Bonita is a village in
Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,979. The parish seat is Bastrop. The parish was formed in 1844.
Morehouse Parish comprises the Bastrop, LA Micropolitan Stat ...
,
Louisiana
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, United States. The population was 170 at the
2020 census,
down from 284 in
2010
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History
Bonita was founded in the early 1890s when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office has been in operation in Bonita since 1890.
Geography
Bonita is located in northeastern Morehouse Parish at (32.921780, -91.673838).
U.S. Route 165
U.S. Route 165 is a north–south United States highway spur of U.S. Highway 65. It currently runs for 412 miles (663 km) from U.S. Route 90 in Iowa, Louisiana north to U.S. Highway 70 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route passes throu ...
passes through the village, leading southwest to
Mer Rouge and to
Bastrop, the
parish seat, while to the northeast it leads to
Wilmot, Arkansas
Wilmot is a city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census.
History
In 1927, a young Black man named Winston Pounds was tortured and hanged by a mob of some fifty armed white men, for allegedly having ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Bonita has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. Bayou Bonne Idee winds through the east side of the village, running south to the
Boeuf River east of
Oak Ridge. It is part of the
Ouachita River watershed.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 335 people, 122 households, and 87 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 143 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 42.69%
White
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, 55.52%
African American
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, 0.30%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 1.49% from
other races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 1.49% of the population.
There were 122 households, out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were
married couples
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living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $22,727, and the median income for a family was $25,227. Males had a median income of $19,167 versus $19,688 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $25,029. About 25.0% of families and 30.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 37.6% of those under age 18 and 27.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
Bonita ProgressCommunity Progress Site for Bonita, LA
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Villages in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Villages in Louisiana