Hodge is a village in

Jackson Parish Jackson Parish (French: ''Paroisse de Jackson'') is a parish in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,031. The parish seat is Jonesboro. The parish was formed in 1845 from parts of Clai ...

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, United States. The population was 470 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Hodge is located in southwestern Jackson Parish at (32.272082, -92.726557). It is bordered to the northeast by North Hodge and to the east by East Hodge. According to the

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, Hodge has a total area of , of which are land and , or 29.48%, are water. Hodge is located on

U.S. Highway 167 U.S. Route 167 runs for from Ash Flat, Arkansas at U.S. Route 62/US Route 412 to Abbeville, Louisiana at Louisiana Highway 14. It goes through the cities of Little Rock, Arkansas, Alexandria, Louisiana, and Lafayette, Louisiana. Some of the high ...

, approximately north of Jonesboro, the

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, and south of Quitman. SR 147 intersects Highway 167 immediately north of Hodge; it leads northwest to

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 492 people, 238 households, and 135 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 273 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 76.83%

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, 22.15%

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, 0.20%

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, 0.41% from

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, and 0.41% from two or more races. There were 238 households, out of which 21.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were

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living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 41.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.83. In the village, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $22,237, and the median income for a family was $32,750. Males had a median income of $26,953 versus $15,893 for females. The

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for the village was $14,192. About 9.9% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the

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, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Jackson Parish School Board serves the village. Zoned schools include: * Southside Elementary School * Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School * Jonesboro-Hodge High School

Notable person

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Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. ''

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1988', p. 497. ''

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'', 1987.

References

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