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As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 31.2% of the state's population. [17] Of all deaths from COVID-19 in 2020, African Americans in Louisiana died in greater numbers than any other racial group. [18] Louisiana Creoles in Louisiana are of French, Spanish, Native American, and African American ancestry. [19]
Louisiana is a South Central US state, with a 2020 US census resident population of 4,657,757, [2] and apportioned population of 4,661,468. [3] [4] Much of the state's population is concentrated in southern Louisiana in the Greater New Orleans, Florida Parishes, and Acadiana regions, with the remainder in North and Central Louisiana's major metropolitan areas (Shreveport-Bossier City; Monroe ...
Proportion of black Americans in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census. The following is a list of U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia ranked by the proportion of African Americans of full or partial descent, including those of Hispanic origin, in the ...
According to the 2020 United States census, there were 1,809 people, 604 households, and 446 families residing in the town. [14] At the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup of Jean Lafitte was 95.4% non-Hispanic white, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.5% some other race, and 3.4% two or more races. [15]
A map showing the change in the total Black population (in percent) between 1900 and 1990 by U.S. state. Light purple = Population decline Very light green = Population growth of 0.1–9.9% Light green = Population growth of 10.0–99.9% Green = Population growth of 100.0–999.9% Dark green = Population growth of 1,000.0–9,999.9%
The U.S. population grew by 1.6 million from 2018 to 2019, with 38% of growth from immigration. [28] Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to the Census Bureau's 2020 estimation, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are members of ethnic minority groups. [29]
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
The states with the highest percentages of people of African descent are Mississippi (36%), and Louisiana (33%). While not a state, the population of the District of Columbia is more than 50% black. [124] Recent African immigrants represent a minority of black people nationwide.