Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Louisiana counties, in April 2020, among all of Louisiana's cities and places (towns and villages) with a population of at least 10K, Baker city had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (82.24%), followed by Woodmere CDP (80.13%), and Opelousas city (77.49%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Louisiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

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

Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Pop. that were 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 Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Population
1 Baker city 82.24
2 Woodmere CDP 80.13
3 Opelousas city 77.49
4 Monroe city 63.53
5 Shreveport city 56.02
6 Natchitoches city 55.19
7 Alexandria city 54.92
8 Laplace CDP 54.78
9 New Orleans city 54.24
10 Baton Rouge city 53.84
11 Minden city 53.48
12 Bogalusa city 50.93
13 Marrero CDP 50.55
14 Gardere CDP 48.69
15 Gonzales city 47.34
16 Lake Charles city 46.19
17 Hammond city 45.70
18 Zachary city 45.36
19 New Iberia city 44.42
20 Harvey CDP 44.38
21 Abbeville city 42.70
22 Ruston city 40.26
23 Terrytown CDP 39.01
24 Thibodaux city 38.24
25 Timberlane CDP 35.85
26 West Monroe city 35.47
27 Gretna city 33.43
28 Pineville city 33.36
29 Crowley city 32.94
30 Bossier City city 30.70
30 Lafayette city 30.70
31 Estelle CDP 28.15
32 Chalmette CDP 26.20
33 Houma city 24.35
34 Slidell city 23.92
35 Morgan City city 22.21
36 Jefferson CDP 21.97
37 Kenner city 21.92
38 Bayou Cane CDP 18.03
39 Shenandoah CDP 17.19
40 Covington city 16.92
41 Destrehan CDP 16.78
42 Broussard city 16.04
43 Luling CDP 15.60
44 Prairieville CDP 14.66
45 River Ridge CDP 11.97
46 Central city 11.70
47 Metairie CDP 11.40
48 Youngsville city 9.13
49 Moss Bluff CDP 8.38
50 Bayou Blue CDP 8.31
51 Sulphur city 8.19
52 Claiborne CDP 7.01
53 Belle Chasse CDP 6.10
54 Mandeville city 4.31