DeQuincy (Louisiana)
Calcasieu Parish
22-20575
DeQuincy is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Calcasieu Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010 DeQuincy had 3235 inhabitants.
Geography
DeQuincy is located in southwestern Louisiana, some 30 km east of the Sabine River, which forms the border with Texas. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 27'02 DeQuincy are " north latitude and 93 ° 26'00 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.3 km ².
Neighbouring places of DeQuincy are Oretta ( 8.9 km north ), Ragley (21,9 km east-northeast ), Sulphur ( 28.9 km SSE ) and Starks (27,5 km southwest).
The nearest big cities are Lafayette (160 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (243 km in the same direction), Shreveport (274 km north), Beaumont, Texas ( 83.6 km west-southwest ) and Texas ' largest city, Houston (217 km in the same direction).
Traffic
In the city of DeQuincy Louisiana Highways 12 and 27 intersect All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In the city of DeQuincy several Railroads of Kansas City Southern and the Union Pacific Railroad meet together.
With the Lake Charles Regional Airport is located 53.8 km south-southeast of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major international airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (205 miles west).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in DeQuincy 3235 people in 1252 households. The population density was 389.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1252 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 77.2 percent white, 19.6 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 32,478. The per capita income was $ 19,473. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Smiley Lewis (1913-1966) - Blues and R & B singer - born and raised in DeQuincy
- Desmond Penigar (* 1881) - Basketball Player - born in DeQuincy
- Tina Girouard (* 1946) - artist - born in DeQuincy