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Ridgecrest, Louisiana

Field	Value
name	Ridgecrest, Louisiana
official_name	Town of Ridgecrest
settlement_type	Town
image_map	File:Concordia Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ridgecrest Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Ridgecrest in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
image_map1	Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
map_caption1	Location of Louisiana in the United States
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Louisiana
subdivision_type2	Parish
subdivision_name2	Concordia
established_title	Founded
leader_title	Mayor
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	1.11
area_total_sq_mi	0.43
area_land_km2	1.11
area_land_sq_mi	0.43
area_water_km2	0.00
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
population_as_of	2020
population_total	583
population_density_km2	523.84
population_density_sq_mi	1355.81
timezone1	CST
utc_offset1	-6
timezone1_DST	CDT
utc_offset1_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	52
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
area_code	318
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	22-64765
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2407213

Ridgecrest is a small town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 694 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Ridgecrest is located in northeastern Concordia Parish. U.S. Routes 84 and 425 form the northeast boundary of the town; the highways lead northwest 3 mi to Ferriday and southeast 6 mi to Vidalia on the Mississippi River; Natchez, Mississippi, is 9 mi to the southeast. The Mississippi state line is less than a mile northeast of Ridgecrest in a former channel of the Mississippi River known as Marengo Bend.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 sqkm, all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 801 people, 291 households, and 229 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,850.2 PD/sqmi. There were 306 housing units at an average density of 706.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 93.51% White, 5.49% African American, 0.87% Native American, 0.12% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.37% of the population.

There were 291 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,000, and the median income for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $20,114 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,629. About 17.8% of families and 21.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2407213
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ridgecrest town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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