Waterproof

Waterproof is a town in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States with a populace of 834 as of the 2000 registration. In any case, the populace declined in the 2010 registration by 17.5 percent to 688. The town in 2010 was 91.7 percent African American. Somewhere in the range of 24 percent of Waterproof inhabitants in 2010 were matured sixty or above. Waterproof is around 27 km north of Ferriday, one of the two key groups of Concordia Parish.

The town is named for its relative security from flooding preceding development of the Mississippi River levee framework. With a populace reliant on agribusiness, the rustic town battles with destitution. Automation has diminished the requirement for cultivate work. Modern scale cotton is the significant item edit, yet corn and soybeans are additionally vital. In 2008, dry spell demolished a significant part of the corn edit.