Simmesport, Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish
22-70525
Simmesport is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Avoyelles Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Simmesport had 2161 inhabitants.
Geography
Simmesport is located in central Louisiana on the west bank of the Atchafalaya, a few kilometers southwest of the mouth of the Red River. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 59'01 Simmesport are " north latitude and 91 ° 48'00 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.1 km ².
Neighbouring places of Simmesport are Innis (20,5 km to the southeast ), Plaucheville (25.4 km to the west ), Moreauville (19,6 km west-northwest ) and Bordelonville (27,1 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (277 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (114 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans (233 km in the same direction), Lafayette (110 km south-southwest ), Beaumont, Texas ( 305 km west-southwest ) and Shreveport (284 km north-west ).
Traffic
The Louisiana Highway 1 from the west as the main road through Simmesport and leaves the city to the east Tichtung on a bridge over the Atchafalaya. In the city center of Louisiana Highway 105 branches to its northern terminus to the south and runs along the Atchafalaya. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (104 km southeast), the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (219 km in the same direction) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (290 km northeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Simmesport 2161 people in 718 households. The population density was 354.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 718 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 49.4 percent white, 48.5 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 59.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 25,473. The per capita income was $ 11,525. 30.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.