Angie is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

Washington Parish, Louisiana Washington Parish (French: ''Paroisse de Washington'') is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,168. Its parish seat is ...

, United States. The population was 240 at the 2000 census. It is part of the

Bogalusa Bogalusa is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census. In th2020 censusthe city, town, place equivalent reported a population of 10,659. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolit ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Angie was named for Angeline Bateman McMillan, an elderly member of the family who were the original owners of the town site.

Geography

Angie is located at (30.964480, -89.813748). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 0.65% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 240 people, 97 households, and 70 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 81.67%

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, 17.50%

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, 0.42% Native American, and 0.42% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.33% of the population. There were 97 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.93. In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $27,344, and the median income for a family was $33,000. Males had a median income of $34,375 versus $26,071 for females. The

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for the village was $14,198. About 15.2% of families and 24.7% of the population were below the

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, including 27.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 30.2% of those 65 or over.

Notable people

Angie was the residence of former Louisiana State Representative Lawrence A. "Buster" Sheridan (1919–2001). Sheridan was defeated in the 1987 nonpartisan blanket primary by Jerry A. Thomas, a physician in Franklinton.

Corrections

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operates the B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Correctional Center in an unincorporated section of Washington Parish, near Angie.B.B. Rayburn Corr. Center
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References

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