Louisiana

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	96.86
People per square mile, 2000:	102.58

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	0		1880	939,946		1970	3,644,637
1800	0		1890	1,118,588		1980	4,206,116
1810	76,556		1900	1,381,625		1990	4,219,973
1820	153,407		1910	1,656,388		2000	4,468,976
1830	215,739		1920	1,798,509		2010	4,612,679
1840	352,411		1930	2,101,593		2020	4,719,160
1850	517,762		1940	2,363,880		2030	4,802,633
1860	708,002		1950	2,683,516
1870	726,915		1960	3,257,022

Population By Parish

	CENSUS 2000 POPULATION	CHANGE	PERCENT CHANGE
LOUISIANA	4,468,976	249,003	5.9
Acadia Parish	58,861	2,979	5.3
Allen Parish	25,440	4,214	19.9
Ascension Parish	76,627	18,413	31.6
Assumption Parish	23,388	635	2.8
Avoyelles Parish	41,481	2,322	5.9
Beauregard Parish	32,986	2,903	9.6
Bienville Parish	15,752	-227	-1.4
Bossier Parish	98,310	12,222	14.2
Caddo Parish	252,161	3,908	1.6
Calcasieu Parish	183,577	15,443	9.2
Caldwell Parish	10,560	750	7.6
Cameron Parish	9,991	731	7.9
Catahoula Parish	10,920	-145	-1.3
Claiborne Parish	16,851	-554	-3.2
Concordia Parish	20,247	-581	-2.8
De Soto Parish	25,494	148	0.6
East Baton Rouge Parish	412,852	32,747	8.6
East Carroll Parish	9,421	-288	-3.0
East Feliciana Parish	21,360	2,149	11.2
Evangeline Parish	35,434	2,160	6.5
Franklin Parish	21,263	-1,124	-5.0
Grant Parish	18,698	1,172	6.7
Iberia Parish	73,266	4,969	7.3
Iberville Parish	33,320	2,271	7.3
Jackson Parish	15,397	-308	-2.0
Jefferson Parish	455,466	7,160	1.6
Jefferson Davis Parish	31,435	713	2.3
Lafayette Parish	190,503	25,741	15.6
Lafourche Parish	89,974	4,114	4.8
La Salle Parish	14,282	620	4.5
Lincoln Parish	42,509	764	1.8
Livingston Parish	91,814	21,288	30.2
Madison Parish	13,728	1,265	10.2
Morehouse Parish	31,021	-917	-2.9
Natchitoches Parish	39,080	2,391	6.5
Orleans Parish	484,674	-12,264	-2.5
Ouachita Parish	147,250	5,059	3.6
Plaquemines Parish	26,757	1,182	4.6
Pointe Coupee Parish	22,763	223	1.0
Rapides Parish	126,337	-5,219	-4.0
Red River Parish	9,622	235	2.5
Richland Parish	20,981	352	1.7
Sabine Parish	23,459	813	3.6
St. Bernard Parish	67,229	598	0.9
St. Charles Parish	48,072	5,635	13.3
St. Helena Parish	10,525	651	6.6
St. James Parish	21,216	337	1.6
St. John the Baptist Parish	43,044	3,048	7.6
St. Landry Parish	87,700	7,369	9.2
St. Martin Parish	48,583	4,605	10.5
St. Mary Parish	53,500	-4,586	-7.9
St. Tammany Parish	191,268	46,760	32.4
Tangipahoa Parish	100,588	14,879	17.4
Tensas Parish	6,618	-485	-6.8
Terrebonne Parish	104,503	7,521	7.8
Union Parish	22,803	2,113	10.2
Vermilion Parish	53,807	3,752	7.5
Vernon Parish	52,531	-9,430	-15.2
Washington Parish	43,926	741	1.7
Webster Parish	41,831	-158	-0.4
West Baton Rouge Parish	21,601	2,182	11.2
West Carroll Parish	12,314	221	1.8
West Feliciana Parish	15,111	2,196	17.0
Winn Parish	16,894	625	3.8

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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