Ranking of Louisiana Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on August 26, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Louisiana counties, East Carroll Parish had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (67.43%), followed by Madison Parish (58.13%), and St. John the Baptist Parish (55.10%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Louisiana counties based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 counties for other racial groups in Louisiana.
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Related Topics: Louisiana Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Louisiana Counties By
Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Carroll Parish | 67.43 |
| 2 | Madison Parish | 58.13 |
| 3 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 55.10 |
| 4 | Tensas Parish | 52.61 |
| 5 | Orleans Parish | 51.72 |
| 6 | St. Helena Parish | 50.70 |
| 7 | St. James Parish | 46.36 |
| 8 | Caddo Parish | 46.13 |
| 9 | Morehouse Parish | 44.93 |
| 10 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 42.93 |
| 11 | Iberville Parish | 41.63 |
| 12 | Claiborne Parish | 41.11 |
| 13 | Bienville Parish | 40.81 |
| 14 | St. Landry Parish | 39.96 |
| 15 | Concordia Parish | 38.81 |
| 16 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 38.60 |
| 17 | Lincoln Parish | 38.08 |
| 18 | Natchitoches Parish | 37.31 |
| 19 | Red River Parish | 36.96 |
| 20 | East Feliciana Parish | 35.78 |
| 21 | De Soto Parish | 35.61 |
| 22 | Richland Parish | 35.02 |
| 23 | Ouachita Parish | 34.27 |
| 24 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 33.03 |
| 25 | Webster Parish | 32.07 |
| 26 | Iberia Parish | 31.21 |
| 27 | Franklin Parish | 30.98 |
| 28 | St. Mary Parish | 29.66 |
| 29 | Rapides Parish | 29.51 |
| 30 | Tangipahoa Parish | 27.91 |
| 31 | Assumption Parish | 27.79 |
| 32 | St. Martin Parish | 27.65 |
| 33 | Washington Parish | 27.13 |
| 34 | Jackson Parish | 25.67 |
| 35 | Avoyelles Parish | 25.53 |
| 36 | Evangeline Parish | 25.47 |
| 37 | Jefferson Parish | 25.40 |
| 38 | Calcasieu Parish | 24.34 |
| 39 | Catahoula Parish | 24.16 |
| 40 | St. Charles Parish | 24.15 |
| 41 | St. Bernard Parish | 23.91 |
| 42 | Lafayette Parish | 23.85 |
| 43 | Winn Parish | 23.76 |
| 44 | Ascension Parish | 23.22 |
| 45 | West Feliciana Parish | 22.70 |
| 46 | Union Parish | 22.57 |
| 47 | Bossier Parish | 22.25 |
| 48 | Plaquemines Parish | 21.03 |
| 49 | Terrebonne Parish | 18.27 |
| 50 | Allen Parish | 18.03 |
| 51 | Acadia Parish | 16.40 |
| 52 | Caldwell Parish | 15.98 |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 15.58 |
| 54 | Grant Parish | 15.00 |
| 55 | Sabine Parish | 14.89 |
| 56 | Lafourche Parish | 14.26 |
| 57 | West Carroll Parish | 13.12 |
| 58 | Vernon Parish | 12.95 |
| 59 | Vermilion Parish | 12.75 |
| 60 | St. Tammany Parish | 12.21 |
| 61 | Beauregard Parish | 11.94 |
| 62 | LaSalle Parish | 8.86 |
| 63 | Livingston Parish | 7.28 |
| 64 | Cameron Parish | 1.17 |