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Ascension Parish, Louisiana
30,521 Black residents · 24.1% of the county · ranked 12 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
The gazetteer enters Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 126,500 in 2020, with 30,521 Black residents counted alone — 24.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 126,500 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 30,521 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 24.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 12 of 64 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Ascension Parish: 23,846 Black residents in 2010, 30,521 in 2020 — grew by 28.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 22.2% to 24.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Louisiana, the Census Bureau counts 64 counties and county equivalents, Ascension Parish among them; it stands 12 by Black population, with 30,521 Black residents of the state's 1.5 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Ascension Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Ascension Parish page holds the frame around them — 126,500 people in all, 30,521 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.