Pointe Coupee Parish
| Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana | |
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| Louisiana Parish | |
| Parish of Pointe Coupee | |
Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana |
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 Louisiana's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1807 |
| Named for | French for the place of the cut-off |
| Seat | New Roads |
| Largest City | New Roads |
| Area | |
| • Total | 591 sq mi (1,531 km2) |
| • Land | 557 sq mi (1,443 km2) |
| • Water | 33 sq mi (85 km2), 5.6% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 22,251 |
| • Density | 41/sq mi (16/km²) |
| Demonym(s) | Pointe Coupean |
| ZIP code(s) | 70715, 70729, 70732, 70736, 70747, 70749, 70752, 70753, 70755, 70756, 70759, 70760, 70762, 70773, 70783 |
| Area code(s) | 225 |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC−6/−5 |
| Website | www |
Pointe Coupee Parish, (pronounced /'pɔɪnt kə'pi:/ or English pronunciation: /'pwɑːnt kuː'peɪ:/; French: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée), is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802. The parish seat is New Roads.
Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 2010, the center of population of Louisiana was located in Pointe Coupee Parish, in the city of New Roads.
Pointe Coupee Parish (originally pronounced pwant coo-pay) was organized by European Americans in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans (statehood for Louisiana followed in 1812). There were minor boundary adjustments with neighboring parishes up through 1852, when its boundaries stabilized.
In 2008, Pointe Coupee was one of the communities that suffered the most damage by Hurricane Gustav.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 591 square miles (1,530 km2), of which 557 square miles (1,440 km2) is land and 33 square miles (85 km2) (5.6%) is water. The land consists mainly of prairies and backswamp.
Pointe Coupee Parish has 498.98 miles of highways within its borders. U.S. Highway 190 is the only four-lane roadway in the parish
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,763 people, 8,397 households, and 6,171 families residing in the parish. The population density was 41 people per square mile (16/km²). There were 10,297 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (7/km²). The racial makeup of the parish was 68.91% White, 29.61% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 93.61% of the population spoke only English at home, while 4.89% spoke French or Cajun French, 0.96% spoke Spanish, and 0.73% spoke Louisiana Creole French.[1]
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