Prien is an unincorporated community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana
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, United States. The population was 7,810 at the
2010 census.
It is part of the
Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area
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. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.
Geography
Prien is located at (30.171700, -93.267384)
and consists of unincorporated land on the south side of Lake Charles. The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of
Prien Lake, a widening in the
Calcasieu River
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, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 9.32%, is water.
The area of the CDP has decreased by since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 7,745 people, 2,999 households, and 2,284 families residing in the CDP.
References
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Census-designated places in Louisiana
Census-designated places in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Census-designated places in Lake Charles metropolitan area