Editing West Ferriday, Louisiana

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'''West Ferriday''' is an [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated Community]] and former [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Concordia Parish, Louisiana|Concordia Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 1,541 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. The area was not delineated as a CDP for the 2010 or the 2020 census.

==Geography==
The West Ferriday CDP was located at {{Coord|31|38|10|N|91|34|12|W|type:city}} (31.636089, -91.570005).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The CDP covered unincorporated area west of the town of [[Ferriday, Louisiana|Ferriday]] and does not have an identifiable town center.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP had a total area of 13.5&nbsp;square miles (34.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 13.4&nbsp;square miles (34.7&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) was land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.45%) was water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,541 people, 612 households, and 411 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|114.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 669 housing units at an average density of {{convert|49.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 40.95% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 57.56% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.36% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.49% of the population.

There were 612 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 22.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $14,821, and the median income for a family was $20,714. Males had a median income of $18,611 versus $20,536 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $9,089. About 34.7% of families and 43.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 58.3% of those under age 18 and 42.0% of those age 65 or over.

{{Concordia Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Concordia Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Natchez micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Former census-designated places in Louisiana]]