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Richland Parish, Louisiana
7,336 Black residents · 36.6% of the county · ranked 37 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
Richland Parish is a Louisiana county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Richland Parish held 20,043 residents in all, of whom 7,336 — 36.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 20,043 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,336 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 36.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 37 of 64 |
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 Richland Parish: 7,454 Black residents in 2010 and 7,336 in 2020. The population declined by 1.6%, and the Black share in Richland Parish moved from 36.0% to 36.6%.
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
Within Louisiana, the Census Bureau counts 64 counties and county equivalents, Richland Parish among them; it stands 37 by Black population, with 7,336 Black residents of the state's 1.5 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Richland Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Richland Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Richland Parish page holds the frame around them — 20,043 people in all, 7,336 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.