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Highest Portuguese population share, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Portuguese ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Portuguese residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 36 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 36 is 0.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Avoyelles Parish, LA, up 30 places to #6.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE SHAREVS 2010

01St. Helena Parish, LALA10,7580.3%–

02Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2560.2%–

03▲2Orleans Parish, LALA362,1540.2%+0.1 pts

04▲7Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5050.2%+0.1 pts

05▲2Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3600.1%+0.1 pts

06▲30Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9410.1%–

07▲5Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1630.1%−0.1 pts

08▼2St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1080.1%−0.1 pts

09▲9Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4660.1%−0.1 pts

10▲6Livingston Parish, LALA155,0360.1%0.0 pts

11▲2Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9490.1%−0.1 pts

12▲11Caddo Parish, LALA224,2260.1%0.0 pts

13▲6Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3980.1%−0.1 pts

14▲7Vernon Parish, LALA45,0910.1%−0.3 pts

15▲17Bossier Parish, LALA131,8670.1%0.0 pts

16Allen Parish, LALA22,6720.1%0.0 pts

17▼14Assumption Parish, LALA19,7200.1%−0.1 pts

18▼4St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5860.1%0.0 pts

19▼18St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6420.1%–

20Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,0890.1%0.0 pts

21▲1Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6710.1%0.0 pts

22▲2East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1800.1%0.0 pts

23▲2Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6730.1%−0.2 pts

24▲4Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5420.0%0.0 pts

25West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7560.0%0.0 pts

26▲5Iberia Parish, LALA66,8460.0%0.0 pts

27St. James Parish, LALA18,9380.0%−0.1 pts

28▲1Grant Parish, LALA22,0750.0%0.0 pts

29▼19Ascension Parish, LALA135,1050.0%−0.2 pts

30▼28St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,8750.0%−0.1 pts

31▼22St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1060.0%–

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,3810.0%−0.1 pts

33Washington Parish, LALA44,9370.0%0.0 pts

34Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9800.0%–

35▼9Sabine Parish, LALA21,8340.0%−0.1 pts

36▼9St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5520.0%−0.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES