Gibsland, Louisiana
Bienville Parish
22-28835
Gibsland is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Bienville Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010 Gibsland had 979 inhabitants.
Geography
Gibsland is located in northwest Louisiana, about 60 km south of the border with Arkansas and about 100 km east of Texas. The geographical coordinates of Gibsland are 32 ° 32'39 " north latitude and 93 ° 03'11 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 7 km ².
Neighbouring places of Gibsland are Athens (14,2 km to the north ), Arcadia (13,7 km east ), Bryceland ( 14.6 km SSE ), Minden (18 km north-west ), Mount Lebanon (4.6 km south), Heflin (28,9 km west-southwest ) and Dubberly (21,8 km west ).
The nearest large towns are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge ( 356 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 478 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 314 km south-southeast ), Shreveport (72 miles west), Dallas Texas (370 km the same direction), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (291 km north-northeast ) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (283 km east ).
Traffic
Along the northern border town of Gibsland runs in east-west direction of Interstate 20, which is the shortest route from Dallas to Jackson. In parallel, the U.S. Highway 80 as the main street through the town center, where it meets with the Louisiana Highways 154 and 794 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Gibsland runs in east-west direction, a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern.
The Arcadia - Bienville Parish Airport is located 17.8 km east-southeast a small airfield. The next airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 80.7 km to the west ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 403 km in the same direction).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Gibsland 979 people in 413 households. The population density was 139.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 413 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 16.1 percent white, 81.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 27,708. The per capita income was $ 14,311. 25.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.