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St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
34,356 Black residents · 13.0% of the county · ranked 11 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
The gazetteer enters St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 264,570 in 2020, with 34,356 Black residents counted alone — 13.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 264,570 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 34,356 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 11 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 published record across two censuses for St. Tammany Parish: 26,645 Black residents in 2010, 34,356 in 2020 — grew by 28.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 11.4% to 13.0%.
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. Tammany Parish among them; it stands 11 by Black population, with 34,356 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. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black St. Tammany Parish — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The St. Tammany Parish page is their frame: 264,570 residents, 34,356 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.