Golden Meadow is a town along Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2000 United States Census. It is part of the Houma, Louisiana-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area.
Geography
Golden Meadow is located at (29.388192, -90.269457).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which, 2.4 square miles (6.3 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km2) of it (15.92%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of...
Golden Meadow is a town along Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2000 United States Census. It is part of the Houma, Louisiana-Bayou Cane, Louisiana-Thibodaux, Louisiana Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area.
Geography
Golden Meadow is located at (29.388192, -90.269457).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which, 2.4 square miles (6.3 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km2) of it (15.92%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,193 people, 821 households, and 583 families residing in the town. The population density was 903.0 people per square mile (348.4/km2). There were 934 housing units at an average density of 384.6/sq mi (148.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 92.52% White (U.S. Census), 0.50% African American (U.S. Census), 4.83% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.41% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.78% from Race (United States Census), and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 1.46% of the population.
There were 821 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were Marriage living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.16.