Plain Dealing, Louisiana
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| Town of Plain Dealing | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Bossier |
| Area | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²) |
| - land | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km²), 0% |
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| - coordinates | Coordinates: |
| - elevation | 266 ft (81.1 m) |
| Population | 1,071 (2000) |
| Density | 673.0 /sq mi (259.8 /km²) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census.
Plain Dealing recorded the state's hottest temperature ever, 114 degrees, on August 10, 1936.
The Plain Dealing Post newspaper was established in the 1980s by publisher Danny D. Scott of nearby Springhill.
Plain Dealing was the birthplace and former residence of a popular former congressman, Joseph David "Joe" Waggonner, Jr. (1918-2007), who represented northwest Louisiana from 1961-1979.
Louisiana's longest-serving state treasurer, A.P. Tugwell (1889-1976), who held the position from 1936-1968, was born in Plain Dealing. Tugwell, who was also a former director of the Louisiana Highway Department, grew up in Winn Parish.
Wilburn Snyder (1923-2008), a Baptist minister in the Houston area and a survivor of the Bataan Death March in the Philippine Islands, was born in Plain Dealing.[1]
[edit] Geography
Plain Dealing is located at (32.905898, -93.699896)[2].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,071 people, 418 households, and 280 families residing in the town. The population density was 673.0 people per square mile (260.1/km²). There were 481 housing units at an average density of 302.2/sq mi (116.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 55.28% White, 42.67% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.
There were 418 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 20.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the town the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 81.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $24,706, and the median income for a family was $32,361. Males had a median income of $32,132 versus $25,455 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,906. About 23.6% of families and 26.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.9% of those under age 18 and 20.4% of those age 65 or over.
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