Clinton, Louisiana

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Town of Clinton
Town
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	East Feliciana
Area	2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
- land	2.7 sq mi (7 km²)
- water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²), 3.57%
Center
- coordinates	30°51′47″N 91°00′57″W / 30.86306, -91.01583Coordinates: 30°51′47″N 91°00′57″W / 30.86306, -91.01583
- elevation	217 ft (66.1 m)
Population	1,998 (2000)
Density	729.0 /sq mi (281.5 /km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code	225
Location of Clinton in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States

The town of Clinton is the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. The population was 1,998 at the 2000 census.

The 2005 film, The Dukes of Hazzard was filmed here and in the surrounding area^[1].

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Clinton is located at 30°51′47″N, 91°0′57″W (30.863050, -91.015789).^[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.1 km²), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.72%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 1,998 people, 670 households, and 481 families residing in the town. The population density was 729.0 people per square mile (281.5/km²). There were 771 housing units at an average density of 281.3/sq mi (108.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 40.74% White, 58.26% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population.

There were 670 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were married couples living together, 26.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the town the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,016, and the median income for a family was $29,444. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $20,268 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,353. About 25.3% of families and 33.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 44.6% of those under age 18 and 23.7% of those age 65 or over.