Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 25.9%
(8.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 26.9% for Black residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 82.4% for two or more races residents)
The City-Data.com crime index weighs serious crimes and violent crimes more heavily. Higher means more crime, U.S. average is 246.1. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.
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Ancestries: American (3.2%), Irish (2.6%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Elevation: 330 feet
Land area: 3.68 square miles.
Population density: 1,242 people per square mile (low).
9 residents are foreign born
This city:
0.2%
Louisiana:
4.2%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $208 (0.3%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $207 (0.2%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Shreveport, LA (30.4 miles , pop. 200,145).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (186.0 miles , pop. 1,953,631).
Other production occupations, including supervisors (8.8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.1%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4.9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.2%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.1%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (3.7%)
Cashiers (3.7%)
Other production occupations, including supervisors (13.7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (11.2%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7.9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5.8%)
Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3.8%)
Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.1%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (6.7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6.4%)
Cashiers (6.3%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.4%)
Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (5.0%)
Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.6%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4.5%)
Average climate in Mansfield, Louisiana
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Mansfield-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Louisiana state average. It is 102% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 2/12/1950, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 18.0 miles away from the Mansfield city center killed 18 peopleand injured 77 peopleand causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 12/3/1978, a category F4 tornado 32.4 miles away from the city center killed 2 peopleand injured 266 peopleand causedbetween $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Mansfield-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Louisiana state average. It is 307% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/17/2012 at 08:12:00, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 39.8 miles away from Mansfield center On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 299.3 miles away from the city center On 9/2/2013 at 23:51:15, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MW, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 43.4 miles away from Mansfield center On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi) earthquake occurred 355.4 miles away from Mansfield center On 9/2/2013 at 21:52:38, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 48.5 miles away from Mansfield center On 1/25/2013 at 07:01:19, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 37.4 miles away from Mansfield center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in De Soto Parish (17) is near the US average (15). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 7, Storms: 5, Floods: 4, Ice Storms: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Fire: 1, Freeze: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers in Mansfield:
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM (Proprietary, provides emergency services, 207 JEFFERSON STREET)
GIBBS STREET COMMUNITY HOME (416 GIBBS STREET)
PECAN GROVE COMMUNITY HOME (167 POOLE ROAD)
DESOTO RETIREMENT AND REHAB CTR, INC (635 SCHLEY STREET)
DESOTO PARISH LIBRARY (Operating income: $1,817,179; Location: 109 CROSBY STREET; 127,950 books; 4,910 audio materials; 5,274 video materials; 60 state licensed databases; 194 print serial subscriptions)
User-submitted facts and corrections:
KJVC-FM in Mansfield, Louisiana has been dark for several years.
Be warned parts of this parish are "dry" meaning they do not sell alcohol. Also if you move to Stonewall the calls for your "parish" needs will be long distance.
One hero of the Battle of Mansfield was an immigrant Australian, John Francis Fearn, who migrated to Mansfield, fought for the Confederacy, served as a male nurse on the battlefields, was captured at Vicksburg, paroled back to Mansfield and was the only individual with battlefield medical experience when Mansfield was attacked by the Union. During the battle he worked to save the lives of both Confederate and Union alike, setting up a Mansfield church as a hospital. During the Battle of Mansfield the church caught fire and John Francis Fearn died saving the lives of the wounded from the burning hospital. He is buried today in the Mansfield Cemetery; in an unmarked grave. (see www.acwv.info for his entire story or contact Jim at cracker3 at optusnet.com.au)
Notable locations in Mansfield: Mansfield Fire Department Central Station (A), De Soto Parish Courthouse (B), De Soto Parish Library (C), Heritage Manor Nursing Home (D), Mansfield Municipal Building (E), Mansfield Fire Department Station 2 (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Mansfield include: Christ Memorial Episcopal Church (A), Corinth Baptist Church (B), East Side Church of God (C), Emmanuel Baptist Church (D), Fellowship Baptist Church (E), First Baptist Church (F), First Christian Church (G), First United Methodist Church (H), Hewitt Memorial Presbyterian Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Old Log Court House (101 Madison Street), Desoto Parish Tourist Bureau (101 North Washington Avenue).
Hotels: Mansfield Inn (1055 Washington Avenue), Burton's Gatehouse Inn (604 Washington Avenue).
Courts: Desoto Clerk Of The Court Civil Line (100 Texas Street), Desoto Parish Clerk Of The Court (100 Texas Street), Desoto Parish Court House (101 Texas Street), De Soto Parish - Court Reporter- Judges- Ofc (210 Adams Street).
Birthplace of: Albert Lewis (American football) - Football player, John H. Eastman - Businessman, O. C. Smith - Musician, Walter M. Lowrey - Historian, Vida Blue - (born 1949), Major League Baseball player, C. J. Bolin - Louisiana state court judge, Jesse Hudson - Major League Baseball pitcher, Mack Reynolds (American football) - Football player.
