Haughton (Louisiana)
Bossier Parish
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Haughton is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Bossier Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Haughton had 3454 inhabitants.
Haughton is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.
Geography
Haughton is located in northwest Louisiana, approximately 15 km east of the Red River, near the border with Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates are 32 ° 31'48 Haughton " north latitude and 93 ° 30'23 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 10.9 km ².
Located about a kilometer behind the northeastern city limits with the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, a former munitions factory in the U.S. Army, whose site is now used for part of the Louisiana National Guard.
Towns nearby Haughton Princeton (7.4 km north), Doyline (9,1 km to the east ), Red Chute (11,7 km west ), Minden (17 km northeast) and Eastwood ( on the north- western city limit).
The center of Shreveport is located 27.5 km west. The nearest other cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge ( 383 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 500 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 337 km south-southeast ), Beaumont, Texas ( 352 km south-southwest ), Texas ' largest city, Houston (410 km southwest), Dallas, Texas (325 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (325 km north- north-east ) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (328 km east).
Traffic
Along the northern city limits of Haughton runs in east-west direction of Interstate 20, which is the shortest route from Dallas to Jackson. To the north runs the U.S. Highway 80 in the same direction. The Louisiana Highway 614 leads in west-east direction as the main road through the center of Haughton, after he has running in a north-south direction Louisiana Highway 157 crossed the western city. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Through Haughton runs in east-west direction, a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 36.3 km to the west ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 359 km in the same direction).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Haughton 3454 people in 1317 households. The population density was 316.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1317 households lived statistically 2.62 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 78.2 percent white, 18.2 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent and 0.6 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 46,089. The per capita income was $ 22,474. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.