List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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%.

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.

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.

According to the 2010 US Census, there was a huge decline in the number of French speakers in Louisiana. It now stands at 115,183 which equates to 2.8% of the state population.^[2]

Complete Parish listing[]

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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[]

• French language in the Americas
• Nous Foundation

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