Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  35.8% | | Whole state: |  19.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 15.4% | | Whole state: | 9.4% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Simmesport, LA
226 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
79 people in nursing homes
Simmesport compared to Louisiana state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Simmesport (2009 data):
- Cottonport Bank: Simmesport Branch at 117 Bernard Plaza, branch established on 1996-11-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $240.4 mil, Deposits: $206.9 mil, headquarters in Cottonport, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Mansura Bancshares, Inc.
- Simmesport State Bank: at Highway 1 And Laurel Street, branch established on 1956-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $52.8 mil, Deposits: $45.5 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 1 total offices
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Religion statistics for Simmesport
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of the Nazarene | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 79.6% | 16.1% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
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| Congregations | 44.9% | 28.6% | 16.3% | 2.0% | 8.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $7,565 | $22,695 | 2 | $952 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $2,879 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
7 | $12,224 | $20,955 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $4,469 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $1,860 | $22,320 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $1,630 | $19,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
3 | $6,883 | $27,532 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,547 | $30,564 | 1 | $159 |
| Gas Supply |
1 | $4,070 | $48,840 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
18 | $36,779 | $24,519 | 13 | $8,459 |
Simmesport government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Sewerage: $143,000
Housing & Community Development: $58,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $353,000
Police Protection: $207,000
Regular Highways: $137,000
Housing & Community Development: $134,000
Water Utilities: $134,000
Sewerage: $122,000
Central Staff Services: $62,000
Fire Protection: $47,000
Parks & Recreation: $29,000
General - Other: $25,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $16,000
General Public Buildings: $6,000
Financial Administration: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $157,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $28,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $689,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $362,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $628,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $423,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $67,000
Rents: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $53,000
Regular Highways: $44,000
Police Protection: $27,000
General - Other: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $289,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $311,000
Water Utilities: $131,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $64,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $136,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $266,000
Property: $93,000
Public Utilities: $73,000
NEC: $64,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $464,000
5.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,528 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.83% | | Louisiana average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,563 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.19% | | Louisiana average: | 13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Simmesport:
- KJMJ (580 AM; 5 kW; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: RADIO MARIA, INC.)
- KWDF (840 AM; daytime; 8 kW; BALL, LA; Owner: BALL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- KDYS (1520 AM; 10 kW; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WJBO (1150 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KBRH (1260 AM; 5 kW; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Simmesport:
- KZLG (95.9 FM; MANSURA, LA; Owner: AMY M COCO)
- WQNZ (95.1 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: FIRST NATCHEZ CORPORATION)
- KLIL (92.1 FM; MOREAUVILLE, LA; Owner: CAJUN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KZMZ (96.9 FM; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KRRV-FM (100.3 FM; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KQID-FM (93.1 FM; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: CENLA B/C CO INC.)
- KEZP (104.3 FM; BUNKIE, LA; Owner: OWENSVILLE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WYPY (100.7 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- KKST (98.7 FM; OAKDALE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KAPB-FM (97.7 FM; MARKSVILLE, LA; Owner: THREE RIVERS RADIO COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Simmesport:
- KALB-TV (Channel 5; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
- KATC (Channel 3; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KATC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K60GE (Channel 60; ALEXANDRIA, LA; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WVLA (Channel 33; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF BATON ROUGE LIC. CORP.)
- KLFY-TV (Channel 10; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: KLFY, L.P.)
