| Prien, Louisiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Calcasieu |
| Pushpin Map: | Louisiana |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Prien in Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 30.1717°N -93.2675°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.48 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.98 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.34 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.63 |
| Elevation Ft: | 13 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 7745 |
| Population Density Km2: | 559.62 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1449.29 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 337 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-62647 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Land Km2: | 13.84 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.64 |
Prien is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,810 at the 2010 census.[2] It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Some of the area has been annexed into the city of Lake Charles.
Prien is located at (30.171700, -93.267384)[3] and consists of unincorporated land on the south side of Lake Charles. The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of Prien Lake, a widening in the Calcasieu River, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.2sqkm, of which 15.6sqkm is land and 1.6sqkm, or 9.32%, is water.[2] The area of the CDP has decreased by since the 2000 census, due to annexation of certain neighborhoods by the city of Lake Charles.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 5,942 | 76.72% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 627 | 8.1% | |
| Native American | 32 | 0.41% | |
| Asian | 355 | 4.58% | |
| Pacific Islander | 12 | 0.15% | |
| Other/Mixed | 305 | 3.94% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 472 | 6.09% |