Clarks (Louisiana)
Caldwell Parish
22-15780
Clarks is a municipality ( with the status of "Village" ) in Caldwell Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Clark had 1017 inhabitants.
Geography
Clarks is located in north-central Louisiana, near the west bank of the Ouachita River. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 01'36 Clarks ' north latitude and 92 ° 08'20 "west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 2.6 km ².
Towns nearby Clarks are Grayson (4.2 km north-east ), Banks Springs ( 8.3 km in the same direction) and Kelly (8.2 km south-west ).
The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (232 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (272 km south-southeast ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 397 km in the same direction), Lafayette (234 km south), Shreveport (203 km west-northwest ) and Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (344 km north).
Traffic
Along the southeastern Ortsrandes runs the four-lane U.S. Highway 165 in the town center, the Louisiana Highways 844 and 845 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In parallel to U.S. 165 runs for freight traffic a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad through the town center of Clarks.
The Caldwell Parish Airport is located 15.1 km north east a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( 396 km south-southeast ) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (247 km east).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Clarks 1017 people in 222 households. The population density was 391.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 222 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 51.7 percent white, 46.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
14.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 76.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.7 percent were 65 years or older. 27.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 16,827. The per capita income was $ 15,095. 43.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.