Editing Amelia, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Amelia, Louisiana
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| settlement_type         = [[Census-designated place]]
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2       = Parish
| subdivision_name2       = [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary]]
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| pushpin_map             = Louisiana
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Amelia in Louisiana 
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = 7.20
| area_total_sq_mi        = 2.78
| area_land_sq_mi         = 2.52
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.26
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| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total        = 2132
| population_density_km2  = 326.56
| population_density_sq_mi = 845.70
| population_demonym      = 
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| area_code               = [[Area code 985|985]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 22-01815
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|area_land_km2 = 6.53
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'''Amelia''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 2,459 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2201815| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Amelia CDP, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 29, 2013}}</ref> It is part of the [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The first postmaster named the town after Amelia Dupuis, his fiancée, who died shortly before their wedding day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leeper|first=Clare D'Artois|title=Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHeeUa0xNxcC&pg=PA16|date=19 October 2012|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4740-5|page=16}}</ref>

==Geography==
Amelia is located at {{Coord|29|40|24|N|91|6|11|W|type:city}} (29.673361, -91.103181).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

On the eastern side of Amelia over Bayou Boeuf is the [[Assumption Parish, Louisiana|Assumption Parish]] line and the [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] of Boeuf, Louisiana. [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]] is located {{convert|8|mi}} to the west.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|7.3|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|6.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.7|km2|disp=flip}}, or 9.12%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 2423
|2010= 2459
|2020= 2132
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Amelia racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2201815&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 583
| 27.35%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 172
| 8.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 16
| 0.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 253
| 11.87%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 60
| 2.81%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,048
| 49.16%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,132 people, 904 households, and 522 families residing in the CDP.

==References==
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{{St. Mary Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]]