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Madison Parish, Louisiana
6,224 Black residents · 62.1% of the county · ranked 42 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
Madison Parish is a Louisiana county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Madison Parish held 10,017 residents in all, of whom 6,224 — 62.1% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 10,017 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,224 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 62.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 42 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 Madison Parish: 7,381 Black residents in 2010 and 6,224 in 2020. The population declined by 15.7%, and the Black share in Madison Parish moved from 61.0% to 62.1%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.5 million is spread across 64 counties and county equivalents; Madison Parish holds 6,224 of it, rank 42 in the state's order. The county page for Madison Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Madison Parish, Louisiana, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Madison Parish page gives the frame they stand in: 10,017 residents in all, 6,224 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.