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Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
59,083 Black residents · 36.8% of the county · ranked 6 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
The gazetteer enters Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 160,368 in 2020, with 59,083 Black residents counted alone — 36.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 160,368 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 59,083 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 36.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 6 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 published record across two censuses for Ouachita Parish: 56,216 Black residents in 2010, 59,083 in 2020 — grew by 5.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 36.6% to 36.8%.
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
Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish's 59,083 of them give it rank 6 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 Ouachita Parish are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Ouachita Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Ouachita Parish page holds the frame around them — 160,368 people in all, 59,083 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.