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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
St. Landry Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is at the heart of Creole and Cajun culture and heritage in Louisiana. The parish seat is Opelousas. According to the 2010 census, the population of St. Landry Parish is 83,384. The population is 42 percent African American.
St. Landry Parish is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Lafayette–Acadiana Combined Statistical Area which has a population of 546,834.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 5,048
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| 1820 | 10,085
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| 1830 | 12,591
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| 1840 | 15,233
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| 1850 | 22,253
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| 1860 | 23,104
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| 1870 | 25,553
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| 1880 | 40,004
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| 1890 | 40,250
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| 1900 | 52,906
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| 1910 | 66,661
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| 1920 | 51,697
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| 1930 | 60,074
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| 1940 | 71,481
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| 1950 | 78,476
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| 1960 | 81,493
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| 1970 | 80,364
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| 1980 | 84,128
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| 1990 | 80,331
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