Broussard, Louisiana Broussard, Louisiana State Louisiana Location of Broussard in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Website: Broussard, Louisiana Broussard is a small town/city in Lafayette church in the U.S.
Broussard is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.
He was also a direct descendant of Joseph Gaurhept Broussard de Beau Soleil, one of the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765 aboard the Santo Domingo. Broussard has gone from a horse and buggy community, with large sugarcane plantation homes, to a current day industrialized improve with over 300 businesses.
Although the town of Broussard dates from the 1870s, its most conspicuous evolution took place between about 1890 and 1910.
Valsin Broussard House According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 11.4 square miles (29.6 km ), of which, 11.4 square miles (29.5 km ) of it is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km ) of it (0.18%) is water.
The populace density was 515.7 citizens per square mile (199.1/km ).
There were 2,346 housing units at an average density of 205.9 per square mile (79.5/km ).
In 2005, 84.9% of the populace over the age of five spoke English at home, and 13.4% of the populace spoke French. In the town the populace was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,676, and the median income for a family was $45,668.
About 9.5% of families and 12.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
"Broussard, Louisiana".
Broussard, Louisiana.
Www.carencrohighschool.org "Broussard titled for early settler Valsin Broussard" Population Division, United States Enumeration Bureau.
Www.broussardla.com "History of Broussard" Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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