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Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
14,948 Black residents · 39.8% of the county · ranked 20 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 37,515 people, 14,948 of them Black alone. At 39.8%, Natchitoches 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 | 37,515 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 14,948 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 39.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 20 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 Natchitoches Parish counted 16,362 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 14,948. The population declined by 8.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Natchitoches Parish moved from 41.4% to 39.8%.
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, Natchitoches Parish among them; it stands 20 by Black population, with 14,948 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 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Natchitoches Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Natchitoches Parish page holds the frame around them — 37,515 people in all, 14,948 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.