Louisiana demographics

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This table shows the changes between the 2000 census and the 2006 estimate (the first post-Katrina estimate). It includes only parishes for which there was a 2006 estimate of race (with the exception of St. Bernard Parish, included to show its massive population drop).

Parish	2006 estimate popu.	White popu.	White %	Af.-Am. popu.	Af.-Am. %	2000 census popu.	White popu.	White %	Af.-Am. popu.	Af.-Am. %	Total change	White change	Af.-Am. change
Louisiana	4,287,768	2,760,233	64.4	1,356,981	31.6	4,468,976	2,856,161	63.9	1,451,944	32.5	-181,208	-95,928	-94,963
Ascension	97,335	72,082	74.1	20,392	21.0	76,627	59,304	77.4	15,539	20.3	+20,708	+12,778	+4,853
Bossier	107,270	79,695	74.3	23,473	21.9	98,310	73,403	74.7	20,468	20.8	+8,960	+6,292	+3,005
Caddo	253,118	124,379	49.1	120,437	47.6	249,749	133,424	52.9	112,483	44.6	+3,369	-9,045	+7,954
Calcasieu	184,524	133,207	72.2	46,357	25.1	183,577	135,107	73.6	44,025	24.0	+947	-1,900	+2,332
East Baton Rouge	429,073	217,244	50.6	194,462	45.3	412,852	231,886	56.2	165,526	40.1	+16,221	-14,642	+28,936
Iberia	75,509	48,357	64.0	24,498	32.4	73,266	47,682	65.1	22,574	30.8	+2,243	+675	+1,924
Jefferson	431,361	283,500	65.7	113,969	26.4	455,466	318,002	69.8	104,121	22.9	-24,105	-34,502	+9,848
Lafayette	203,091	142,936	70.4	53,065	26.1	190,503	139,758	73.4	45,346	23.8	+12,588	+3,178	+7,719
Lafourche	93,554	76,009	81.2	13,107	14.0	89,974	74,544	82.9	11,349	12.6	+3,580	+1,465	+1,758
Livingston	114,805	106,537	92.8	5,632	4.9	91,814	86,625	94.3	3,874	4.2	+22,991	+19,912	+1,758
Orleans	223,388	82,107	36.8	131,441	58.8	484,674	135,956	28.1	325,947	67.3	-261,286	-53,849	-194,506
Ouachita	149,259	92,065	61.7	52,134	34.9	147,250	94,947	64.5	49,526	33.6	+2,009	-2,882	+2,608
Rapides	130,201	84,085	64.6	41,326	31.7	126,337	84,024	66.5	38,445	30.4	+3,864	+61	+2,881
St. Bernard	15,514	?	?	?	?	67,229	59,356	88.3	5,122	7.6	-51,715	?	?
St. Landry	91,528	?	?	?	?	87,700	49,555	56.5	36,952	42.1	+3,828	?	?
St. Tammany	230,605	193,509	83.9	29,338	12.7	191,268	166,458	87.0	18,929	9.9	+39,337	+27,051	+10,409
Tangipahoa	113,137	77,806	68.8	33,273	29.4	100,588	70,175	69.8	28,519	28.4	+12,549	+7,631	+4,754
Terrebonne	109,348	78,851	72.1	20,730	19.0	104,503	77,401	74.1	18,594	17.8	+4,845	+1,450	+2,136

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