Map of Louisiana population change by parish, 2020 to 2023 Louisiana saw its population shrink by more than 84,000 people between 2020 and 2023, including a drop of more than 14,000 last year.

Louisiana’s 2nd District, which is majority Black, is currently represented by Rep. Troy Carter, a Democrat. The new map will lower the Black voting-age population in Carter’s district to 51% ...

In 2022, Louisiana lawmakers passed a map with one majority-Black district out of six, even though Black residents make up about a third of the state's population. A group of Black voters ...

Roughly a third of the state’s population is Black. But Louisiana’s Republican-led Legislature passed a map that included only one majority Black congressional district out of six in the state.

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Monday whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts and was used in the 2024 elections.

That initial map from the GOP-led legislature had one majority-Black district. African-Americans make up nearly one-third of Louisiana's population. The judge blocked the state from conducting ...

Black people comprise nearly a third of Louisiana’s population and generally support ... controlled legislature did not draw the map with race as the primary factor. The state said the map ...

which found that the state's Black residents now totaled one-third of Louisiana's total population. The first redistricting map, which included just one district where Black voters held the ...

arguing the map unfairly limited Black voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Black residents make up approximately one-third of the Louisiana population, according to the 2020 census.

Dick concluded that this previous map likely violated the Voting Rights ... Black people comprise nearly a third of Louisiana's population. The Supreme Court in 2023 left Dick's ruling in place.

Previously, Black voters in Louisiana had a majority in just one of the state’s six congressional districts, despite making up nearly a third of the statewide population. The new map is expected ...