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Bossier City, Louisiana
19,251 Black residents · 30.7% of the place
Bossier City is a city in Louisiana, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 62,701 residents in all, 19,251 of them Black alone — 30.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 62,701 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 19,251 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 30.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 8 of 488 |
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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Bossier City grew — 15,720 in 2010 and 19,251 in 2020, a change of +22.5%. The Black share of Bossier City moved from 25.6% to 30.7% over the same span.
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
Bossier City stands in the gazetteer as one of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Bossier City's Black population of 19,251 ranks 8 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Bossier City as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Bossier City, a place of 62,701, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Bossier City itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.