Supreme (Louisiana)
Assumption Parish
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Supreme is a settlement on community- free area in the Assumption Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Supreme had 1052 inhabitants.
Geography
Supreme is located in the central southeastern Louisiana. The town lies on the southwestern shore of Bayou Lafourche, a former tributary of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates of 29 ° 51'34 Supreme are " north latitude and 90 ° 58'52 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 3.4 km ².
Towns nearby are Supreme Napoleonville (11.1 kilometers north-northwest ) and Labadieville (3.7 km south-east ), both of which also lie on the Bayou Lafourche.
The nearest large towns are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge ( 90.9 km to the north) and Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans (109 km east) and Lafayette (151 km west-northwest ).
Traffic
The Bayou Lafourche on leading along Louisiana Highway 1 is the main street of the Supreme. In Supreme two bridges cross the bayou. The Louisiana Highway 400 branches off from LA from 1, runs through the Supreme and leaves the place in a westerly direction. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
The nearest airports are the Lafayette Regional Airport (149 km west-northwest ), the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (104 km north) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( 90.3 km to the east).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Supreme 1052 people in 341 households. The population density was 309.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 341 households lived statistically 3.09 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 14.4 percent white, 83.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 25,500. The per capita income was $ 14,271. 32.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.