Cottonport, Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
22-17880
Cottonport is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Avoyelles Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Cottonport had 2006 inhabitants.
Geography
Cotton Port is located in central Louisiana, about 30 km south of the Red River and about 50 km southwest of its confluence with the Atchafalaya. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 59'18 Cottonport are " north latitude and 92 ° 03'11 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.2 km ².
Neighbouring places of Cottonport are Mansura (9 km north), Moreauville (12,6 km northeast), Plaucheville ( 9.7 km east-southeast ), Evergreen (8,5 km westsüdwestlilch ) and Hessmer (16,6 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (306 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (138 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans (260 km in the same direction), Lafayette (103 km south), Beaumont, Texas ( 257 km west-southwest ) and Shreveport (265 km north-west ).
Traffic
In the city of Cottonport Louisiana Highways 29 and 107 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The next airports are the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (132 km south-east ), the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (245 km in the same direction) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (320 km northeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Cottonport 2006 people in 773 households. The population density was 385.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 773 households lived statistically 2.59 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 44.9 percent white, 52.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 25,853. The per capita income was $ 13,065. 32.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.