Elizabeth (Louisiana)

Allen Parish

22-23235

Elizabeth is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Allen Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Elizabeth had 532 inhabitants.

Geography

Elizabeth is in the middle Southwest Louisiana at 30 ° 52'07 " north latitude and 92 ° 47'35 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.28 km ².

Towns nearby Elizabeth are Glenmora (32,2 km northeast), Oakdale ( 16.6 km east-southeast ) and Pitkin (16,7 km northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Baton Rouge (191 km east-southeast ), Lafayette (129 km southeast), Beaumont, Texas (183 km west-southwest ) and Shreveport (246 km north-northwest ).

Traffic

In the city of Elizabeth, the Louisiana Highways 10 and 112 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

With the Allen Parish Airport is located 23.2 km south-southeast of a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (299 km east-southeast ) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston ( 305 km west-southwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Elizabeth 532 people in 185 households. The population density was 124.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The 185 households lived statistically 2.88 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.6 percent African Americans and 2.1 percent of Native Americans; 0.1 percent (one person) from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

35.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 53,750. The per capita income was $ 23,016. 7.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Faye Emerson (1917-1983) - Actress - born in Elizabeth