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Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
21,253 Black residents · 19.4% of the county · ranked 16 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
The gazetteer enters Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, on its published figures: a total population of 109,580 in 2020, with 21,253 Black residents counted alone — 19.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 109,580 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 21,253 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 16 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 Terrebonne Parish: 21,139 Black residents in 2010, 21,253 in 2020 — grew by 0.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 18.9% to 19.4%.
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; Terrebonne Parish holds 21,253 of it, rank 16 in the state's order. The county page for Terrebonne Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Terrebonne Parish page gives the frame they stand in: 109,580 residents in all, 21,253 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.