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Prien, Louisiana

FieldValue
namePrien, Louisiana
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
pushpin_mapLouisiana
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Prien in Louisiana
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Louisiana
subdivision_type2Parish
subdivision_name2Calcasieu
established_titleFounded
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi5.98
area_land_sq_mi5.34
area_water_sq_mi0.63
area_total_km215.48
area_land_km213.84
area_water_km21.64
population_as_of2020
population_total7745
population_density_km2559.62
population_density_sq_mi1449.29
timezoneCST
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft10
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
area_code337
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info22-62647
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info2403447

Prien is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,810 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.

Geography

Prien consists of unincorporated land on the south side of Lake Charles. The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of Prien Lake, a widening in the Calcasieu River, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.2 sqkm, of which 15.6 sqkm is land and 1.6 sqkm, or 9.32%, is water. The area of the CDP has decreased by 1.3 sqmi since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.

Demographics

|align-fn=center 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Prien first appeared as a census designated place the 1980 U.S. census.

RaceNumberPercentageWhite (non-Hispanic)Black or African American (non-Hispanic)Native AmericanAsianPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanic or Latino
5,94276.72%
6278.1%
320.41%
3554.58%
120.15%
3053.94%
4726.09%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,745 people, 2,999 households, and 2,284 families residing in the CDP.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{GNIS. 2403447
  3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Prien CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
  4. "Decennial Census by Decade".
  5. (1950). "1950 Census of Population - Louisiana - Table 7 - Population of all incorporated places and of unincorporated places of 1,000 or more: 1950 and 1940".
  6. (1960). "1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Louisiana - Table 8 - Population of All Incorporated Places and Unincorporated Places of 1,000 or More: 1940 to 1960".
  7. (1970). "1970 Census of Population - Louisiana - Characteristics of the Population - Table 6. Population of Places: 1970 and 1960".
  8. (1980). "1980 Census of Population - Louisiana - Table 14 - Summary of General Characteristics".
  9. (1990). "1990 Census of Population - Louisiana - Table 1. Summary of General Characteristics of Persons: 1990".
  10. (2000). "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
  11. "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Louisiana".
  12. "Explore Census Data".
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