First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a church at 2122 Myrtle St in Arcadia, LA 71001-3426. It is one of 16 churches in Arcadia.
Services in Spanish and Portuguese and Korean
2122 Myrtle St, Arcadia, LA, 71001-3426Phone: +13182632860 · Website: http://www.umc.org
Shares a ministry location with First Methodist Church of Arcadia.
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
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- Child Poverty: 62.3% (43.5–81.1%)
- Obesity: 50.3%
- Poverty Rate: 40.5% (29.6–51.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 40.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
- Diabetes: 24.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
- Depression: 25.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Methodist Church of Arcadia — 0 mi away
- New Beginnings Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Bienville, Claiborne, & Jackson Parish CASA — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Arcadia — 0.1 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Arcadia — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- New Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mt. Calvary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Shreveport, LA
- New Hebron Baptist Church — 1 mi away