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De Soto Parish, Louisiana
9,621 Black residents · 35.9% of the county · ranked 32 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
De Soto Parish is a Louisiana county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, De Soto Parish held 26,812 residents in all, of whom 9,621 — 35.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 26,812 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,621 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 32 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 two-census record for De Soto Parish: 10,449 Black residents in 2010 and 9,621 in 2020. The population declined by 7.9%, and the Black share in De Soto Parish moved from 39.2% to 35.9%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.5 million is spread across 64 counties and county equivalents; De Soto Parish holds 9,621 of it, rank 32 in the state's order. The county page for De Soto Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black De Soto Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The De Soto Parish page holds the frame around them — 26,812 people in all, 9,621 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.