Editing Lula, Mississippi

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|official_name            = Lula, Mississippi
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Lula, Mississippi
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|pushpin_map_caption      = Location in the United States
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Mississippi]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Coahoma County, Mississippi|Coahoma]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_total_km2           = 1.08
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.42
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.42
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 204
|population_density_km2   = 188.67
|population_density_sq_mi = 489.21
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|elevation_ft             = 180
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 38644
|area_code                = [[Area code 662|662]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 28-42600
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|blank1_info              = 2406057<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406057}}</ref>
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'''Lula''' is a town in [[Coahoma County, Mississippi|Coahoma County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 204.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lula town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2842600|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lula is located near the northern border of Coahoma County. [[U.S. Route 49#Mississippi|U.S. Route 49]] passes southwest of the town, and [[U.S. Route 61 in Mississippi|U.S. Route 61]] passes east of the town. US 49 leads northwest {{convert|10|mi}} to [[Helena, Arkansas]], while US 61 leads north {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Tunica, Mississippi|Tunica]]. Southbound, the two highways join and lead to [[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]], the Coahoma [[county seat]], {{convert|20|mi}} south of Lula.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.0|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2842600| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lula town, Mississippi| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Tornado===
On April 26, 2011, a tornado&mdash;part of the [[2011 Super Outbreak]]&mdash;traveled from [[Elaine, Arkansas]], to Lula.<ref name=Memphis>[http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MEG&product=PNS&format=CI&version=2&glossary=0NWS] {{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref> The tornado was rated [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF0]], with estimated wind speeds of {{convert|75|mph|km/h kn|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Memphis/> The tornado's path of destruction was {{convert|200|yd|m}} wide and the tornado travelled a path of {{convert|21.5|mi|km}} along [[U.S. Route 61|Highway 61]].<ref name=Memphis/> The tornado ripped the roof off a church near Lula.<ref name=Memphis/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 174
|1910= 160
|1920= 344
|1930= 448
|1940= 503
|1950= 488
|1960= 484
|1970= 445
|1980= 394
|1990= 224
|2000= 370
|2010= 298
|2020= 204
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Lula town, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lula town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2842600&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lula town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2842600&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|55
|27
|18.46%
|13.24%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|232
|169
|77.85%
|82.84%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|6
|0
|2.01%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2
|7
|0.67%
|3.43%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3
|1
|1.01%
|0.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''298'''
|'''204'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 370 people, 134 households and 84 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|888.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 142 housing units at an average density of {{convert|340.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 77.30% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 19.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.89% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.08% from two or more races.

There were 134 households, of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 25.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.58.

30.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.

The [[median household income]] was $23,125 and the median family income was $33,295. Males had a median income of $26,944 and females $19,318. The [[per capita income]] was $12,008. About 35.6% of families and 39.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 59.1% of those under age 18 and 39.2% of those age 65 or over.
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==Education==
The town of Lula is served by the [[Coahoma County School District]]. Residents are served by [[Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School]].<ref>"[http://www.coahoma.k12.ms.us/schools.html Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704040831/http://www.coahoma.k12.ms.us/schools.html |date=July 4, 2017}}", [[Coahoma County School District]]. Retrieved July 6, 2017.</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Rex Armistead]], former investigator of the [[Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission]]
*[[Unita Blackwell]], civil rights activist
*[[Sam Carr (musician)|Sam Carr]], blues drummer<ref name="Baretta">{{cite web|last = Barretta |first = Scott  |title = Sam Carr (1926-2009) |publisher = Mississippi Arts Commission|url= http://www.arts.state.ms.us/folklife/artist.php?dirname=carr_sam|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Maud Jeffries]], actress<ref name="FisherLondré2017">{{cite book|author1=James Fisher|author2=Felicia Hardison Londré|title=Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pro7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA352|date=November 22, 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-5381-0786-7|page=352}}</ref>
*[[Ransom A. Myers]], marine biologist
*[[Bertha Lee Pate]], blues singer<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p410584/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Joslyn Layne |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Coahoma County, Mississippi}}

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[[Category:Towns in Coahoma County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Towns in Mississippi]]