Natchitoches, LA

Natchitoches is located at 340km northwest of New Orleans.It's on the banks of the Cane River, it is locally famous for its annual Christmas celebration, when the whole city is festooned in colorful lights. The people of Natchitoches are friendly and inclined to fill you in about local history -- they're familiarizely proud of the fact that their town was the location for the film Steel Magnolias. Among the sights in town are the Roque House Museum, Old Lemee House, the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Ft. St. Jean Baptiste.

Population (year 2000): 17,865. Estimated population in July 2005: 17,701 (-0.9% change)
Males: 8,210 (46.0%), Females: 9,655 (54.0%)

Zip codes: 71457.

Median resident age: 24.5 years
Median household income: $23,111 (year 2000)
Median house value: $75,500 (year 2000)

Races in Natchitoches:

Ancestries: United States (7.1%), French (7.0%), Irish (5.5%), German (4.9%), English (4.0%), Italian (1.9%).

Elevation: 121 feet

Land area: 21.6 square miles

For population 25 years and over in Natchitoches

• High school or higher: 72.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 9.4%
• Unemployed: 12.3%
• Mean travel time to work: 17.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Natchitoches city

• Never married: 47.1%
• Now married: 33.5%
• Separated: 2.3%
• Widowed: 7.8%
• Divorced: 9.3%

2.3% Foreign born (1.3% Asia, 0.3% Europe, 0.2% North America).

Population change in the 1990s: +698 (+4.1%).