Editing Pine Prairie, Louisiana

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| name                     = Pine Prairie, Louisiana
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Evangeline Parish, Louisiana|Evangeline]]
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| area_total_km2           = 4.20
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| population_total         = 1490
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| postal_code              = 70586<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/70586|title=Pine Prairie LA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code                = [[Area code 337|337]]
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'''Pine Prairie''' is a village in [[Evangeline Parish, Louisiana|Evangeline Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 1,610 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2260495| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pine Prairie village, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=February 10, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041741/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2260495| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 1,087 in [[2000 United States Census|2000]].

==Geography==
Pine Prairie is located north of the center of Evangeline Parish. [[Louisiana Highway 13]] passes through the village, leading north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Turkey Creek, Louisiana|Turkey Creek]] and south {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Mamou, Louisiana|Mamou]]. [[Ville Platte, Louisiana|Ville Platte]], the [[parish seat]], is {{convert|15|mi}} to the southeast.

In 1823 the area was the epicenter of an earthquake which was felt throughout the district.<ref>Brasseaux, Carl A., and Brian E. Lock. “The Opelousas Earthquakes of 1823 and 1870.” ''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association'', vol. 33, no. 3, 1992, pp. 317–24. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4232960 JSTOR website] Retrieved July 10, 2023.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Pine Prairie has a total area of {{convert|4.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.61%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> 

Pine Prairie Correctional Center is located in the northern part of the village. The village is also home to an ICE detention center where guards pepper sprayed over 100 immigrants for protesting their treatment and which also had an outbreak of mumps.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-immigrants-pepper-sprayed-louisiana-pine-prairie | title=More Than 100 Immigrants Were Pepper-Sprayed at an ICE Facility | website=[[BuzzFeed News]] August 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1960= 387
|1970= 515
|1980= 734
|1990= 713
|2000= 1087
|2010= 1610
|2020= 1490
|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>
}}
As of the [[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> of 2000, there were 1,087 people, 327 households, and 242 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|813.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 367 housing units at an average density of {{convert|274.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 91.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.84% of the population.

There were 327 households, out of which 45.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $21,167, and the median income for a family was $27,292. Males had a median income of $32,375 versus $17,321 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $9,735. About 24.2% of families and 29.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 33.7% of those under age 18 and 22.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Public schools in Evangeline Parish are operated by the [[Evangeline Parish School Board]]. [[Pine Prairie High School]] is located in the village of Pine Prairie and serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through four as well as grades nine through twelve.

==References==
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{{Evangeline Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Villages in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Villages in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana]]