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Bossier Parish, Louisiana
30,099 Black residents · 23.4% of the county · ranked 13 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In Bossier Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 128,746 people, 30,099 of them Black alone. At 23.4%, Bossier 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 | 128,746 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 30,099 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 13 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 Bossier Parish counted 24,461 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 30,099. The population grew by 23.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Bossier Parish moved from 20.9% to 23.4%.
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
Bossier 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 Bossier Parish's 30,099 of them give it rank 13 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 Bossier Parish are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Bossier Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Bossier Parish page holds the frame around them — 128,746 people in all, 30,099 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.