The graph below ranks each Louisiana Parish by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Louisiana total of Black population by county
| Parish | Black Population |
| Orleans |  223,412 |
| East Baton Rouge | 203,922 |
| Caddo | 122,632 |
| Jefferson | 117,213 |
| Lafayette | 59,217 |
| Ouachita | 57,466 |
| Calcasieu | 48,775 |
| Rapides | 42,459 |
| Tangipahoa | 37,470 |
| St. Landry | 34,632 |
| St. Tammany | 28,225 |
| Bossier | 26,092 |
| Ascension | 25,453 |
| St. John Baptist | 24,319 |
| Iberia | 23,826 |
| Terrebonne | 21,225 |
| Lincoln | 19,492 |
| St. Mary | 17,567 |
| Natchitoches | 16,365 |
| Iberville | 16,285 |
| St. Martin | 16,187 |
| Washington | 14,334 |
| St. Charles | 13,966 |
| Webster | 13,708 |
| Morehouse | 13,057 |
| Lafourche | 12,993 |
| Avoyelles | 12,221 |
| Acadia | 11,332 |
| St. James | 10,859 |
| De Soto | 10,408 |
| Evangeline | 9,530 |
| West Baton Rouge | 9,059 |
| East Feliciana | 8,919 |
| Vermilion | 8,565 |
| Claiborne | 8,517 |
| St. Bernard | 8,480 |
| Concordia | 8,317 |
| Pointe Coupee | 8,208 |
| Vernon | 7,945 |
| Madison | 7,594 |
| Livingston | 7,516 |
| Richland | 7,444 |
| West Feliciana | 7,116 |
| Assumption | 6,930 |
| Franklin | 6,517 |
| Union | 6,059 |
| Allen | 5,975 |
| Bienville | 5,946 |
| St. Helena | 5,897 |
| Jefferson Davis | 5,408 |
| East Carroll | 5,157 |
| Plaquemines | 4,943 |
| Beauregard | 4,892 |
| Jackson | 4,783 |
| Winn | 4,643 |
| Sabine | 4,061 |
| Red River | 3,566 |
| Grant | 3,464 |
| Catahoula | 3,280 |
| Tensas | 2,764 |
| West Carroll | 1,863 |
| La Salle | 1,858 |
| Caldwell | 1,745 |
| Cameron | 127 |