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

Updated on September 3, 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 voting-age population in Louisiana, Opelousas city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (74.15%), followed by Monroe city (59.59%), and Shreveport city (53.17%).

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 voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Opelousas
Monroe
Shreveport
Alexandria
Laplace
New Orleans
Natchitoches
Baton Rouge
Marrero
Zachary
Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Opelousas city 74.15
2 Monroe city 59.59
3 Shreveport city 53.17
4 Alexandria city 52.27
5 Laplace CDP 52.07
6 New Orleans city 51.19
7 Natchitoches city 50.91
8 Baton Rouge city 50.60
9 Marrero CDP 47.50
10 Zachary city 43.68
11 Lake Charles city 43.49
12 Hammond city 42.50
13 Harvey CDP 42.07
14 New Iberia city 40.98
15 Terrytown CDP 37.13
16 Ruston city 36.73
17 Thibodaux city 36.58
18 Gretna city 32.88
19 West Monroe city 31.77
20 Pineville city 30.77
21 Lafayette city 28.51
22 Bossier City city 27.99
23 Estelle CDP 26.75
24 Chalmette CDP 23.02
25 Houma city 22.89
26 Slidell city 21.72
27 Kenner city 20.83
28 Bayou Cane CDP 16.19
29 Shenandoah CDP 15.76
30 Luling CDP 14.54
31 Prairieville CDP 14.26
32 River Ridge CDP 12.03
33 Metairie CDP 10.48
34 Central city 10.42
35 Youngsville city 8.77
36 Sulphur city 7.53
37 Mandeville city 4.12