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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
7,931 Black residents · 13.8% of the county · ranked 35 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
Vermilion Parish is a Louisiana county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Vermilion Parish held 57,359 residents in all, of whom 7,931 — 13.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 57,359 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,931 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 35 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 Vermilion Parish: 8,286 Black residents in 2010 and 7,931 in 2020. The population declined by 4.3%, and the Black share in Vermilion Parish moved from 14.3% to 13.8%.
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
Vermilion Parish is one of 64 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Together they hold the state's 1.5 million Black residents, and Vermilion Parish's 7,931 of them give it rank 35 of 64 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Vermilion Parish are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Vermilion Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Vermilion Parish page holds the frame around them — 57,359 people in all, 7,931 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.