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Ethnic groups in New Orleans (3 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Louisiana" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Louisiana is a South Central US state, with a 2020 US census resident population of 4,657,757, [2] and apportioned population of 4,661,468. [3] [4] Much of the state's population is concentrated in southern Louisiana in the Greater New Orleans, Florida Parishes, and Acadiana regions, with the remainder in North and Central Louisiana's major metropolitan areas (Shreveport-Bossier City; Monroe ...
White Americans make up 57.1% of Louisiana’s population according to the official 2020 census. [3] White Americans are the largest ethnic group in Louisiana. Many are of French and Cajun ancestry. Germans also settled in New Orleans and Louisiana. [4] Many whites are also of British and Irish ancestry in Louisiana.
Cajuns were officially recognized by the US government as a national ethnic group in 1980 per a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court. Presided over by Judge Edwin Hunter, the case, known as Roach v. Dresser Industries Valve and Instrument Division (494 F.Supp. 215, D.C. La., 1980), hinged on the issue of the Cajuns' ethnicity:
Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the periods of French and Spanish rule.
Of all deaths from COVID-19 in 2020, African Americans in Louisiana died in greater numbers than any other racial group. [18] Louisiana Creoles in Louisiana are of French, Spanish, Native American, and African American ancestry. [19] Creoles of color are Creoles with black ancestry who assimilated into Black culture.
The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Native American tribes, the Chitimacha, the Coushatta, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, ...
The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Louisiana Creoles that developed in the former French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana (especially in New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwestern Florida, in what is now the United States.