Editing Prien, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Prien, Louisiana
| settlement_type         = [[Census-designated place]]
| image_skyline           = 
| image_caption           = 
| pushpin_map             = Louisiana
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Prien in Louisiana 
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2       = Parish
| subdivision_name2       = [[Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana|Calcasieu]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = 
| government_footnotes    = 
| government_type         = 
| governing_body          = 
<!-- 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_sq_mi        = 5.98
| area_land_sq_mi         = 5.34
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.63
| area_total_km2          = 15.48
| area_land_km2           = 13.84
| area_water_km2          = 1.64
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 7745
| population_density_km2  = 559.62
| population_density_sq_mi = 1449.29
| 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            = 10
| coordinates             = {{coord|30|09|03|N|93|15|20|W|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type        = 
| postal_code             = 
| area_code               = [[Area code 337|337]]
| blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info              = 22-62647
| blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info             = 2403447<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403447}}</ref>
| website                 = 
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}}

'''Prien''' is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana|Calcasieu Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 7,810 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_DP/G001/1600000US2262647| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175359/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2262647| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Prien CDP, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 15, 2014}}</ref> It is part of the [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] [[Lake Charles metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]]. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.

==Geography==
Prien consists of unincorporated land on the south side of Lake Charles. The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of [[Prien Lake]], a widening in the [[Calcasieu River]], but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|17.2|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|15.6|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.6|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 9.32%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The area of the CDP has decreased by {{convert|1.3|sqmi}} since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 7745
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Prien racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2262647&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 5,942
| 76.72%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 627
| 8.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 32
| 0.41%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 355
| 4.58%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 12
| 0.15%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 305
| 3.94%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 472
| 6.09%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,745 people, 2,999 households, and 2,284 families residing in the CDP.

==References==
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{{Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in the Lake Charles metropolitan area]]