles west).
Traffic
Due to the north of Crowley runs in east-west direction Interstate 10, which forms the shortest route from Houston to New Orleans here. The U.S. Highway 90 leads as the main road through the city of Crowley and Louisiana Highway 13 crosses here All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Crowley runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from Houston to New Orleans.
With the Le Gros Memorial Airport is located 13.9 km west-southwest of a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (238 km east) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (329 miles west).
History
Crowley was in 1886 by C. C. Duson and W. W. Duson founded. The city was named after the Irish railway entrepreneur Pat Crowley.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Crowley 13,265 people in 5102 households. The population density was 1044.5 people per square kilometer. In the 5102 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 64.6 percent white, 32.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 28,592. The per capita income was $ 16,182. 31.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the town
- John Breaux, former Senator
- Jack Bascom Brooks, politicians
- Winsor Harmon, actor
- Kidd Jordan ( born 1935 ), jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and music educator