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Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

6,184 Black residents · 43.6% of the county · ranked 43 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population

In Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 14,170 people, 6,184 of them Black alone. At 43.6%, Claiborne Parish's Black share stands against the state's 31.4% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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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, 202014,170
Black residents (alone), 20206,184
Black share of the county, 202043.6%
Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties43 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 Claiborne Parish counted 8,733 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 6,184. The population declined by 29.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Claiborne Parish moved from 50.8% to 43.6%.

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; Claiborne Parish holds 6,184 of it, rank 43 in the state's order. The county page for Claiborne Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish page is their frame: 14,170 residents, 6,184 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.