Dodson is a
village
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in
Winn Parish, Louisiana
Winn Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,313. Its seat is Winnfield. The parish was founded in 1852. It is last in alphabetical order of Louisiana's sixty-four parishe ...
, United States. The population was 357 at the
2000 census, which decreased to 337 in
2010.
Geography
Dodson is located at (32.077899, −92.661140).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total of area , all land.
Demographics
As of the census
of 2000, there were 357 people, 140 households, and 102 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 167 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 75.07%
White
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, 22.41%
African American
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, 0.28%
Native American, and 2.24% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
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of any race were 2.80% of the population.
There were 140 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $25,536, and the median income for a family was $30,625. Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $10,452. About 19.2% of families and 29.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 46.7% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
Reputation as a speed trap
Dodson has a long-standing reputation as a notorious speed trap, with more than half of its revenue generated by traffic citations with a total of $717 in citation revenue per resident, the fourth highest in the state. Dodson was cited in a state audit in 2007 for issuing excessive speeding violations.
Notable people
*
Harley Bozeman, Winn Parish state representative from 1928–1929, spent part of his boyhood in Dodson
*
Keith M. Pyburn (1910–1967), state representative for
Caddo Parish from 1948 to 1952, was born in Dodson
References
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Villages in Louisiana
Villages in Winn Parish, Louisiana
Populated places in Ark-La-Tex