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Opelousas, Louisiana
12,233 Black residents · 77.5% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 15,786 people in Opelousas, Louisiana, and 12,233 of them — 77.5% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Opelousas is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 15,786 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,233 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 77.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 14 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 Opelousas: 12,493 Black residents in 2010 and 12,233 in 2020. The population declined by 2.1%, and the Black share in Opelousas moved from 75.1% to 77.5%.
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
The gazetteer enters Opelousas among Louisiana's 488 counted places, at rank 14 by Black population on a count of 12,233. The figures for Opelousas are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Opelousas is a place of 15,786 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 Opelousas itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.