Supreme is a

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(CDP) in

Assumption Parish, Louisiana Assumption Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Assomption, es, Parroquia de la Asunción) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,421. Its parish seat is Napoleonville. Assumption Parish was ...

, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Supreme is located at (29.859875, -90.985197). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.43%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,119 people, 328 households, and 267 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 327.8 people per square mile (126.7/km). There were 354 housing units at an average density of 103.7 per square mile (40.1/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.36%

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, 14.48%

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, 0.63% from

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, 0.36% from other races, and 0.18% Native American. Latino of any race were 1.70% of the population. There were 328 households, out of which 43.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were

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living together, 32.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 3.79. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.2% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $16,354, and the median income for a family was $17,396. Males had a median income of $34,688 versus $12,670 for females. The

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for the CDP was $10,912. About 51.6% of families and 52.0% of the population were below the

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, including 56.2% of those under age 18 and 26.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

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