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St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
34,360 Black residents · 41.6% of the county · ranked 10 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 82,540 people, 34,360 of them Black alone. At 41.6%, St. Landry Parish's Black share stands against the state's 31.4% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 82,540 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 34,360 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 41.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 10 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
In 2010 St. Landry Parish counted 34,442 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 34,360. The population declined by 0.2% across the decade, and the Black share in St. Landry Parish moved from 41.3% to 41.6%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.5 million is spread across 64 counties and county equivalents; St. Landry Parish holds 34,360 of it, rank 10 in the state's order. The county page for St. Landry Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black St. Landry Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The St. Landry Parish page holds the frame around them — 82,540 people in all, 34,360 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.