Greenwood, Louisiana
Caddo Parish
22-31705
Greenwood is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Caddo Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Greenwood had 3219 inhabitants.
Greenwood is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.
Geography
Greenwood is located in northwest Louisiana, in the western suburbs of Shreveport, about 20 km west of the Red River and about 2 km east of the border with Texas. The border with Arkansas is located about 70 km north. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 26'35 Greenwood " north latitude and 93 ° 58'23 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 20.2 km ².
Towns nearby Greenwood are Stonewall (31,8 km to the southeast ), Keatchie ( 32.5 km SSE ), Bethany (11,2 km southwest), Waskom, Texas ( 9.8 km west-northwest ) and Blanchard (23,3 km north-northeast ).
The center of Shreveport is located 26.4 km east-northeast. The nearest other cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (395 km south-east ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 517 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 353 km south-southeast ), Beaumont, Texas (309 km south), Texas ' largest city, Houston (361 km southwest), Dallas, Texas (277 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (361 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (372 km east).
Traffic
Interstate 20, which is the shortest route from Dallas on Shreveport to Jackson, runs in east-west direction by Greenwood. Parallel to run on a common route, the U.S. Highways 79 and 80 as the main road through Greenwood. To the west of the city then branches of the U.S. 79 from the common path from the southwest. In the city center nor the Louisiana Highways 169, 511 and 526 on the main street meet. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Greenwood, a railroad line of the Union Pacific Railroad from the direction of Texas runs in east-west direction to Shreveport.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 15.4 km to the east) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (310 km west).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Greenwood 3219 people in 1310 households. The population density was 159.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1310 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 70.9 percent white, 24.9 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent and 0.8 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 36,875. The per capita income was $ 27,974. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.