Mooringsport, Louisiana
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Mooringsport is an incorporated municipality in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Caddo Parish. Part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area and located approximately Template:Convert outside of the principal city of Shreveport,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> the town of Mooringsport had a population of 748 at the 2020 U.S. census.<ref name=":1" />
History
[edit]Settled by Alabama and North Carolina settlers in 1836,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> present-day Mooringsport served as a minor economic hub for steamboats transporting cotton. From its continued growth into an established settlement, the Kansas City Southern Railway came through the area.
Geography
[edit]Mooringsport is located in western Caddo Parish on the south shore of Caddo Lake. Louisiana Highway 1 bypasses the municipality Template:Convert to the east. Downtown Shreveport is approximately Template:Convert to the southeast.<ref name=":0" /> According to the United States Census Bureau in 2010, Mooringsport had a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert was land and Template:Convert, or 1.06%, was water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]| Race and ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 570 | 76.2% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 93 | 12.43% |
| Native American | 6 | 0.8% |
| Other/Mixed | 57 | 7.62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 2.94% |
In 1920, Mooringsport had a historic high of 992 residents; since then, its population has fluctuated to a low of 709 at the 1950 U.S. census, to 911 in 1980. By 2020, there were 748 people, 257 households, and 140 families in Mooringsport.<ref name=":1" /> At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> there were 833 people, 334 households, and 228 families. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 397 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.
Reminiscing its historically predominant non-Hispanic white population, the racial and ethnic makeup was 80.19% White American, 17.77% Black and African American, 0.36% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.36% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races in 2000. Hispanic or Latino Americans of any race were 0.72% of the population. At the 2020 census and its nationwide reflection of continued diversification,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the racial and ethnic makeup was 76.2% non-Hispanic white, 12.43% Black and African American, 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.62% from two or more races, and 2.94% Hispanic or Latino American of any race.
Financially, the median income for a household was $32,177 at the 2000 census. The median income for a family was $40,625. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for Mooringsport was $14,589. About 9.8% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over. At the 2020 American Community Survey, the median household income declined to $21,346 with a mean income of $33,428.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Families had a median household income of $33,438 with a mean of $44,989; married-couple families a median income of $53,542; and non-family households a median income of $17,188.
Notable people
[edit]- Sam Caldwell, mayor of Shreveport from 1934–1946, born and reared in Mooringsport<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Earl Holliman, actor, was raised in Mooringsport
- Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter, 1888–1949), singer and guitarist born in Mooringsport