Editing Sterlington, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Sterlington, Louisiana
| official_name            = Town of Sterlington
| settlement_type          = Town
| image_skyline            = Sterlington, LA, welcome sign IMG_2838.JPG
| imagesize                = 250px
| image_caption            = 
| motto                    = You've Made It Home
| image_map                = File:Ouachita Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sterlington Highlighted.svg
| map_caption              = Location of Sterlington in Ouachita 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     = [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title     = Incorporated
| established_date      = 1961
| government_footnotes  = 
| government_type       = 
| governing_body        = 
| leader_party          = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| leader_title          = Mayor
| leader_name           = Matt Talbert{{cn|date=March 2025}}
<!-- 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        = 7.34
| area_total_sq_mi      = 2.83
| area_land_km2         = 7.34
| area_land_sq_mi       = 2.83
| area_water_km2        = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi      = 0.00
<!-- Population ----->
| population_as_of      = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes  = 
| population_total      = 1980
| population_density_km2   = 269.90
| population_density_sq_mi = 699.15
| population_demonym    = 
<!-- General information -->
| timezone1             = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset1           = -6
| timezone1_DST         = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST       = -5
| elevation_footnotes   = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft          = 79
| coordinates           = {{coord|32|41|20|N|92|03|37|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type      = ZIP code
| postal_code           = 71280
| area_code             = [[Area code 318|318]]
| blank_name            = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info            = 22-73255
| blank1_name           = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info           = 2406666<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406666}}</ref>
| website               = {{URL|http://www.townofsterlington.com}}
| footnotes             = 
}}

'''Sterlington''' is a [[town]] in northern [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]], United States, near the boundary with Union Parish. At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 1,594. In the 2018 census estimates, the population rose to 2,724. In 2014, Sterlington was the fastest-growing community in Northeast Louisiana.<ref name=census>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/23/sterlington-sees-137-percent-population-increase/|title=Sterlington sees 13.7 percent population increase, May 23, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|access-date=May 24, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Former Mayor Vern Breland was subsequently arrested for malfeasance in office in April 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/da-indicts-former-sterlington-mayor-vern-breland-for-malfeasance-in-office/article_e81121ac-db4d-11ea-9f1d-cf9fc6cbdba1.html/?&logged_out=1|title=Breland booked at prison, says attorneys directed him}}</ref>

In 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the town of Sterlington, its former mayor, and the town's advise with misleading investors in the sale of $5.8 million in municipal bonds in 2017 and 2018.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 2.3&nbsp;square miles (6.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 2.3&nbsp;square&nbsp;miles (5.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.43% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1970= 1118
|1980= 1400
|1990= 1140
|2000= 1276
|2010= 1594
|2020= 1980
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Sterlington racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2273255&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)
| 1,381
| 69.75%
|-
! scope="row" | [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 402
| 20.3%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 18
| 0.91%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 98
| 4.95%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 81
| 4.09%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,980 people, 926 households, and 726 families residing in the town.

==Economy==
Since 1930, Sterlington has been home to ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, provides approximately 204 full-time and contract jobs to the area.  ANGUS has a $20 million annual impact on the local economy, as well as "Contributes more than $50,000 annually to the United Way and other community outreach programs."<ref>[http://www.dow.com/louisiana/locations/sterlington.htm Sterlington – ANGUS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

[[File:Sterlington High School (LA) IMG 2843.JPG|thumb|Sterlington High School]]
==Education==
Sterlington is part of the [[Ouachita Parish School System]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22073_ouachita/DC20SD_C22073.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ouachita Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=1-2, 8 (PDF pp. 2-3, 9/31)|access-date=2025-01-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22073_ouachita/DC20SD_C22073_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> and has one elementary school, Sterlington Elementary School. Sterlington Middle School and High School are also part of the school district.<ref>{{cite web|author=OPSB.net |url=http://www.opsb.net |title=OPSB.net |publisher=OPSB.net |access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Sterlington Elementary feeds into Sterlington Middle and Sterlington High.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.gabbart.com/1815/feeder_schools_correlation.pdf|title=Feeder Schools Correlation|publisher=[[Ouachita Parish School Board]]|access-date=2024-01-04}} - [https://www.opsb.net/213285_2 Linked from here]. [https://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/1815/sterlington_elementary.pdf Sterlington ES boundary map].</ref>

==Notable people==
Actor [[Ed Nelson]] relocated with his family to Sterlington from [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] in 2005 in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/arts/television/ed-nelson-a-star-of-peyton-place-dies-at-85.html?_r=0|title=Ed Nelson, a Star of 'Peyton Place,' Dies at 85|author=William McDonald|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

U.S. Ambassador [[Edward J. Perkins]] was born in Sterlington in 1928.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.townofsterlington.com Town of Sterlington]
* [http://www.sterlingtonprogress.com/ Sterlington Progress] Community Progress Site for Sterlington, LA

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[[Category:Louisiana populated places on the Ouachita River]]
[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area]]