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Webster Parish, Louisiana
12,185 Black residents · 33.0% of the county · ranked 25 of 64 in Louisiana by Black population
Webster Parish is a Louisiana county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Webster Parish held 36,967 residents in all, of whom 12,185 — 33.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 36,967 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,185 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 33.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana counties | 25 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 Webster Parish: 13,823 Black residents in 2010 and 12,185 in 2020. The population declined by 11.8%, and the Black share in Webster Parish moved from 33.5% to 33.0%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.5 million is spread across 64 counties and county equivalents; Webster Parish holds 12,185 of it, rank 25 in the state's order. The county page for Webster Parish carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Webster Parish's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Webster Parish page holds the frame around them — 36,967 people in all, 12,185 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.