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.
Today, the French speakers in Louisiana stands at approximatively between 250,000 and 300,000 which equates to 7% of the state population.[2]
| 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 |
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| Lafayette[a] | 176,051 | 25,300 | 14.37% | 20,769 | 10% | 
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| Lafourche[b] | 83,518 | 15,984 | 19.12% | 13,525 | 15% | 
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| St. Landry[a] | 80,668 | 13,475 | 16.70% | 7,841 | 10.08% | 
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| Vermilion[a] | 49,842 | 12,410 | 24.89% | 9,766 | 18% | 
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| St. Martin[a] | 44,779 | 12,290 | 27.44% | 8,675 | 18% | 
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| Acadia[a] | 54,114 | 10,310 | 19.04% | 8,088 | 14% | 
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| Terrebonne[b] | 96,309 | 10,275 | 10.66% | 7,873 | 7.65% | 
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| Calcasieu[b] | 169,745 | 10,170 | 5.98% | 7,292 | 4.15% | 
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| Evangeline[a] | 32,454 | 8,345 | 25.71% | 5,740 | 18% | 
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| Iberia[a] | 67,374 | 8,089 | 11.99% | 5,666 | 8.35% | 
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| East Baton Rouge | 382,741 | 7,925 | 2.07% | 4,195 | 4% | 
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| Jefferson[b] | 424,600 | 7,763 | 1.82% | 4,165 | 1% | 
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| Avoyelles[b] | 38,468 | 6,789 | 17.64% | 4,331 | 11.07% | 
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| Orleans | 450,894 | 5,805 | 1.28% | 
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| Jefferson Davis | 28,844 | 4,660 | 16.15% | 3,223 | 11.07% | 
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| Assumption[b] | 21,713 | 3,819 | 17.58% | 2,676 | 12.15% | 
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| St. Mary[a] | 49,345 | 2,685 | 5.43% | 
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| Rapides | 116,866 | 2,189 | 1.86% | 
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| St. Tammany | 177,092 | 2,160 | 1.21% | 
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| Ascension[b] | 70,093 | 1,944 | 2.76% | 
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| Caddo | 233,812 | 1,944 | 0.82% | 
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| Allen | 23,571 | 1,468 | 6.22% | 
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| Livingston | 84,694 | 1,344 | 1.58% | 
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| St. Charles[b] | 44,152 | 1,189 | 2.69% | 
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| Tangipahoa | 93,002 | 1,084 | 1.16% | 
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| Cameron[b] | 9,279 | 1,075 | 11.57% | 
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| Pointe Coupee[b] | 21,139 | 1,035 | 4.89% | 
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| Ouachita | 136,264 | 1,030 | 0.75% | 
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| Iberville[b] | 31,035 | 1,005 | 3.23% | 
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| St. James[b] | 19,684 | 980 | 4.97% | 
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| St. Bernard | 62,812 | 915 | 1.44% | 
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| Plaquemines | 24,581 | 855 | 3.47% | 
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| St. John the Baptist[b] | 39,220 | 735 | 1.86% | 
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| West Baton Rouge[b] | 20,012 | 675 | 3.36% | 
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| East Feliciana | 19,853 | 574 | 2.88% | 
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| Beauregard | 30,559 | 570 | 1.86% | 
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| Lincoln | 39,573 | 510 | 1.28% | 
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| Bossier | 90,587 | 474 | 0.51% | 
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| Washington | 40,738 | 364 | 0.89% | 
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| Vernon | 47,048 | 350 | 0.74% | 
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| Natchitoches | 36,082 | 339 | 0.93% | 
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| Webster | 39,110 | 243 | 0.62% | 
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| Grant | 17,223 | 230 | 1.32% | 
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| De Soto | 23,607 | 230 | 0.97% | 
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| Concordia | 18,698 | 190 | 1.01% | 
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| Sabine | 21,830 | 190 | 0.86% | 
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| La Salle | 13,281 | 167 | 1.25% | 
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| West Feliciana | 14,338 | 159 | 1.10% | 
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| Jackson | 14,363 | 148 | 1.03% | 
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| Richland | 19,319 | 100 | 0.51% | 
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| Catahoula | 10,183 | 99 | 0.97% | 
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| Union | 21,129 | 95 | 0.44% | 
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| West Carroll | 11,507 | 83 | 0.72% | 
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| Caldwell | 9,868 | 79 | 0.80% | 
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| Bienville | 14,699 | 79 | 0.53% | 
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| Franklin | 19,649 | 79 | 0.40% | 
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| Morehouse | 28,735 | 75 | 0.26% | 
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| Winn | 15,783 | 64 | 0.40% | 
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| East Carroll | 8,585 | 55 | 0.64% | 
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| Tensas | 6,144 | 35 | 0.56% | 
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| Claiborne | 15,794 | 35 | 0.22% | 
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| St. Helena | 9,690 | 30 | 0.30% | 
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| Madison | 12,555 | 25 | 0.19% | 
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| Red River | 8,854 | 20 | 0.22% | 
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| Louisiana total | 4,152,122 | 194,115 | 4.66% | 115,183 | 2.8% |
