Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Bossier Parish
22-60670
Plain Dealing is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Bossier Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Plain Dealing had 1015 inhabitants.
Plain Dealing is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.
Geography
Plain Dealing is located in northwest Louisiana, about 10 km east of the Red River, near the border with Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 54'18 Plain Dealing are " north latitude and 93 ° 41'49 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.1 km ².
Towns nearby are Bradley of Plain Dealing in Arkansas ( 23.5 km NNE ), Spring Hill (27,8 km northeast), Sarepta (23,8 km to the east), Benton ( 25.1 km SSW ), Gilliam (21,8 km southwest ), Hosston (18,3 km to the west ) and Ida (30,9 km to the northwest ).
The center of Shreveport is located 50.8 km south. The nearest other cities are Dallas, Texas (340 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (272 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson ( 366 km east-southeast ).
Traffic
The Louisiana Highway 3 runs in a north -south direction through the west of Plain Dealing. The Louisiana Highway 157 leads as the main road through the center of the city. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Plain Dealing LA 3 runs parallel to a railroad line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from Shreveport to Little Rock.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 59.7 km SSW ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 374 km west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Plain Dealing 1015 people in 409 households. The population density was 247.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 409 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 52.2 percent white, 45.2 percent African Americans, 0.2 percent ( two people) Native American, and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 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.
22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.3 percent were 65 years or older. 54.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 18,867. The per capita income was $ 14,303. 44.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Joe Waggonner (1918-2007) - 1961-1979 Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born, raised and buried in Plain Dealing