Prien, Louisiana
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Prien is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,810 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.
Geography
[edit]Prien consists of unincorporated land on the south side of Lake Charles. The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of Prien Lake, a widening in the Calcasieu River, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 9.32%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The area of the CDP has decreased by Template:Convert since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 5,942 | 76.72% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 627 | 8.1% |
| Native American | 32 | 0.41% |
| Asian | 355 | 4.58% |
| Pacific Islander | 12 | 0.15% |
| Other/Mixed | 305 | 3.94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 472 | 6.09% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,745 people, 2,999 households, and 2,284 families residing in the CDP.