Editing Grosse Tête, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Grosse Tête, Louisiana
| settlement_type          = Village
| image_map                = File:Iberville Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grosse Tete Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption              = Location of Grosse Tete in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
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| map_caption1             = Location of Louisiana in the United States
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2        = Parish
| subdivision_name2        = [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville]]
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| established_title        = Incorporated
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| leader_title             = Mayor
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| 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>
| area_total_km2           = 3.86
| area_total_sq_mi         = 1.49
| area_land_km2            = 3.80
| area_land_sq_mi          = 1.47
| area_water_km2           = 0.06
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.02
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total         = 548
| population_density_km2   = 144.19
| population_density_sq_mi = 373.55
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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_ft             = 13
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| area_code                = [[Area code 225|225]]
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| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 22-32020
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2407471<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407471}}</ref>
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'''Grosse Tête''' ({{IPAc-fr|ɡ|ʁ|o|s|-|t|ɛ|t}}; {{IPAc-en|local|g|r|oʊ|s|nbsp|ˈ|t|eɪ|t}}) is a village in [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 647 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2232020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Grosse Tete village, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=April 4, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213113541/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2232020| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> and 731 at the 2019 [[American Community Survey]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Geography Profile: Grosse Tete village, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2232020|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The village name is French for "Big Head".<ref>{{cite book |last=Hook |first=J. N. |title=All Those Wonderful Names |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rIq4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT252 |date=June 10, 2014 |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=978-1-4976-1186-3 |page=252}}</ref> Grosse Tête is part of the [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
Grosse Tête is located in northern Iberville Parish and is bordered to the north by the village of [[Rosedale, Louisiana|Rosedale]]. Bayou Grosse Tete flows through the eastern side of the village.

[[Interstate 10]] passes through the northern side of the village, with access from Exit 139. I-10 leads east {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] and west {{convert|39|mi}} to [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]].

[[Louisiana Highway 77]] heads {{convert|22|mi}} from Grosse Tete to the city of [[Plaquemine, Louisiana|Plaquemine]], the Iberville Parish seat.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|3.07|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|3.03|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.04|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 1.41%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 303
|1940= 382
|1950= 548
|1960= 768
|1970= 710
|1980= 749
|1990= 541
|2000= 670
|2010= 647
|2020= 548
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Grosse Tête racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2232020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 359
| 65.51%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 166
| 30.29%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 6
| 1.09%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 3
| 0.55%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 9
| 1.64%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 5
| 0.91%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 548 people, 265 households, and 174 families residing in the village. At the 2019 census estimates program, 731 people lived in the village.<ref name=":0" /> The racial and ethnic makeup was 54.2% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 43.4% Black and African American, and 2.5% multiracial. The median household income was $45,750 and 21.6% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.

At the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 670 people, 261 households, and 182 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|554.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 294 housing units at an average density of {{convert|243.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 55.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 42.84% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.75% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.30% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.45% of the population.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

There were 261 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were [[Marriage|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.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

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

==Notable people==
[[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senator]] [[Robert M. Marionneaux]] resides on a cattle farm in Grosse Tete but practices law in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marionneauxlawfirm.com/about.html|title=Marionneaux LAW FIRM|website=marionneauxlawfirm.com|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Iberville Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Villages in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Baton Rouge metropolitan area]]