Hackberry (Louisiana)

Cameron Parish

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Hackberry is a settlement on community- free area in 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 Hackberry had 1261 inhabitants.

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

Geography

Hackberry is located between the brackish water lakes Black Lake, Browns Lake and Calcasieu Lake at the mouth of Calcasieu River into the Gulf of Mexico.

The geographical coordinates of 29 ° 59'46 Hackberry are " north latitude and 93 ° 20'32 " west longitude. The site covers an area of ​​242.7 km ², the 212.7 km ² land and 30 km ² water surface spread.

Towns nearby Hackberry is Carlyss (20,5 km to the north ) and Holly Beach ( 32.6 km to the south).

The center of Lake Charles is located 42 km north-northeast. The nearest big cities are Lafayette (161 km east-northeast ), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (248 km in the same direction), Shreveport (331 km north), Beaumont, Texas (101 km west-northwest ) and Houston (232 miles west).

Traffic

The Louisiana Highway 27 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through Hackberry. South of the town meets the highway at 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 51.9 km northeast of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major international airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (248 miles west).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hackberry 1261 people in 499 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. In the 499 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent American Ureinwohnernsowie 0.1 percent (one person) Asians; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 57,083. The per capita income was $ 32,694. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.