African Americans in Louisiana
African Americans in Louisiana or Black Louisianians are residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana who are of African ancestry; those native to the state since colonial times descend from the many African slaves working on indigo and sugarcane plantations under French colonial rule.
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| 1.501 million (2020) | |
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| Orleans Parish and rural parishes along the Mississippi River Delta | |
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| Southern American English, African American Vernacular English, Louisiana Creole, Louisiana French, New Orleans English, Cajun English, African languages | |
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| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Louisiana Creole people, Cajuns, Redbones, Creoles of color |
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Within the U.S., Louisiana has the fifth largest overall African American population. Louisiana has the second largest percentage of African Americans in the country, only behind Mississippi. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Black Louisianians of African heritage were 32.8% of the state's population.
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