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Iberia Parish, Louisiana
23,162 Black residents · 33.1% of the county · ranked 15 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In Iberia Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 69,929 people, 23,162 of them Black alone. At 33.1%, Iberia 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 | 69,929 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 23,162 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 33.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 15 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 Iberia Parish counted 23,435 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 23,162. The population declined by 1.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Iberia Parish moved from 32.0% to 33.1%.
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
Within Louisiana, the Census Bureau counts 64 counties and county equivalents, Iberia Parish among them; it stands 15 by Black population, with 23,162 Black residents of the state's 1.5 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Iberia Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Iberia Parish page holds the frame around them — 69,929 people in all, 23,162 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.