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Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
55,263 Black residents · 25.5% of the county · ranked 7 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
The gazetteer enters Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 216,785 in 2020, with 55,263 Black residents counted alone — 25.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 216,785 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 55,263 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 25.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 7 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 Calcasieu Parish: 47,782 Black residents in 2010, 55,263 in 2020 — grew by 15.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 24.8% to 25.5%.
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; Calcasieu Parish holds 55,263 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Calcasieu Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Calcasieu Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Calcasieu Parish page holds the frame around them — 216,785 people in all, 55,263 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.