This statistic shows the resident population distribution of Louisiana in 2019, by race and ethnicity. In 2019,
32.4 percent of Louisiana residents were Black or African American
.
What is the blackest state in America?
| % African- American Rank State or territory | 76.0% 1 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 47.2% 2 District of Columbia | 38.9% 3 Mississippi | 33.5% 4 Georgia |
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What US city is mostly Black?
| Rank City Percentage of African Americans | 1 Detroit, MI 82.7 | 2 Gary, IN 80.92 | 4 Chester, PA 77.8 | 5 Miami Gardens, FL 76.3 |
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What states have the highest percentage of Black?
The 10 States with the largest Black population are
Florida, Texas, New York, Georgia, California, North Carolina, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio
. Combined, these 10 States represent 58% of the total Black population.
What is the majority race in Louisiana?
| Population | White alone, percent 62.8% | Black or African American alone, percent(a) 32.8% | American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 0.8% | Asian alone, percent(a) 1.8% |
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How much of Louisiana is black?
Louisiana Demographics
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Louisiana was: White: 62.01% Black or
African American: 32.22%
What city has the largest Black population?
New York city
had the largest number of people reporting as Black with about 2.3 million, followed by Chicago, 1.1 million, and Detroit, Philadelphia and Houston, which had between 500,000 and 1 million each.
What state has the most Mexicans?
In 2019,
California
had the highest Hispanic population in the United States, with over 15.57 million people claiming Hispanic heritage. Texas, Florida, New York, and Arizona rounded out the top five states.
What percentage of Texas is Black?
| Population | Female persons, percent 50.3% | Race and Hispanic Origin | White alone, percent 78.7% | Black or African American alone, percent(a) 12.9% |
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What’s the blackest city in America 2020?
| Rank City Percentage African-American (2020) | 1 New York, New York (NY-NJ-PA) MSA 16.1 | 2 Atlanta, Georgia MSA 34.2 | 3 Chicago, Illinois (IL-IN-WI) MSA 16.4 | 4 Washington, District of Columbia (DC-MD-VA-WV) MSA 24.5 |
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What is the whitest city in America?
Oregon’s Black population in
Portland
is 2% and just 6% in the state overall (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018). Dubbed “The Whitest City in America” (Badger, 2015) with a 77% White population, Portland is ranked among America’s fastest gentrifying cities with 58.1% of eligible tracts gentrified since 2000 (Governing, 2015).
What percentage of Georgia is black?
| Population | White alone, percent 60.2% | Black or African American alone, percent(a) 32.6% | American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 0.5% | Asian alone, percent(a) 4.4% |
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What percent of Atlanta is black?
| 2019 Atlanta MSA (29 Counties) | % of Population – 25 years and over with a Bachelor’s degree or higher 39.9% | % of Population – Male/Female 48.3%/51.7% | % of Population – Race: White 45.5% | % of Population – Race: Black or African American 33.6% |
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What is the wealthiest parish in Louisiana?
| Rank Parish Per capita income | 1 St. Tammany $22,514 | United States $27,334 | 2 Ascension $26,888 | 3 La Salle $26,791 |
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What percentage of Louisiana is Catholic?
Only about
38 percent
of the local population currently identifies as Catholic, the report says.