De Soto Parish has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Mansfield and their reported violations in the past:
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1 (Population served: 4,980, Surface water):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2014, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-08-2014), St Public Notif requested (AUG-08-2014)
MCL, Average - Between APR-2014 and JUN-2014, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JUN-16-2014), St Public Notif requested (AUG-05-2014), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-05-2014)
MCL, Average - Between APR-2014 and JUN-2014, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
MCL, Average - Between APR-2014 and JUN-2014, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-05-2014), St Public Notif requested (AUG-05-2014)
MCL, Average - Between JAN-2014 and MAR-2014, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-21-2014), St Public Notif requested (APR-21-2014)
MCL, Average - Between JAN-2014 and MAR-2014, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-21-2014), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-21-2014), St Public Notif received (JUN-16-2014)
15 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between OCT-2011 and DEC-2011, Contaminant: CARBON, TOTAL. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-18-2012), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-18-2012), St Public Notif received (MAY-24-2012), St Site Visit (enforcement) (AUG-06-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2013)
Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between JUL-2011 and SEP-2011, Contaminant: CARBON, TOTAL. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-01-2011), St Public Notif requested (NOV-01-2011), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (DEC-16-2011), St Public Notif received (JAN-03-2012), St Site Visit (enforcement) (5 times from JAN-09-2012 to AUG-06-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2013)
Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between APR-2011 and JUN-2011, Contaminant: CARBON, TOTAL. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif requested (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif received (AUG-22-2011), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (DEC-16-2011), St Site Visit (enforcement) (6 times from JAN-09-2012 to AUG-06-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2013)
Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between JAN-2011 and MAR-2011, Contaminant: CARBON, TOTAL. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif requested (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif received (AUG-22-2011), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (DEC-16-2011), St Site Visit (enforcement) (6 times from JAN-09-2012 to AUG-06-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2013)
Treatment Technique Precursor Removal - Between OCT-2010 and DEC-2010, Contaminant: CARBON, TOTAL. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif requested (JUL-20-2011), St Public Notif received (AUG-22-2011), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (DEC-16-2011), St Site Visit (enforcement) (6 times from JAN-09-2012 to AUG-06-2012), St Compliance achieved (AUG-08-2013)
2 other older monitoring violations
EAST DESOTO WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 1,590, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-04-2009), St Public Notif requested (SEP-04-2009)
HIGHWAY 513 WATER SUPPLY (Population served: 120, Purch surface water):
Past monitoring violations:
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between OCT-2009 and DEC-2009, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-20-2010), St Public Notif requested (AUG-20-2010)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between OCT-2009 and DEC-2009, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-20-2010), St Public Notif requested (AUG-20-2010)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2006, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2006), St Public Notif requested (APR-12-2007), St Admin Penalty assessed (DEC-28-2007), St AO (w/penalty) issued (MAY-14-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (MAY-20-2008), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (JUL-01-2008)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2006), St Public Notif requested (APR-12-2007), St Admin Penalty assessed (DEC-28-2007), St AO (w/penalty) issued (MAY-14-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (MAY-20-2008), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (JUL-01-2008)
Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2006), St Public Notif requested (APR-12-2007), St Admin Penalty assessed (DEC-28-2007), St AO (w/penalty) issued (MAY-14-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (MAY-20-2008), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2008), St Site Visit (enforcement) (JUL-01-2008)
2 other older monitoring violations
Average household size:
This city:
2.4 people
Louisiana:
2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This city:
64.1%
Whole state:
67.1%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:
6.4%
Whole state:
6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Mansfield in 2010:
98 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
82 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
9 people in group homes intended for adults
7 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
People in group quarters in Mansfield in 2000:
181 people in nursing homes
93 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Banks with branches in Mansfield (2011 data):
Community Bank of Louisiana: Community Bank Of Louisiana at 118 Jefferson, branch established on 1901/10/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $374.7 mil, Deposits: $342.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Mansfield Bancshares, Inc.
Capital One, National Association: South Washington at 214 South Washington Avenue, branch established on 1920/01/01. Info updated 2011/07/01: Bank assets: $133,477.8 mil, Deposits: $97,063.7 mil, headquarters in Mclean, VA, positive income, 984 total offices, Holding Company: Capital One Financial Corporation
Progressive National Bank of DeSoto Parish: Progressive National Bank Of Desoto at 300 Washington Street, branch established on 1983/03/28. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $35.5 mil, Deposits: $32.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 3 total offices
The Peoples State Bank: Mansfield Branch at U.S. Highway 84 West, branch established on 1911/01/01. Info updated 2008/06/09: Bank assets: $496.6 mil, Deposits: $420.2 mil, headquarters in Many, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Psb Financial Corporation
Sabine State Bank and Trust Company: Mansfield Branch at 601 Polk Street, branch established on 1998/07/22. Info updated 2006/09/14: Bank assets: $683.7 mil, Deposits: $592.9 mil, headquarters in Many, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 45 total offices, Holding Company: Sabine Bancshares, Inc.
Citizens National Bank, N.A.: Cnb, Na - Downtown Mansfield Branch at 94 Polk Street, branch established on 2010/09/27. Info updated 2011/12/05: Bank assets: $666.0 mil, Deposits: $589.2 mil, headquarters in Bossier City, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Citizens National Bancshares Of Bossier, Inc.
Religion statistics for Mansfield, LA (based on De Soto Parish data)
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
10,496
55
Mainline Protestant
1,469
18
Black Protestant
1,153
9
Catholic
849
2
Other
817
2
None
11,872
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Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Graphs represent county-level data
2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 52. The highest number of fire incidents - 152 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (45.0%), and Structure Fires (34.8%).
Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mansfield, LA
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