Red Chute is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Bossier Parish Bossier Parish ( ; ) is a parish located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 128,746. The parish seat is Benton. The principal city is Bossier City, which is located east of the R ...

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, United States. The population was 6,261 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

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–

Bossier City Bossier City ( ) is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the state of Louisiana in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020, it had a total ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Red Chute is bordered to the west by

and to the east by Eastwood. U.S. Routes 80/ 79 is the main highway through Red Chute, leading west to downtown

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forms the southern edge of the CDP but has no direct access to it. Interstate 220 branches off I-20 in Bossier City, just to the west of Red Chute, with the closest access to the CDP from Exit 17 (US 80/79). According to the

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, the Red Chute CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.24%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,065 people, 2,841 households, and 1,865 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 5,984 people, 2,133 households, and 1,723 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,308 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.87%

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, 7.22%

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, 0.74% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.08%

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, 0.75% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.09% of the population. There were 2,133 households, out of which 42.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were

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living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.11. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $54,848, and the median income for a family was $60,432. Males had a median income of $37,312 versus $27,649 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,908. About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the

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, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The community is in the

Bossier Parish School District Bossier Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Benton, Louisiana, United States. The Superintendent of Bossier Schools is, as of 2024, Jason Rowland. The district serves all of Bossier Parish. History The first school b ...

. Residents in a portion of Red Chute are within the boundaries of: the collective boundary of T. L. Rodes Elementary School (in the CDP, PreKindergarten-Grade 1), Platt Elementary School (in the CDP, grades 2-3), and Princeton Elementary School (grades 4-5); Haughton Middle School; and

Haughton High School Haughton High School is a public high school in Haughton, Louisiana, United States that enrolls 1,159 students from grades 9–12. The school received an "A" rating by the Louisiana Department of Education. It is administered by Bossier Parish S ...

. In a western portion of the CDP, the residents are in the boundaries of: Stockwell Place Elementary School, Cope Middle School, and

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. Bossier Parish is in the areas of

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and

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. shows Bossier Parish in the service areas of BPCC and NLTCC.

References

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