Louisiana Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County

Updated on March 23, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 1,452,420 people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in Louisiana, which was 31.18% of the total Louisiana population.

Orleans Parish had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (205,876), followed by East Baton Rouge Parish (205,552), and Jefferson Parish (115,900). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone were: Cameron Parish (71), LaSalle Parish (1,283), and West Carroll Parish (1,338).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identify as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, East Carroll Parish had the highest percentage (69.23%), followed by Madison Parish (61.63%), and St. John the Baptist Parish (56.68%).

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Louisiana Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
Louisiana Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
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County Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Population % of County Population
Acadia 9946 17.27
Allen 4016 17.65
Ascension 30296 23.95
Assumption 5973 28.39
Avoyelles 10649 26.83
Beauregard 4082 11.17
Bienville 5273 40.62
Bossier 29868 23.20
Caddo 114769 48.25
Calcasieu 54825 25.29
Caldwell 1528 15.84
Cameron 71 1.26
Catahoula 2275 25.55
Claiborne 6138 43.32
Concordia 7477 40.01
De Soto 9586 35.75
East Baton Rouge 205552 45.00
East Carroll 5164 69.23
East Feliciana 7108 36.38
Evangeline 8609 26.61
Franklin 6508 32.91
Grant 3060 13.80
Iberia 22984 32.87
Iberville 13313 44.02
Jackson 3945 26.25
Jefferson 115900 26.29
Jefferson Davis 5130 15.91
Lafayette 60677 25.10
Lafourche 14532 14.90
LaSalle 1283 8.67
Lincoln 18626 38.49
Livingston 11178 7.86
Madison 6173 61.63
Morehouse 11976 46.73
Natchitoches 14857 39.60
Orleans 205876 53.61
Ouachita 58804 36.67
Plaquemines 4863 20.68
Pointe Coupee 7221 34.79
Rapides 40261 30.97
Red River 2952 38.74
Richland 7303 36.44
Sabine 3520 15.89
St. Bernard 11370 25.98
St. Charles 13024 24.78
St. Helena 5846 53.54
St. James 9486 46.98
St. John the Baptist 24076 56.68
St. Landry 34218 41.46
St. Martin 15050 29.07
St. Mary 14950 30.26
St. Tammany 33969 12.84
Tangipahoa 39770 29.87
Tensas 2232 53.82
Terrebonne 21059 19.22
Union 4980 23.59
Vermilion 7859 13.70
Vernon 6325 12.97
Washington 12758 28.06
Webster 12142 32.85
West Baton Rouge 10714 39.39
West Carroll 1338 13.72
West Feliciana 3589 23.44
Winn 3518 25.58