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Marrero, Louisiana

16,369 Black residents · 50.5% of the place

In the published counts, Marrero, Louisiana, holds 16,369 Black residents among 32,382 people in all — a Black share of 50.5%, against the statewide 31.4%.

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Black share of state population — Louisiana highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202032,382
Black residents (alone), 202016,369
Black share of the place, 202050.5%
Rank by Black population among Louisiana places9 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 published record across two censuses for Marrero: 16,303 Black residents in 2010, 16,369 in 2020 — grew by 0.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 49.2% to 50.5%.

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

Marrero stands in the gazetteer as one of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Marrero's Black population of 16,369 ranks 9 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Marrero as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.

Institutions

In Marrero, a place of 32,382, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Marrero itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.