Shenandoah, Louisiana | |
Census-designated place | |
Country | United States |
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State | Louisiana |
Parish | East Baton Rouge |
Elevation | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
Coordinates | 30°24′05″N 91°00′16″W / 30.40139°N 91.00444°WCoordinates: 30°24′05″N 91°00′16″W / 30.40139°N 91.00444°W |
Area | 6.3 sq mi (16.3 km2) |
- land | 6.2 sq mi (16 km2) |
- water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2) |
Population | 18,399 (2010) |
Density | 2,963.2/sq mi (1,144.1/km2) |
Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
- summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Area code | 225 |
Location in East Baton Rouge Parish and the state of Louisiana.
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Location of Louisiana in the United States
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Shenandoah is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,399 at the 2010 census, up from 17,070 at the 2000 census. Shenandoah consists of a number of residential subdivisions, including Shenandoah Estates, Shenandoah Park, White Oak Landing, White Oak Estates, The Woods and The Lake at White Oak.
Shenandoah is located in southeastern East Baton Rouge Parish at 30°24′5″N 91°0′16″W / 30.40139°N 91.00444°W (30.401391, -91.004412). It is bordered to the west by Baton Rouge and to the south by Old Jefferson. Louisiana Highway 73, Old Jefferson Highway, touches the southwest corner of Shenandoah and leads northwest 11 miles (18 km) to downtown Baton Rouge.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Shenandoah CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.2 km2), of which 6.2 square miles (16.1 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.76%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,070 people, 5,911 households, and 4,900 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,728.3 people per square mile (1,052.8/km²). There were 6,053 housing units at an average density of 967.4 per square mile (373.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.13% White, 4.42% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.08% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.