Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Louisiana counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in Louisiana, Baker city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (81.99%), followed by Woodmere CDP (79.28%), and Opelousas city (77.18%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Louisiana, and the table below shows the ranking of all Louisiana cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Louisiana.

Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Baker
Woodmere
Opelousas
Monroe
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Alexandria
Laplace
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Baker city 81.99
2 Woodmere CDP 79.28
3 Opelousas city 77.18
4 Monroe city 63.24
5 Shreveport city 55.77
6 Natchitoches city 54.84
7 Alexandria city 54.66
8 Laplace CDP 54.20
9 New Orleans city 53.61
10 Baton Rouge city 53.55
11 Minden city 53.25
12 Bogalusa city 50.64
13 Marrero CDP 50.12
14 Gardere CDP 48.36
15 Gonzales city 46.85
16 Lake Charles city 45.88
17 Hammond city 45.27
18 Zachary city 45.21
19 New Iberia city 44.04
20 Harvey CDP 43.65
21 Abbeville city 42.30
22 Ruston city 40.00
23 Terrytown CDP 38.22
24 Thibodaux city 37.98
25 Timberlane CDP 35.23
26 West Monroe city 35.16
27 Pineville city 33.04
28 Gretna city 32.96
29 Crowley city 32.74
30 Lafayette city 30.51
31 Bossier City city 30.45
32 Estelle CDP 27.77
33 Chalmette CDP 25.82
34 Houma city 24.14
35 Slidell city 23.68
36 Morgan City city 21.88
37 Jefferson CDP 21.79
38 Kenner city 21.48
39 Bayou Cane CDP 17.81
40 Shenandoah CDP 17.06
41 Covington city 16.79
42 Destrehan CDP 16.54
43 Broussard city 15.87
44 Luling CDP 15.39
45 Prairieville CDP 14.57
46 River Ridge CDP 11.80
47 Central city 11.63
48 Metairie CDP 11.03
49 Youngsville city 9.08
50 Moss Bluff CDP 8.30
51 Bayou Blue CDP 8.14
52 Sulphur city 8.07
53 Claiborne CDP 7.01
54 Belle Chasse CDP 5.98
55 Mandeville city 4.25