Mansfield is a small city in and the parish seat of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. Mansfield is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area, with a 2020 population of 4,714.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Mansfield had a population of 4,714. The median age was 38.2 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 83.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 76.8 males age 18 and over.
99.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.7% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,857 households in Mansfield, of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 21.4% were married-couple households, 19.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 53.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,165 families residing in the city.
There were 2,153 housing units, of which 13.7% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%.
Notable people
Sylura Barron (1900-1997), first African-American woman delegate to a national political convention (1948)
Country Jim Bledsoe (1930-1988), blues guitarist and singer
Vida Blue, baseball player
Riemer Calhoun (1909-1994), state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes from 1944 to 1952
Joe T. Cawthorn (1911-1967), lawyer affiliated with Long faction
Charles Wheaton Elam (1866–1917), state representative from 1892 to 1896
Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821–1885), state representative, U.S. representative
Walter T. Griffith (1911-1966), U.S. Navy submarine commander during World War II
Jeff Hall, member of the Louisiana House for District 26 since 2015
Charles Johnson (born 1956), football player
Jeter Jones, blues musician
Albert Lewis NFL football player
Joshua Logan, director, producer, playwright and screenwriter
Sidney Maiden (1923-1970), country blues musician, singer and harmonica player
Sammy Joe Odom (1941–2001), professional football player.
Arthur T. Prescott (1863-1942), founding president of Louisiana Tech University