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Bienville Parish, Louisiana
5,307 Black residents · 40.9% of the county · ranked 46 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In Bienville Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 12,981 people, 5,307 of them Black alone. At 40.9%, Bienville Parish's Black share stands against the state's 31.4% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 12,981 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,307 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 40.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 46 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
In 2010 Bienville Parish counted 6,076 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,307. The population declined by 12.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Bienville Parish moved from 42.3% to 40.9%.
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
Bienville Parish is one of 64 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Together they hold the state's 1.5 million Black residents, and Bienville Parish's 5,307 of them give it rank 46 of 64 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Bienville Parish are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Bienville 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 Bienville Parish page is their frame: 12,981 residents, 5,307 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.