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Terrytown, Louisiana
9,862 Black residents · 39.0% of the place
Terrytown is a census-designated place in Louisiana, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 25,278 residents in all, 9,862 of them Black alone — 39.0% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 25,278 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,862 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 39.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 18 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Terrytown grew — 9,278 in 2010 and 9,862 in 2020, a change of +6.3%. The Black share of Terrytown moved from 39.8% to 39.0% over the same span.
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
Terrytown stands in the gazetteer as one of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Terrytown's Black population of 9,862 ranks 18 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Terrytown as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Terrytown is a place of 25,278 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 Terrytown itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.