Editing Cameron Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1591
|1880= 2416
|1890= 2828
|1900= 3952
|1910= 4288
|1920= 3952
|1930= 6054
|1940= 7203
|1950= 6244
|1960= 6909
|1970= 8194
|1980= 9336
|1990= 9260
|2000= 9991
|2010= 6839
|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 27, 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 27, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</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 27, 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 27, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22023.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606150857/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22023.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|2020=5617}}The population of the parish dropped by nearly one-third in the decade from 2000 to 2010; it was marked in 2005 and 2008 by extensive damage from hurricanes Rita and Ike.
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|+Cameron Parish racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22023&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,174
|92.11%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|71
|1.26%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|28
|0.5%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|13
|0.23%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|133
|2.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|197
|3.51%
|}
According to the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,617 people, 2,734 households, and 2,110 families residing in the parish. During the [[2010 United States Census|2010 United States census]], there were 6,839 people living in the parish; among them, 95.7% were [[White American|White]], 1.7% [[African American|Black or African American]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.8% of some other race and 1.1% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 2.3% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race). 46.5% were of [[French American|French]], [[French Canadian American|French Canadian]] or [[Cajun]] ancestry, 18.7% [[American ethnicity|American]], 5.8% [[English American|English]] and 5.0% [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml |title="American FactFinder" |access-date=January 8, 2015 |archive-date=January 8, 2015 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150108070337/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2020, its racial makeup was 92.11% non-Hispanic white, 1.26% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.37% other or mixed, and 3.51% Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name=":0" />