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New Iberia, Louisiana
12,684 Black residents · 44.4% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 28,555 people in New Iberia, Louisiana, and 12,684 of them — 44.4% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for New Iberia is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 28,555 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,684 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 44.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 13 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 New Iberia: 12,694 Black residents in 2010 and 12,684 in 2020. The population declined by 0.1%, and the Black share in New Iberia moved from 41.5% 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
Of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana, New Iberia ranks 13 by Black population, with 12,684 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for New Iberia within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
New Iberia is a place of 28,555 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 New Iberia itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.