It was a birthplace of the blues singer & guitar player Huddie William Ledbetter, aka. Leadbelly.

Geography

Mooringsport is placed at 32°41'Baker's dozen" North, 93°57'42" West (32.687029, -93.961630).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the town has the amount vicinity of Terzetto.Zero km² (1.2 mi²). Trine.Cipher kilometer² (One.Ii mi²) of these are l& and Zero.85% is a water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 833 people, 334 family, & 228 families living in the town. A population density is 277.3/km² (716.6/mi²). There are 397 housing units at an typical density of 132.1/km² (341.5/mi²). A racial makeup of the town is Eighty.19% White, 17.77% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. Cypher.72% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 334 menage away from which 34.1% use tikes under a age of Xviii accept the babies, 47.6% come married couples living together, 18.6% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no married man present, & 31.7% come non-families. Twenty-seven.5% of a lot menage come manufactured higher of people & Xii.3% own soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Two.49 & a typical personal size is Trine.02.

In a town the people is spread retired by owning Twenty-eight.3% under a age of Xviii, Nine.6% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxvii.4% from either 25 to 44, Nineteen.3% from either 45 to 64, & Xv.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 35 years. For each One c females there are 93.Ternion males. For each Hundred females age Eighteen & all over, there are 86.Half a dozen males.

the median income for a menage in the town is $32,177, & the median income for a personal is $40,625. Males have a median income of $29,167 versus $21,875 for females. A per capita income for the town is $14,589. Tenner.7% of the people & Niner.8% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Tenner.7% of people under a age of 18 & 14.2% of people 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.