Prien, Louisiana | |
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Coordinates: 30°10′18″N 93°16′03″W / 30.17167°N 93.26750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Calcasieu |
Area | |
• Total | 5.98 sq mi (15.48 km2) |
• Land | 5.34 sq mi (13.84 km2) |
• Water | 0.63 sq mi (1.64 km2) |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Population (
2020) | |
• Total | 7,745 |
• Density | 1,449.29/sq mi (559.62/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
Area code | 337 |
FIPS code | 22-62647 |
Prien is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,810 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.
Prien is located at 30°10′18″N 93°16′3″W / 30.17167°N 93.26750°W (30.171700, -93.267384) [3] 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, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km2), of which 6.0 square miles (15.6 km2) is land and 0.62 square miles (1.6 km2), or 9.32%, is water. [2] The area of the CDP has decreased by 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 7,745 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [4] |
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 5,942 | 76.72% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 627 | 8.1% |
Native American | 32 | 0.41% |
Asian | 355 | 4.58% |
Pacific Islander | 12 | 0.15% |
Other/Mixed | 305 | 3.94% |
Hispanic or Latino | 472 | 6.09% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,745 people, 2,999 households, and 2,284 families residing in the CDP.