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Urania, Louisiana

Field	Value
name	Urania, Louisiana
official_name	Town of Urania
settlement_type	Town
image_map	File:LaSalle Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Urania Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Urania in LaSalle 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	La Salle
established_title	Founded
leader_title	Mayor
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	3.58
area_total_sq_mi	1.38
area_land_km2	3.55
area_land_sq_mi	1.37
area_water_km2	0.03
area_water_sq_mi	0.01
population_as_of	2020
population_total	698
population_density_km2	196.58
population_density_sq_mi	509.12
timezone1	CST
utc_offset1	-6
timezone1_DST	CDT
utc_offset1_DST	-5
elevation_ft	92
elevation_footnotes
coordinates
area_code	318
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	22-77490
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2406781
website

Urania is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana United States. The population was 1,313 at the 2010 census.

The late state Representative Thomas "Bud" Brady was born in Urania in 1938.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 sqmi, of which 1.2 sqmi is land and 0.80% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 700 people, 274 households, and 201 families residing in the town. The population density was 563.5 PD/sqmi. There were 311 housing units at an average density of 250.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.00% White, 0.71% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.57% from other races, and 2.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.14% of the population.

There were 274 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,625, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $22,404 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $10,517. About 18.7% of families and 24.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.6% of those under age 18 and 23.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The following schools operated by the La Salle Parish School Board serve the city:

Olla-Standard Elementary School (Olla)
La Salle Junior High School (Urania)
La Salle High School (Olla)

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2406781
""Thomas 'Bud' Brady dead at 72," April 3, 2011". [[The News-Star.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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