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List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 Census of the United States.[1] Census collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included.

French spread in Louisiana. Parishes marked in yellow are those where 4–10% of the population speak French or Cajun French at home, orange 10–15%, red 15–20%, brown 20–30%.

Statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122, some 179,750 people reported French as their home language, while 14,365 reported "Cajun". A further 4,465 who reported French Creole are not counted below.

Today, the French speakers in Louisiana stands at approximatively between 250,000 and 300,000 which equates to 7% of the state population.[2]

Complete Parish listing edit

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Name of parish Total population 5 and older 2000 French-speaking population 5 and older 2000 Percentage French-speaking 2000 French-speaking population 5 and older 2010 Percentage French-speaking 2010 Map
Lafayette[a] 176,051 25,300 14.37% 20,769 10%  
Lafourche[b] 83,518 15,984 19.12% 13,525 15%  
St. Landry[a] 80,668 13,475 16.70% 7,841 10.08%  
Vermilion[a] 49,842 12,410 24.89% 9,766 18%  
St. Martin[a] 44,779 12,290 27.44% 8,675 18%  
Acadia[a] 54,114 10,310 19.04% 8,088 14%  
Terrebonne[b] 96,309 10,275 10.66% 7,873 7.65%  
Calcasieu[b] 169,745 10,170 5.98% 7,292 4.15%  
Evangeline[a] 32,454 8,345 25.71% 5,740 18%  
Iberia[a] 67,374 8,089 11.99% 5,666 8.35%  
East Baton Rouge 382,741 7,925 2.07% 4,195 4%  
Jefferson[b] 424,600 7,763 1.82% 4,165 1%  
Avoyelles[b] 38,468 6,789 17.64% 4,331 11.07%  
Orleans 450,894 5,805 1.28%  
Jefferson Davis 28,844 4,660 16.15% 3,223 11.07%  
Assumption[b] 21,713 3,819 17.58% 2,676 12.15%  
St. Mary[a] 49,345 2,685 5.43%  
Rapides 116,866 2,189 1.86%  
St. Tammany 177,092 2,160 1.21%  
Ascension[b] 70,093 1,944 2.76%  
Caddo 233,812 1,944 0.82%  
Allen 23,571 1,468 6.22%  
Livingston 84,694 1,344 1.58%  
St. Charles[b] 44,152 1,189 2.69%  
Tangipahoa 93,002 1,084 1.16%  
Cameron[b] 9,279 1,075 11.57%  
Pointe Coupee[b] 21,139 1,035 4.89%  
Ouachita 136,264 1,030 0.75%  
Iberville[b] 31,035 1,005 3.23%  
St. James[b] 19,684 980 4.97%  
St. Bernard 62,812 915 1.44%  
Plaquemines 24,581 855 3.47%  
St. John the Baptist[b] 39,220 735 1.86%  
West Baton Rouge[b] 20,012 675 3.36%  
East Feliciana 19,853 574 2.88%  
Beauregard 30,559 570 1.86%  
Lincoln 39,573 510 1.28%  
Bossier 90,587 474 0.51%  
Washington 40,738 364 0.89%  
Vernon 47,048 350 0.74%  
Natchitoches 36,082 339 0.93%  
Webster 39,110 243 0.62%  
Grant 17,223 230 1.32%  
De Soto 23,607 230 0.97%  
Concordia 18,698 190 1.01%  
Sabine 21,830 190 0.86%  
La Salle 13,281 167 1.25%  
West Feliciana 14,338 159 1.10%  
Jackson 14,363 148 1.03%  
Richland 19,319 100 0.51%  
Catahoula 10,183 99 0.97%  
Union 21,129 95 0.44%  
West Carroll 11,507 83 0.72%  
Caldwell 9,868 79 0.80%  
Bienville 14,699 79 0.53%  
Franklin 19,649 79 0.40%  
Morehouse 28,735 75 0.26%  
Winn 15,783 64 0.40%  
East Carroll 8,585 55 0.64%  
Tensas 6,144 35 0.56%  
Claiborne 15,794 35 0.22%  
St. Helena 9,690 30 0.30%  
Madison 12,555 25 0.19%  
Red River 8,854 20 0.22%  
Louisiana total 4,152,122 194,115 4.66% 115,183 2.8%

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Parishes of Cajun Heartland
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Other parishes of Acadiana

References edit

  1. ^ "Language Map Data Center". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  2. ^ "Data Center Results". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  3. ^ "Data Center Results". Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
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