| Maringouin, Louisiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Image Map1: | Louisiana in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Louisiana in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 30.4908°N -91.5189°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Iberville |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Party: | D |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Maurice Harris[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.91 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.74 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.91 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.74 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 20 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 891 |
| Population Density Km2: | 466.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1207.32 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 225 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-48610 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Maringouin is a town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2010 census,[3] down from 1,262 at the 2000 census. At the 2020 population estimates program, its population was 966.[4] It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
The name, which is Louisiana Creole in origin and means "mosquito", is pronounced mah-ring-gwin.[5]
Maringouin is located in northern Iberville Parish at (30.490911, -91.519023).[6] Its northern border is the Pointe Coupee Parish line, and its eastern border is Bayou Grosse Tete. Louisiana Highway 77 passes through the center of the town, leading north 5miles to Livonia and southeast 6miles along Bayou Grosse Tete to Rosedale. Louisiana Highway 76 leads south from Maringouin 7miles along Bayou Maringuoin to Interstate 10 at Ramah.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Maringuoin has a total area of 1.9km2, all of it recorded as land.[3] The town is part of the French speaking Acadiana region of Louisiana.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 105 | 11.78% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 770 | 86.42% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.11% | |
| Other/Mixed | 10 | 1.12% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 0.56% |
At the 2000 United States census,[7] there were 1,262 people, 421 households, and 327 families residing in the town. The population density was 1691.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 458 housing units at an average density of 613.8sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 20.13% White, 79.40% African American, 0.08% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population.
There were 421 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 27.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.43.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $23,816, and the median income for a family was $28,359. Males had a median income of $27,917 versus $19,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $10,817. About 27.5% of families and 31.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.2% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those age 65 or over.
In 1838, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus agreed to sell 272 slaves they owned to Southern buyers.[8] [9] Many descendants of these slaves presently live in and around Maringouin. One of the Maryland Jesuits' institutions, Georgetown University, formed a working group to study the sale and ultimately extended to the descendants of the Jesuits' slaves the "same consideration [they] give members of the Georgetown community in the admissions process".[10]