Editing Pioneer, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                 = Village of Pioneer
| settlement_type      = Village
| image_skyline        = Tubbs Rice Grain, Pioneer, LA IMG 7344.JPG
| imagesize            = 250 px
| image_caption        = Tubbs Rice Grain in Pioneer
| image_map            = File:West Carroll Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Pioneer Highlighted.svg
| map_caption          = Location of Pioneer in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
| image_map1           = Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
| map_caption1         = Location of Louisiana in the United States
<!-- Location ---->
| subdivision_type     = Country
| subdivision_name     = United States
| subdivision_type1    = State
| subdivision_name1    = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2    = Parish
| subdivision_name2    = [[West Carroll Parish, Louisiana|West Carroll]]
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| established_title    = Founded
| established_date     = 
| founder              = 
| named_for            = 
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type      = 
| governing_body       = 
| leader_title         = Mayor
<!-- Area ----->
| 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       = 2.81
| area_total_sq_mi     = 1.09
| area_land_km2        = 2.81
| area_land_sq_mi      = 1.09
| area_water_km2       = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi     = 0.00
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| population_as_of     = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total     = 149
| population_density_km2 = 53.00
| population_density_sq_mi = 137.20
| population_demonym   = 
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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_footnotes  = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft         = 105
| coordinates          = {{coord|32|44|17|N|91|26|17|W|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code          = 
| area_code            = [[Area code 318|318]]
| blank_name           = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info           = 22-60565
| blank1_name          = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info          = 2407524<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407524}}</ref>
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'''Pioneer''' is a [[village (Louisiana)|village]] in [[West Carroll Parish, Louisiana]], United States. The population was 171 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].

==History==
[[Image:Abandoned school, Pioneer, LA IMG 7345.JPG|thumb|left|Abandoned school complex in Pioneer]]
Very little is known on the early history of the village, but it is likely the population increased due to steamboat traffic on [[Bayou Macon]] in the 1850s. Similarly to the other settlements along [[Louisiana Highway 17|LA-17]] in West Carroll Parish.
  
Pioneer was incorporated as a village in 1911.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pioneer |url=https://www.lma.org/LMA/About_LMA/Organization_Profile.aspx?id=1218 |website=Louisiana Municipal Association |publisher=Louisiana Municipal Association |access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1960= 154
|1970= 188
|1980= 221
|1990= 116
|2000= 171
|2010= 156
|2020= 149
|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:center;"
|+'''Pioneer, Louisiana – 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 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Pioneer village, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2260565&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) – Pioneer village, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2260565&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|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) – Pioneer village, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2260565&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|81
|89
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53
|47.37%
|57.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.57%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|90
|64
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|52.63%
|41.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44.97%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.36%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.00%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.00%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''171'''
|'''156'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''149'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
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 171 people, 65 households, and 39 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|157.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 70 housing units at an average density of {{convert|64.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 47.37% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 52.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]].

There were 65 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.4% were married couples living together, 23.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.40.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 14.0% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 76.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $17,614, and the median income for a family was $19,375. Males had a median income of $17,917 versus $23,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $9,842. About 41.5% of families and 50.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 58.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.7% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
Public schools in West Carroll Parish are operated by the [[West Carroll Parish School Board]]. The village of Pioneer was zoned to Pioneer Elementary School prior to the end of the 2006-07 school year. The school was closed as part of a parish-wide school consolidation plan that also saw another campus, Fiske Union Elementary School, closed as well. At the beginning of the 2007-08 school year, most Pioneer students were moved to nearby [[Forest High School (Louisiana)|Forest High School]] in the village of [[Forest, Louisiana|Forest]]. Approximately 55 students who lived in the northeastern corner of the area zoned to Pioneer were sent to [[Oak Grove High School (Louisiana)|Oak Grove High School]] in [[Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana|Oak Grove]].<ref>[http://www.iconetwork.com/news/NewsTopic.aspx?id=1609 2 West Carroll schools to close for good on Friday] - Nola.com (May 23, 2007).</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pioneerprogress.com/ Pioneer Progress] Community Progress Site for Pioneer, Louisiana

{{West Carroll Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Villages in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Villages in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana]]