Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
22-52425
Moss Bluff is a settlement on community- free area in Calcasieu Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP).
Geography
Moss Bluff is located in Southwest Louisiana on the shore of Calcasieu River, near its confluence with the Calcasieu Lake. The border with Texas is located approximately 50 km to the west. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 18'10 Moss Bluff are " north latitude and 93 ° 11'27 " west longitude. Moss Bluff covers an area of 40.9 km ².
Towns nearby Moss Bluff Lake Charles are ( on the opposite bank of the Calcasieu River at the southern city limits ), Westlake (13,8 km southwest), Sulphur (25,3 km west-southwest ), Ragley (26,7 km to the north ) and Iowa ( 24.8 km east-southeast ).
The nearest big cities are Lafayette (122 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (211 km in the same direction), Shreveport (290 km north), Beaumont, Texas (106 miles west) and Texas ' largest city, Houston (242 km in the same direction).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 171 runs north -south direction as the main road through Moss Bluff. At the heart of Louisiana Highway 378 branches off to the west. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Lake Charles Regional Airport is located 27 km south of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major international airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (258 miles west).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Moss Bluff 11,557 people in 4201 households. The population density was 282.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4201 households lived statistically 2.75 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.0 percent white, 6.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 62,013. The per capita income was $ 27,020. 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.