Louisiana Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2015

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, there were 1,499,441 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Louisiana and they represented 32.13% of the total population of Louisiana in 2015. Orleans Parish had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (231,729), followed by East Baton Rouge Parish (205,102), and Caddo Parish (122,197). On the other hand, Cameron Parish had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (282), followed by Caldwell Parish (1,623), and West Carroll Parish (1,713).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, East Carroll Parish had the highest percentage (67.95%), followed by Madison Parish (62.43%), and Orleans Parish (59.4%).

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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Louisiana Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2015
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Acadia 11284 18
Allen 5778 22.54
Ascension 26933 22.55
Assumption 6803 29.71
Avoyelles 12117 29.56
Beauregard 4592 12.56
Bienville 5765 41.69
Bossier 26794 21.33
Caddo 122197 48.59
Calcasieu 49743 25.05
Caldwell 1623 16.15
Cameron 282 4.13
Catahoula 3117 31.06
Claiborne 8301 51.02
Concordia 8165 40.35
De Soto 9879 36.44
East Baton Rouge 205102 46.01
East Carroll 4946 67.95
East Feliciana 8552 43.78
Evangeline 9391 27.84
Franklin 6489 31.81
Grant 3367 15.08
Iberia 23586 32.07
Iberville 16010 48.3
Jackson 4591 28.75
Jefferson 114338 26.26
Jefferson Davis 5176 16.46
Lafayette 61559 25.69
Lafourche 13235 13.47
LaSalle 1805 12.05
Lincoln 19311 40.68
Livingston 8115 5.92
Madison 7217 62.43
Morehouse 12526 47.62
Natchitoches 16131 41.34
Orleans 231729 59.4
Ouachita 58357 37.19
Plaquemines 4701 20.04
Pointe Coupee 7834 35.29
Rapides 41993 31.86
Red River 3416 39.22
Richland 7370 35.86
Sabine 4043 16.7
St. Bernard 9786 21.54
St. Charles 13581 25.83
St. Helena 5522 52.77
St. James 10548 49.1
St. John the Baptist 24103 55.38
St. Landry 34561 41.3
St. Martin 16171 30.01
St. Mary 16898 31.94
St. Tammany 29106 11.68
Tangipahoa 38820 30.15
Tensas 2575 53.95
Terrebonne 21294 18.7
Union 5790 25.75
Vermilion 8574 14.31
Vernon 7147 13.87
Washington 14124 30.46
Webster 13598 33.94
West Baton Rouge 9871 38.57
West Carroll 1713 15.18
West Feliciana 6951 45.21
Winn 4445 30.35