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Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
12,048 Black residents · 47.0% of the county · ranked 26 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 25,629 people, 12,048 of them Black alone. At 47.0%, Morehouse 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 | 25,629 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,048 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 47.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 26 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 Morehouse Parish counted 13,133 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 12,048. The population declined by 8.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Morehouse Parish moved from 46.9% to 47.0%.
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
Morehouse Parish is one of 64 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Together they hold the state's 1.5 million Black residents, and Morehouse Parish's 12,048 of them give it rank 26 of 64 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Morehouse Parish are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Morehouse Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Morehouse Parish page holds the frame around them — 25,629 people in all, 12,048 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.