List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population
Complete Parish Listing
¹ Parishes of Cajun Heartland ² Other parishes of Acadiana

List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

Section Title: Complete Parish Listing
Table Section Text: ¹ Parishes of Cajun Heartland ² Other parishes of Acadiana

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

Lafayette¹	176,051	25,300	14.37%	20,769	10%	-

Lafourche²	83,518	15,984	19.12%	13,525	15%	-

St. Landry¹	80,668	13,475	16.70%	7,841	10.08%	-

Vermilion¹	49,842	12,410	24.89%	9,766	18%	-

St. Martin¹	44,779	12,290	27.44%	8,675	18%	-

Acadia¹	54,114	10,310	19.04%	8,088	14%	-

Terrebonne²	96,309	10,275	10.66%	7,873	7.65%	-

Calcasieu²	169,745	10,170	5.98%	7,292	4.15%	-

Evangeline¹	32,454	8,345	25.71%	5,740	18%	-

Iberia¹	67,374	8,089	11.99%	5,666	8.35%	-

East Baton Rouge	382,741	7,925	2.07%	4,195	4%	-

Jefferson²	424,600	7,763	1.82%	4,165	1%	-

Avoyelles²	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%	-

Assumption²	21,713	3,819	17.58%	2,676	12.15%	-

St. Mary¹	49,345	2,685	5.43%	-

Rapides	116,866	2,189	1.86%	-

St. Tammany	177,092	2,160	1.21%	-

Ascension²	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. Charles²	44,152	1,189	2.69%	-

Tangipahoa	93,002	1,084	1.16%	-

Cameron²	9,279	1,075	11.57%	-

Pointe Coupee²	21,139	1,035	4.89%	-

Ouachita	136,264	1,030	0.75%	-

Iberville²	31,035	1,005	3.23%	-

St. James²	19,684	980	4.97%	-

St. Bernard	62,812	915	1.44%	-

Plaquemines	24,581	855	3.47%	-

St. John the Baptist²	39,220	735	1.86%	-

West Baton Rouge²	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%

Sentence(s)

Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population stands at 115,183 which equates to 2.8% of the population.

final_sentence: Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population stands at 115,183 which equates to 2.8% of the population.