Addis is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,731 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Founded in 1881 or 1882, Addis was originally known Baton Rouge Junction; the community was created as a division point for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Circa 1909, local citizens renamed the village to Addis to honor J. W. Addis, the railroad official who had convinced the railroad to build a depot, hotel, and other facilities there in 1904.
The Bank of Addis building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the town and is now the Addis Museum.
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Addis racial composition as of 2020
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 3,424
| 50.87%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 2,670
| 39.67%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 9
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 106
| 1.57%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 2
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 248
| 3.68%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 272
| 4.04%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,731 people, 1,694 households, and 1,353 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,601.1 inhabitants per square mile in 2020, compared to 854.7 inhabitants per square mile in 2010.
The ancestry of Addis in 2021 was, 9.2% French, 6.1% German, 4.9% English, 1.5% Italian, 1.4% Irish, 0.4% Scottish, 0.3% Polish.
See also
- List of municipalities in Louisiana