Avondale, Louisiana
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Avondale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 4,582 in 2020.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
Geography
[edit]Avondale is located at Template:Coord<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> on the south side ("West Bank") of the Mississippi River. It is bordered to the west by Waggaman and to the east by Bridge City, while to the north, across the Mississippi, it is bordered by the city of Harahan. The closest road crossing of the Mississippi is the Huey P. Long Bridge Template:Convert northeast of Avondale, carrying U.S. Route 90. Downtown New Orleans is Template:Convert northeast of Avondale by road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Avondale CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 7.23%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]2020 census
[edit]| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| White alone (NH) | 3,328 | 2,503 | 1,894 | 61.17% | 50.52% | 41.34% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,096 | 1,306 | 1,444 | 20.14% | 26.36% | 31.51% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 27 | 20 | 19 | 0.50% | 0.40% | 0.41% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 661 | 574 | 494 | 12.15% | 11.59% | 10.78% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.35% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 66 | 67 | 160 | 1.21% | 1.35% | 3.49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 261 | 481 | 555 | 4.80% | 9.71% | 12.11% |
| Total | 5,441 | 4,954 | 4,582 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to the 2020 United States census, there were 4,582 people, 1,729 households, and 1,239 families residing in the CDP. The 2019 American Community Survey reported there were 5,321 people and 1,729 households residing in the census-designated place.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Of the population in 2019, there were 1,729 households spread among 1,838 housing units. The average family size was 3.72.
In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup of the CDP was 40.3% non-Hispanic white, 35.4% Black or African American, 15.9% Asian, 1.2% some other race, 0.2% two or more races, and 9.0% Hispanic and Latino American of any race. An estimated 14.0% of its population was foreign-born, and the median age was 36.7. Other than English, 8.3% of the population spoke Spanish, 16.4% Asian and Pacific Islander languages, and 1.8% other Indo-European languages. In 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau tabulated a total racial and ethnic composition of 41.34% non-Hispanic whites, 31.51% Black or African Americans, 0.41% Native Americans, 10.78% Asians, 3.84% other races and ethnicities, and 12.11% Hispanic and Latino American of any race; the census estimates and tabulation have represented the diversification of the U.S. nationwide and its non-Hispanic white demographic decline.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,503, up from $35,917 at the 2000 U.S. census; approximately 14.8% of the population lived at or below the poverty line, up from 17.3% in 2000.<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
[edit]Jefferson Parish Public Schools operates public schools.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>
Most areas of the CDP are zoned to:<ref>Template:Cite web
"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Avondale CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 19, 2014. Compare this map to individual school attendance zone maps.</ref> Gilbert PreK-8 School,<ref name=WBES2023>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=WBMS2023>Template:Cite web</ref> formerly Henry Ford Middle School until 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A small section is zoned to Cherbonnier K-8 School.<ref name=WBES2023/><ref name=WBMS2023/> All residents are zoned to L.W. Higgins High School in Marrero.<ref>"High School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy and Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy.<ref>"Westbank Advanced Studies Academies Attendance Zones" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>
Previously a portion of the community was zoned to Norbert Rillieux Elementary in Waggaman.<ref name=ESzone2009>"Elementary School Districts 2009-2010 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> In 2012 the school board announced Rillieux was being considered for consolidation into Lucille Cherbonnier Elementary.<ref>Waller, Mark. "Jefferson Parish school officials announce five schools for possible closure." The Times Picayune. January 18, 2012. Retrieved on May 19, 2014.</ref> In the 2010s most residents were zoned to Catherine Strehle Elementary School in Avondale and some were zoned to Lucille Cherbonnier/Norbert Rillieux Elementary School in Waggaman.<ref name=ESzone2012>"Elementary School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> Ford MS served as the zoned middle school.<ref>"Middle School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>