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Harvey, Louisiana
9,868 Black residents · 44.4% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 22,236 people in Harvey, Louisiana, and 9,868 of them — 44.4% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Harvey is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 22,236 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,868 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 44.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 17 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
The two-census record for Harvey: 8,360 Black residents in 2010 and 9,868 in 2020. The population grew by 18.0%, and the Black share in Harvey moved from 41.1% to 44.4%.
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 gazetteer enters Harvey among Louisiana's 488 counted places, at rank 17 by Black population on a count of 9,868. The figures for Harvey are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Harvey is a place of 22,236 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Harvey itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.