Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Mobile County

01-04684

Bayou La Batre is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The total area of ​​Bayou La Batre is 1.8 km ², of which 0.4 km ² water.

History

Bayou La Batre was founded in 1786 during the French colonization of the Gulf Coast, as Joseph Bouzage came to the region and earned a about 5 km ² ( 1,259 acres) large piece of land by the Spaniards.

On August 29, 2005 Bayou La Batre was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Demography

In the census of 2000 Bayou La Batre had 2,313 inhabitants, distributed among 769 households and 599 families. The population density was 221.6 inhabitants thus / km ². 52.44 % of the population were white, 33.29 % Asian, 10.25% African American. In 37.7 % of households were living children under 18 years. The average income was 24,539 dollars per household, with 28.2 % of the population were below the poverty line.

Age structure

Trivia

In the movie Forrest Gump Bayou La Batre is the hometown of Benjamin Buford Blue, which provides the idea for the "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company ".