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Washington Parish, Louisiana

12,858 Black residents · 28.3% of the county · ranked 24 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population

In Washington Parish, Louisiana, the 2020 Census counted 45,463 people, 12,858 of them Black alone. At 28.3%, Washington Parish's Black share stands against the state's 31.4% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Louisiana highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202045,463
Black residents (alone), 202012,858
Black share of the county, 202028.3%
Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties24 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 Washington Parish counted 14,625 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 12,858. The population declined by 12.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Washington Parish moved from 31.0% to 28.3%.

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; Washington Parish holds 12,858 of it, rank 24 in the state's order. The county page for Washington Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Washington 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 Washington Parish page is their frame: 45,463 residents, 12,858 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.