Oakdale (Louisiana)
Allen Parish
22-56540
Oakdale is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Allen Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010 Oakdale had 7780 inhabitants.
Geography
Oakdale is located in the central Southwest Louisiana, about two kilometers east of the Calcasieu River. The geographical coordinates are 30 ° 48'48 " north latitude and 92 ° 39'38 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.3 km ².
Towns nearby Oakdale are Glenmora ( 19.3 km NNE ), Turkey Creek (28,2 km ENE ) Pine Prairie (24,4 km east), Oberlin ( 24.5 km SSW ) and Elizabeth ( 16.8 km west-northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Baton Rouge (176 km east-southeast ), Lafayette (113 km southeast), Beaumont, Texas (196 km west-southwest ) and Shreveport (261 km north-northwest ).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 165 leads as the main road through Oakdale and crosses the urban area Louisiana Highway 10 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Allen Parish Airport is located 9 kilometers south-southwest of a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (283 km east-southeast ) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston ( 318 km west-southwest ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Oakdale 7780 people in 2152 households. The population density was 585 people per square kilometer. In the 2152 households lived statistically 2.45 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 62.4 percent white, 34.0 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 71.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 37.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 27,230. The per capita income was $ 14,795. 28.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Federal prison
The Bevölkerungsumgleichgewicht explained by the Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale, a federal prison for men based in Oakdale.