Blanchard (Louisiana)

Caddo Parish

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Blanchard is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Caddo Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Blanchard had 2899 inhabitants.

Blanchard is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.

Geography

Blanchard is in the northwest of Louisiana, in the northwest suburban area of Shreveport, approximately 10 kilometers west of the Red River, near the border with Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 34'52 Blanchard " north latitude and 93 ° 53'34 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.2 km ².

Towns nearby Blanchard are Greenwood ( 23.3 km SSW ), Mooringsport (14,8 km northwest ) and Belcher (21,4 km north-northeast ).

The center of Shreveport is located 17.9 km south east. The nearest other cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (401 km south-east ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 524 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 360 km south-southeast ), Beaumont, Texas (331 km south), Texas ' largest city, Houston ( 382 km south-west ), Dallas, Texas (298 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (332 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (364 km east).

Traffic

The Louisiana Highway 1 past Blanchard at the northeastern edge of town. The Louisiana Highway 173 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through the center of Blanchard. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In Blanchard meet together two lines of the Kansas City Southern, which lead from here to Shreveport together.

The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 20.4 km SSE ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (331 km west).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Blanchard 2899 people in 1144 households. The population density was 467.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1144 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent white, 7.8 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 57,375. The per capita income was $ 25,935. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Karl Gerhardt (1853-1940) - Sculptor - lived for years in Blanchard