Carlyss, Louisiana
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Carlyss (pronounced ‘car-liss’) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,101 in 2020. It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area.
Geography
[edit]Carlyss is located south of the center of Calcasieu Parish and is bordered to the north by the city of Sulphur. Interstate 10 follows the northern border, with access from exits 20 and 21. I-10 leads east Template:Convert to Lake Charles and west Template:Convert to Orange, Texas. Louisiana Highway 27 runs through the center of Carlyss, connecting Sulphur to the north with Holly Beach on the Gulf of Mexico, Template:Convert to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Carlyss CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 0.57%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]| Number | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 4,153 | 81.42% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 334 | 6.55% |
| Native American | 27 | 0.53% |
| Asian | 160 | 3.14% |
| Pacific Islander | 6 | 0.12% |
| Other/Mixed | 172 | 3.37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 249 | 4.88% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,101 people, 1,773 households, and 1,252 families residing in the CDP.