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Highest Black population share, Louisiana counties · 1990

Louisiana counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (1990 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

Highest Black population share by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS –
01East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76064.8%
02Orleans Parish, LALA362,15462.1%
03Madison Parish, LALA8,84459.5%
04West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13455.3%
05Tensas Parish, LALA3,70053.4%
06St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75851.6%
07St. James Parish, LALA18,93849.5%
08East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91147.2%
09Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35446.4%
10Iberville Parish, LALA29,57946.4%
11De Soto Parish, LALA27,38144.2%
12Bienville Parish, LALA12,26943.5%
13Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70541.6%
14Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52041.1%
15St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76540.2%
16Caddo Parish, LALA224,22640.1%
17Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36039.4%
18Red River Parish, LALA7,16538.2%
19Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08937.6%
20Concordia Parish, LALA17,83636.6%
21Richland Parish, LALA19,58236.6%
22West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75636.0%
24East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18034.8%
25St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10633.0%
26Assumption Parish, LALA19,72032.4%
27Webster Parish, LALA34,94831.6%
28Franklin Parish, LALA19,00231.4%
29St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55231.2%
30Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54231.0%
31Washington Parish, LALA44,93730.8%
32Winn Parish, LALA14,96129.6%
33Iberia Parish, LALA66,84629.5%
34Jackson Parish, LALA15,83429.4%
35Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34628.6%
36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87727.9%
37Union Parish, LALA20,56127.6%
38Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94127.0%
39Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98026.1%
40Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22325.8%
41St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58624.2%
42Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25623.2%
43Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46622.9%
44Ascension Parish, LALA135,10522.6%
45Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94922.3%
46Allen Parish, LALA22,67221.7%
47Vernon Parish, LALA45,09120.7%
48Bossier Parish, LALA131,86720.0%
49Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47118.8%
50Acadia Parish, LALA57,03218.4%
51Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34417.9%
52Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39817.6%
53Sabine Parish, LALA21,83417.5%
54West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15616.7%
55Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16316.4%
56Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67314.6%
57Grant Parish, LALA22,07514.4%
58Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67113.9%
59Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50512.3%
60St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10811.0%
61LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1549.1%
62Livingston Parish, LALA155,0365.4%
63Cameron Parish, LALA4,7185.2%
64St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6424.6%
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS