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St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
15,099 Black residents · 29.2% of the county · ranked 18 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
In St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 51,767 people, 15,099 of them Black alone. At 29.2%, St. Martin 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 | 51,767 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,099 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 29.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 18 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. Martin Parish counted 16,039 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 15,099. The population declined by 5.9% across the decade, and the Black share in St. Martin Parish moved from 30.7% to 29.2%.
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, St. Martin Parish among them; it stands 18 by Black population, with 15,099 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 St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black St. Martin Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The St. Martin Parish page holds the frame around them — 51,767 people in all, 15,099 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.