Grosse Tete, Louisiana

Grosse T?te is a village in Iberville Parish Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Iberville Parish is a parish [i] located south of Baton Rouge [i] in the U.S. state [i] of Louisiana [i] ...

, Louisiana Louisiana

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, United States United States

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. The population was 670 at the 2000 census. Its name is French French language

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for "Big Head."

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Grosse Tête is a village in Iberville Parish Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Iberville Parish is a parish [i] located south of Baton Rouge [i] in the U.S. state [i] of Louisiana [i] ...

, Louisiana Louisiana

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, United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...

. The population was 670 at the 2000 census. Its name is French French language

French is the third-largest of the Romance languages [i] in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish [i] ...

for "Big Head."

Geography

Grosse Tête is located at .

According to the United States Census Bureau United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 3.2 km² . 3.1 km² of it is land and 0.1 km² of it is water.

Demographics

As of the census Census

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of 2000, there were 670 people, 261 households, and 182 families residing in the village. The population density Population density

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was 213.8/km² . There were 294 housing units at an average density of 93.8/km² . The racial makeup of the village was 55.52% White White

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, 42.84% African American African American

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, 0.30% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.30% from other races Race

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, and 0.30% from two or more races. Hispanic Hispanic

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or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 261 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 19.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the village the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $27,734, and the median income for a family was $32,188. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $20,781 for females. The per capita income for the village was $12,840. About 16.7% of families and 23.4% of the population were below the poverty line Poverty threshold

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, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 27.6% of those age 65 or over.

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