Editing East Carroll Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 12134
| 1890 = 12362
| 1900 = 11373
| 1910 = 11637
| 1920 = 11231
| 1930 = 15815
| 1940 = 19023
| 1950 = 16302
| 1960 = 14433
| 1970 = 12884
| 1980 = 11772
| 1990 = 9709
| 2000 = 9421
| 2010 = 7759
| 2020 = 7459
| estyear = 
| estimate = 
| estref = 
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22035.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152654/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22035.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''East Carroll Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – East Carroll Parish, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?q=p004&g=050XX00US22035|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – East Carroll Parish, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US22035&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – East Carroll Parish, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US22035&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,933
|2,198
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,034
|31.13%
|28.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27.27%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|6,297
|5,324
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,164
|66.84%
|68.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |69.23%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.18%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|31
|44
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17
|0.33%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|2
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.02%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|29
|50
|style='background: #ffffe6; |122
|0.31%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.64%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|112
|127
|style='background: #ffffe6; |115
|1.19%
|1.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.54%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,421'''
|'''7,759'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''7,459'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,459 people, 2,037 households, and 1,193 families residing in the parish.

Out of [[List of parishes in Louisiana|Louisiana's 64 parishes]], it is [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020#Counties|one of six that have an African-American Majority]] (2020).

===Economy and poverty data===
East Carroll Parish is still largely agricultural, with 74% of its land devoted to crops. As farm labor needs have been reduced by mechanization and farms have been consolidated into larger units, jobs in the area have been reduced. Agriculture may take the form of aquaculture, and row crops.

Of 3,197 counties ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2011 for "estimated percent of people of all ages in poverty", East Carroll Parish was fifth. It was estimated that 44 percent of the rural county's residents lived in poverty.<ref>{{cite web | title = Table 1: 2011 Poverty and Median Income Estimates - Counties | work = Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates | publisher = U.S. Census Bureau | date = 2011 | url = https://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131010134222/http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls | archive-date = October 10, 2013 }}</ref>