Editing Wilson, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Wilson, Louisiana
| settlement_type         = Village
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| image_map               = File:East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Wilson Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption             = Location of Wilson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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| map_caption1            = Location of Louisiana in the United States
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2       = Parish
| subdivision_name2       = [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana]]
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| established_title       = Founded
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| leader_title            = Mayor
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| 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          = 7.05
| area_total_sq_mi        = 2.72
| area_land_km2           = 7.02
| area_land_sq_mi         = 2.71
| area_water_km2          = 0.03
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.01
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| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 348
| population_density_km2  = 49.57
| population_density_sq_mi = 128.37
| 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            = 272
| coordinates             = {{coord|30|55|12|N|91|06|57|W|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code             = 
| area_code               = [[Area code 225|225]]
| blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info              = 22-82215
| blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info             = 2407571<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407571}}</ref>
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'''Wilson''' is a village in [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 348 in 2020. It is part of the [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
Wilson is located in northwestern East Feliciana Parish. [[Louisiana Highway 19]] passes through the village, leading north {{convert|3.5|mi}} to [[Norwood, Louisiana|Norwood]] and south {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]. [[Clinton, Louisiana|Clinton]], the East Feliciana Parish seat, is {{convert|8|mi|0}} to the southeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Wilson has a total area of {{convert|7.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{Convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.42%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wilson village, Louisiana |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2282215 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213071437/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2282215 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=February 10, 2016 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1890= 281
|1900= 470
|1910= 762
|1920= 470
|1930= 354
|1970= 606
|1980= 656
|1990= 707
|2000= 668
|2010= 595
|2020= 348
|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:right"
|+Wilson racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2282215&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 70
| 20.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 259
| 74.43%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 11
| 3.16%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 8
| 2.3%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 348 people, 202 households, and 120 families residing in the village.
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==References==
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{{East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Villages in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Villages in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Baton Rouge metropolitan area]]