Arcadia (Louisiana)

Bienville Parish

22-02655

Arcadia is a city ( with a status of " Town" ) and the administrative seat of Bienville Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Arcadia had 2919 inhabitants.

Geography

Arcadia is located in northwest Louisiana, about 60 km south of the border with Arkansas and 110 km east of Texas. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 32'57 Arcadia " north latitude and 92 ° 55'13 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 7.8 km ².

Towns nearby Arcadia are Lisbon (33 km north), Simsboro (12,9 km east), Bryceland ( 13.6 km SSW ), Gibsland (13,9 km west ), Minden ( 30 km northwest ) and Athens (17, 2km northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (351 km south-east ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 472 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 301 km south-southeast ), Shreveport ( 85.6 km to the west ), Dallas Texas ( 383 km in the same direction), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (286 km north) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (269 km east).

Traffic

Due to the north of Arcadia runs in east-west direction Interstate 20, which forms the shortest route from Dallas to Jackson. In parallel, the U.S. Highway 80 as the main road through the city center, where it meets with the Louisiana Highway 9, 147, 151 and 519 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

By Arcadia runs in east-west direction, a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern.

The Arcadia - Bienville Parish Airport is located 5.1 kilometers southwest of the center a small airfield. The next airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 94.3 km to the west ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 417 km in the same direction).

Population

According to the census in 2010, lived in Arcadia in 2919 people in 1069 households. The population density was 374.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1069 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 31.9 percent white, 64.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 20,441. The per capita income was $ 16,200. 36.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Fred Dean ( born 1952 ) - American football player - born in Arcadia
• Teddy Grace (1905-1992) - jazz singer - born in Arcadia
• Riley J. Wilson (1871-1946) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - attended school in Arcadia