Editing Broussard, Louisiana

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'''Broussard''' is a city in [[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette]] and [[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana|St. Martin]] parishes in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. The population was 8,197 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], and 13,417 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=QuickFacts: Broussard city, Louisiana|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/broussardcitylouisiana/POP010220|access-date=August 14, 2021|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Broussard is part of the [[Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area|Lafayette metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
The community was originally named ''Côte Gelée'' (Frozen Hill) because of its hilly ridge area and the severe winter of 1784. Broussard was founded in 1884. It was named after Valsin Broussard, a prominent local merchant, who formed the first vigilante committee when his own store was robbed. He was a direct descendant of [[Joseph Broussard|Joseph Broussard de Beausoleil]], one of the first 200 [[Acadians]] to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the ''Santo Domingo''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090521212233/http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm www.carencrohighschool.org "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard"]}}</ref>

Primary agricultural resources include sugarcane, soybean and hay production as well as horse and cattle farming. Principal industries consist of oil and gas service companies, food distributors, real estate developments and manufacturing.

Broussard has gone from a horse and buggy community, with large sugarcane plantation homes, to a current day industrial community with over 300 businesses. It was designated a city in November 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |title=Boundary Changes |work=Geographic Change Notes: Louisiana |publisher=Population Division, United States Census Bureau |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=October 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |archive-date=August 6, 2010 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Broussard is located at {{Coord|30|8|32|N|91|57|49|W|type:city}} (30.142329, -91.963644), in the southern Louisiana region of [[Acadiana]].<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Most of the city limits are located in [[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette Parish]] with a small eastern portion of the city being located in [[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana|St. Martin Parish]].

The city of [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]], the [[county seat|parish seat]] of St. Martin Parish is located about {{convert|10|miles}} east of Broussard in which [[Louisiana Highway 96]] passes through both communities. [[Louisiana Highway 182]] and [[U.S. Route 90]] (future [[Interstate 49]]) also pass through the city with [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, being located northwest ({{convert|7|miles}}) and [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]], the parish seat of [[Iberia Parish, Louisiana|Iberia Parish]], located southeast ({{convert|14|miles}}).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 11.4 square miles (29.6&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 11.4 square miles (29.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.18%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 290
|1910= 499
|1920= 602
|1930= 806
|1940= 791
|1950= 1237
|1960= 1600
|1970= 1707
|1980= 2923
|1990= 3213
|2000= 5874
|2010= 8197
|2020= 13417
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Broussard racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2210075&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 9,770
| 72.82%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,129
| 15.87%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 56
| 0.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 264
| 1.97%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 500
| 3.73%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 694
| 5.17%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 13,417 people, 4,370 households, and 2,881 families residing in the city. The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] determined the racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 78.4% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 14.7% [[African Americans|Black and African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 1.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.8% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]], and 4.7% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic and Latin American]] of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2210075&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-31|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731171330/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2210075&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true |archive-date=2021-07-31 }}</ref>

Of the population in 2019, there were 4,370 households living in 5,018 housing units.<ref>{{Cite web|title=QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/broussardcitylouisiana/PST040219|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Geography Profile: Broussard city, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2210075|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-31|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731171330/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2210075 |archive-date=2021-07-31 }}</ref> An average of 2.69 people lived in a household. In 2019, the median age of the city was 35.1, and there was a median household income of $82,677. Males had a median income of $62,012 versus $50,930 for females, and 13.3% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.

==Sports==
The [[Chitimacha Louisiana Open]] is a golf tournament of the [[Web.com Tour]] played at [[Le Triomphe Golf & Country Club]] since 1992.

==Notable people==
*[[Erin Blanchard]], gymnast
*[[Illinois Jacquet]], jazz musician

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://broussardla.com/ City of Broussard]

{{Lafayette Parish, Louisiana}}
{{St. Martin Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1884]]
[[Category:Cities in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Cities in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Cities in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Cities in Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Acadiana]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in Louisiana]]