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Metairie, Louisiana
16,362 Black residents · 11.4% of the place
In the published counts, Metairie, Louisiana, holds 16,362 Black residents among 143,507 people in all — a Black share of 11.4%, against the statewide 31.4%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 143,507 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 16,362 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 11.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 10 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 Metairie: 14,374 Black residents in 2010, 16,362 in 2020 — grew by 13.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 10.4% to 11.4%.
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 Metairie among Louisiana's 488 counted places, at rank 10 by Black population on a count of 16,362. The figures for Metairie are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Metairie is a place of 143,507 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 Metairie itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.