According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), all of it land.
There were 4,359 households out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.3% were married couples living together, 40.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.30 and the average family size was 3.88.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 38.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 86.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $15,981, and the median income for a family was $17,625. Males had a median income of $20,732 versus $19,923 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $7,941. About 48.4% of families and 52.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 65.5% of those under age 18 and 32.7% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 74.32% of residents, while Spanish made up 22.48%, and French Creole was at 2.39%, and French consisted of 0.79% of the population.