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

Updated on August 27, 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 with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Opelousas city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (74.37%), followed by Monroe city (59.82%), and Shreveport city (53.38%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Louisiana cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race 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, in Louisiana.

Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were 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 Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Opelousas city 74.37
2 Monroe city 59.82
3 Shreveport city 53.38
4 Alexandria city 52.51
5 Laplace CDP 52.47
6 New Orleans city 51.72
7 Natchitoches city 51.27
8 Baton Rouge city 50.85
9 Marrero CDP 47.85
10 Zachary city 43.80
11 Lake Charles city 43.75
12 Hammond city 42.78
13 Harvey CDP 42.70
14 New Iberia city 41.31
15 Terrytown CDP 37.69
16 Ruston city 36.93
17 Thibodaux city 36.77
18 Gretna city 33.34
19 West Monroe city 31.96
20 Pineville city 31.04
21 Lafayette city 28.68
22 Bossier City city 28.18
23 Estelle CDP 26.97
24 Chalmette CDP 23.32
25 Houma city 23.04
26 Slidell city 21.85
27 Kenner city 21.17
28 Bayou Cane CDP 16.41
29 Shenandoah CDP 15.88
30 Luling CDP 14.65
31 Prairieville CDP 14.34
32 River Ridge CDP 12.14
33 Metairie CDP 10.75
34 Central city 10.46
35 Youngsville city 8.80
36 Sulphur city 7.64
37 Mandeville city 4.15