Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 55.84K people in Louisiana with Subsaharan African ancestry (1.20% of Louisiana population). Among all Louisiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Minden city had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (6.18%), followed by New Orleans city (5.67%), and Gonzales city (5.42%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Louisiana.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Minden city

New Orleans city

Gonzales city

Woodmere CDP

Shreveport city

Gardere CDP

Baker city

Baton Rouge city

Kenner city

Lake Charles city

Ranking of Louisiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Minden city	6.18
2	New Orleans city	5.67
3	Gonzales city	5.42
4	Woodmere CDP	3.95
5	Shreveport city	2.82
6	Gardere CDP	2.81
7	Baker city	1.75
8	Baton Rouge city	1.73
9	Kenner city	1.63
10	Lake Charles city	1.43
11	Marrero CDP	1.42
12	Ruston city	1.28
13	Alexandria city	1.24
14	Harvey CDP	1.23
15	Bossier City city	1.15
16	Gretna city	1.10
16	Pineville city	1.10
17	Bayou Cane CDP	1.09
18	Thibodaux city	1.04
19	Crowley city	1.01
20	West Monroe city	0.92
21	Shenandoah CDP	0.87
22	Moss Bluff CDP	0.75
23	Laplace CDP	0.74
24	Bogalusa city	0.71
25	Youngsville city	0.65
26	Prairieville CDP	0.64
27	Metairie CDP	0.61
28	Terrytown CDP	0.59
29	Waggaman CDP	0.58
30	Natchitoches city	0.56
31	Monroe city	0.55
32	Luling CDP	0.52
32	Opelousas city	0.52
33	Lafayette city	0.46
34	Zachary city	0.45
35	Raceland CDP	0.42
36	Morgan City city	0.41
37	Bayou Blue CDP	0.39
38	Estelle CDP	0.36
39	Chalmette CDP	0.34
39	DeRidder city	0.34
39	Houma city	0.34
40	Slidell city	0.31
41	Covington city	0.27
42	New Iberia city	0.25
43	Abbeville city	0.19
43	Central city	0.19
43	River Ridge CDP	0.19
44	Claiborne CDP	0.11
45	Belle Chasse CDP	0.09
46	Destrehan CDP	0.07
47	Mandeville city	0.05
48	Timberlane CDP	0.04
49	Sulphur city	0.02