- KLPB-TV (Channel 24; LAFAYETTE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AUTHORITY)
- K67GL (Channel 67; BUNKIE, LA; Owner: WHITE KNIGHT B/CING. OF NATCHEZ LICENSE CORP.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Simmesport, Louisiana:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 10
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 18
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Louisiana average:
- Fatal accident count: 112
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 167
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 32
- Fatalities: 122
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 295
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 18
See more detailed statistics of Simmesport fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2- 312 Riverside Drive, Structure height: 125.9 m, Call Sign: KNKN804
880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 11/29/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010
Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Fax: (469) 229-7297, Email:
- 700 Feet Nw Of The Intersection Of State Route 1 & State Route 105, Structure height: 58.8 m, Call Sign: KNKQ374
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 09/09/2003, Expiration Date: 10/01/2013, Certifier: Michael J Small
Registrant: Centennial Communications, 2422 West State Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46808, Phone: (260) 760-4126, Fax: (260) 760-4186
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3- Mark H Segura, Intersection Of La Hwy 1 And N Wayside Rd., 2.31 Mi Nw Of Simmesport, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: Cleco Power LLC, 403 Wavell St, Bunkie, LA 71322, Phone: (318) 346-5600, Email:
- Muayyad Mustafa, 5622 Hwy 105, Type: Tower, Structure height: 105.2 m, Overall height: 106.7 m
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms:a3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422 - Lola Richey, 4488 Feet Across Red River From The End Of Muscule Lake Road Bearing 79.2 Deg. E, Type: Tower, Structure height: 114 m, Overall height: 115 m
Registrant: Sterling Communications, Inc., 219 Dodd Road, Ringgold, GA 30736-2958, Phone: (706) 965-2355, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5- Hwy 1 4.4 Km W Of Atchafalaya River, Type: Pole, Structure height: 23 m, Overall height: 24 m, Call Sign: WPKJ873, Licensee ID: L00003547
Assigned Frequencies : 47.8400 MHz, 47.9800 MHz, 48.0400 MHz, 48.4000 MHz
Grant Date: 01/05/2002, Expiration Date: 03/17/2012, Certifier: Mark H Segura
Registrant: Cleco Power LLC, 2030 Donahue Ferry Road, Pineville, LA 71360, Phone: (318) 484-7400 - L & A 500 N Atchafalaya River Brd, Call Sign: KNAB660, Licensee ID: L00003692
Assigned Frequencies : 160.260 MHz, 160.350 MHz
Grant Date: 08/09/2005, Expiration Date: 10/12/2015
Registrant: Kansas City Southern Railway Co, 4601 Blanchard Rd, Shreveport, LA 71107, Phone: (318) 227-7262 - River Bridge At Atchafalaya On L&a Right Of Way 500 S, Call Sign: KNAB661, Licensee ID: L00003692
Assigned Frequencies : 160.260 MHz, 160.350 MHz
Grant Date: 08/09/2005, Expiration Date: 10/12/2015
Registrant: Kansas City Southern Railway Co, 4601 Blanchard Rd, Shreveport, LA 71107, Phone: (318) 227-7262 - T & P Rwy Right Of Way 3.5 Mi W, Call Sign: KSX413, Licensee ID: L00003692
Assigned Frequencies : 160.260 MHz, 160.350 MHz
Grant Date: 11/27/2001, Expiration Date: 12/24/2011
Registrant: K C S Railway Company, 4601 Shreveport Blanchard Hwy, Shrevport, LA 71107-5797, Phone: (318) 227-7262 - Atchafalaya River Bridgehouse, Call Sign: KXD275, Licensee ID: L00003692
Assigned Frequencies : 160.740 MHz, 160.260 MHz, 160.305 MHz, 160.350 MHz, 161.250 MHz
Grant Date: 04/17/2004, Expiration Date: 05/08/2014
Registrant: Kansas City Southern Rwy Co, 4601 Blanchard Rd., Shreveport, LA 71107, Phone: (318) 676-6188, Fax: (318) 676-6252
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3- Call Sign: KA5KON, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00480653
Grant Date: 03/12/2002, Expiration Date: 06/02/2012
Registrant: Lufroi P Aymond, 100 Treatment St, Simmesport, LA 71369 - Call Sign: KC5QFW, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/14/1995, Expiration Date: 08/14/2005, Cancelation Date: 08/15/2007
Registrant: Paula S Aymond, 100 Treatment St, Simmesport, LA 71369 - Call Sign: KD5FHJ, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 09/29/1998, Expiration Date: 09/29/2008
Registrant: Mark A Du Pont, Simmesport, LA 71369
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 172 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5685A , Serial Number: 28285, Year manufactured: 1956, Airworthiness Date: 01/20/1956
Registrant (Individual): Don I Anderson, 453 Highway 1183, Simmesport, LA 71369 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9636W , Serial Number: 28-23094, Year manufactured: 1967
Registrant (Individual): Claire P Benedict, Po Box 819, Simmesport, LA 71369
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