Grayson (Louisiana)
Caldwell Parish
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Grayson is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Caldwell Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Grayson had 532 inhabitants.
Geography
Grayson is located in north-central Louisiana, near the west bank of the Ouachita River. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 03'00 Grayson " north latitude and 92 ° 06'33 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.4 km ².
Towns nearby Grayson are Banks Springs ( on the northeast city limits ), Columbia (7.1 km north-east ) and Clark (4.2 km south-west ).
The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (228 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (268 km south-southeast ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 396 km in the same direction), Lafayette (237 km south), Shreveport (198 km west-northwest ) and Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (340 km north).
Traffic
Through the center runs as the main road of U.S. Highway 165, where also hit the Louisiana Highways 126 and 850 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 by Grayson.
The Caldwell Parish Airport is located 10.9 km north east a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( 382 km south-southeast ) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (243 km east).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Grayson 532 people in 238 households. The population density was 156.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 238 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 84.2 percent white, 14.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 26,188. The per capita income was $ 16,659. 28.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- John McKeithen (1918-1999) - 1964-1972 49th Governor of Louisiana - born in Grayson