Minorca, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Minorca, Louisiana

| settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| pushpin_map = USA Louisiana

| pushpin_label = Minorca

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Louisiana

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Louisiana}}

| subdivision_type2 = Parish

| subdivision_name2 = Concordia

| established_title =

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 4.53

| area_land_sq_mi = 4.47

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.07

| area_total_km2 = 11.74

| area_land_km2 = 11.57

| area_water_km2 = 0.17

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_total = 2156

| population_density_sq_mi = 482.65

| population_density_km2 = 186.35

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| timezone1 = CST

| utc_offset1 = -6

| timezone1_DST = CST

| utc_offset1_DST = -5

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_ft = 56

| coordinates = {{coord|31|34|27|N|91|29|47|W|region:US-LA|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

| postal_code = 71373

| area_code_type = Area Code

| area_code = 318

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 22-50990

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2586695{{GNIS|2586695}}

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Minorca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,317.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2250990| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174521/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2250990| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Minorca CDP, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 20, 2014}} It is located in northeastern Concordia Parish, bordered on the east by the city of Vidalia.

U.S. Routes 84 and 425 pass through the northern part of the CDP, leading east through Vidalia {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Natchez, Mississippi, and northwest {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Ferriday. The Mississippi state line, following a former channel of the Mississippi River, is directly north of Minorca.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 2156

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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=2020 census=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Minorca racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2250990&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-29|website=data.census.gov}}

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 1,375

| 63.78%

scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 636

| 29.5%

scope="row"| Native American

| 4

| 0.19%

scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 90

| 4.17%

scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 51

| 2.37%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,156 people, 667 households, and 409 families residing in the CDP.

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