Ringgold (Louisiana)
Bienville Parish
22-64905
Ringgold is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Bienville Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010 Ringgold had 1495 inhabitants.
Geography
Ringgold is located in northwest Louisiana, near the borders with Arkansas and Texas. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 19'43 Ringgold are " north latitude and 93 ° 16'48 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6 km ².
Neighboring cities of Ringgold are Heflin (15 km north), Jamestown ( 7.3 km east-northeast ), Castor (16,5 km southeast) and Hall Summit ( 18.8 km to the south).
The nearest large towns are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge ( 356 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 469 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 305 km south-southeast ), Shreveport ( 60.3 km north west ), Dallas Texas ( 357 km in the same direction), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (326 km north- north-east ) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (334 km east).
Traffic
U.S. Highway 371 runs north -south direction as the main road through Ringgold and meets in the center on the Louisiana Highways 4 and 154 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Ringgold runs in east-west direction, a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 68.4 km to the northwest ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ( 391 km west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ringgold 1495 people in 604 households. The population density was 249.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 604 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 39.9 percent white, 58.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years or older. 55.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 22,656. The per capita income was $ 11,070. 42.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Jerry Huckaby ( born 1941 ) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1977-1993 ) - operation in Ringgold a farm