Table 5. Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin, for the 15 Largest Parishes and Incorporated Places in Louisiana: 2000

NOTE: Data not adjusted based on the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and
definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expplu.html.

				Race

				One race
									Native
							American		Hawaiian
							Indian		and			Hispanic
Popu-						Black or	and		Other		Two	or
lation			Total			African	Alaska		Pacific	Some	or more	Latino (of
rank		Geographic area	population	Total	White	American	Native	Asian	Islander	other race	races	any race)

		Louisiana ...........…………	4 468 976	4 420 711	2 856 161	1 451 944	25 477	54 758	1 240	31 131	48 265	107 738

		PARISH¹

1		Orleans Parish² ……………	484 674	478 473	135 956	325 947	991	10 972	109	4 498	6 201	14 826
2		Jefferson Parish ……………	455 466	447 613	318 002	104 121	2 032	14 065	154	9 239	7 853	32 418
3		East Baton Rouge Parish …	412 852	408 999	231 886	165 526	850	8 585	121	2 031	3 853	7 363
4		Caddo Parish ………………	252 161	249 749	133 424	112 483	978	1 732	76	1 056	2 412	3 750
5		St. Tammany Parish ………	191 268	188 853	166 458	18 929	825	1 420	57	1 164	2 415	4 737
6		Lafayette Parish ……………	190 503	188 733	139 758	45 346	540	2 055	51	983	1 770	3 320
7		Calcasieu Parish ……………	183 577	181 674	135 107	44 025	564	1 172	52	754	1 903	2 463
8		Ouachita Parish ……………	147 250	146 267	94 947	49 526	337	940	37	480	983	1 747
9		Rapides Parish ………………	126 337	125 060	84 024	38 445	930	1 087	45	529	1 277	1 739
10		Terrebonne Parish …………	104 503	102 957	77 401	18 594	5 533	845	16	568	1 546	1 631
11		Tangipahoa Parish …………	100 588	99 800	70 175	28 519	242	395	8	461	788	1 536
12		Bossier Parish ………………	98 310	96 685	73 403	20 468	511	1 234	81	988	1 625	3 063
13		Livingston Parish ……………	91 814	91 186	86 625	3 874	335	163	14	175	628	1 017
14		Lafourche Parish ……………	89 974	89 097	74 544	11 349	2 066	599	21	518	877	1 284
15		St. Landry Parish ……………	87 700	87 087	49 555	36 952	120	178	12	270	613	794

		INCORPORATED PLACE

1		New Orleans city² …………	484 674	478 473	135 956	325 947	991	10 972	109	4 498	6 201	14 826
2		Baton Rouge city ……………	227 818	225 636	104 117	113 953	405	5 972	76	1 113	2 182	3 918
3		Shreveport city ………………	200 145	198 241	93 394	101 679	619	1 590	66	893	1 904	3 106
4		Lafayette city ………………	110 257	109 189	75 232	31 434	272	1 584	26	641	1 068	2 071
5		Lake Charles city ……………	71 757	70 934	36 042	33 599	167	770	18	338	823	1 007
6		Kenner city …………………	70 517	68 939	48 038	15 900	279	2 002	41	2 679	1 578	9 602
7		Bossier City city ……………	56 461	55 346	40 335	12 840	322	976	60	813	1 115	2 232
8		Monroe city …………………	53 107	52 771	19 535	32 462	68	558	16	132	336	534
9		Alexandria city ………………	46 342	45 931	19 740	25 371	116	577	20	107	411	456
10		New Iberia city ………………	32 623	32 231	18 593	12 533	70	862	7	166	392	487
11		Houma city …………………	32 393	31 885	21 851	8 461	1 116	230	6	221	508	571
12		Slidell city ………………………………………………………	25 695	25 328	21 360	3 484	127	184	13	160	367	687
13		Opelousas city ………………	22 860	22 669	6 699	15 801	24	73	4	68	191	202
14		Ruston city …………………	20 546	20 361	11 699	7 997	34	496	5	130	185	266
15		Sulphur city …………………	20 512	20 295	19 165	905	68	76	9	72	217	305

- Represents zero.

¹ In Louisiana, the primary divisions are parishes, which correspond to counties.
² Orleans Parish and New Orleans city are coextensive.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1.