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Assumption Parish, Louisiana

6,013 Black residents · 28.6% of the county · ranked 44 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population

The gazetteer enters Assumption Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 21,039 in 2020, with 6,013 Black residents counted alone — 28.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

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Black share of state population — Louisiana highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202021,039
Black residents (alone), 20206,013
Black share of the county, 202028.6%
Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties44 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 Assumption Parish: 7,141 Black residents in 2010, 6,013 in 2020 — declined by 15.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 30.5% to 28.6%.

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

The state's Black population of 1.5 million is spread across 64 counties and county equivalents; Assumption Parish holds 6,013 of it, rank 44 in the state's order. The county page for Assumption Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Assumption Parish — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Assumption Parish page is their frame: 21,039 residents, 6,013 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.