Choctaw, Louisiana
Census-designated place
Choctaw is located in Louisiana
Choctaw
Choctaw
Choctaw is located in the United States
Choctaw
Choctaw
Coordinates: 29°50′21″N 90°41′27″W / 29.83917°N 90.69083°W / 29.83917; -90.69083
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishLafourche
Area
[1]
 • Total6.25 sq mi (16.19 km2)
 • Land6.25 sq mi (16.19 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
3 ft (0.9 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total775
 • Density123.98/sq mi (47.87/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code985
GNIS feature ID557805[2]

Choctaw is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 879 as of the 2010 census.[3]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 6.318 square miles (16.36 km2), all land[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020775—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Education

Choctaw is within Lafourche Parish Public Schools and served by Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, Sixth Ward Middle School, and Thibodaux High School.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Choctaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. 1 2 "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived December 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries: "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, grades Pre K – 5 [...] and all of Highway 307 and Choctaw Road on the east side of Sixth Ward Middle School."
  6. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Choctaw CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.


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