Editing Poydras, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 2536
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Poydras racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2262280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,584
| 62.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 373
| 14.71%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 20
| 0.79%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 11
| 0.43%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 109
| 4.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 439
| 17.31%
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,886 people, 1,361 households, and 1,023 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|934.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,518 housing units at an average density of {{convert|364.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. According to the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,536 people, 944 households, and 638 families residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.65% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.77% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.57% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.54% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.54% from two or more races in 2000. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latinos]] of any race were 5.22% of the population. By 2020 its racial makeup was 62.46% non-Hispanic white, 14.71% Black or African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 4.3% multiracial or another race, and 17.31% Hispanic or Latino of any race, reflecting the demographic shift of American self-identification.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frey|first=William H.|date=2021-08-13|title=New 2020 census results show increased diversity countering decade-long declines in America's white and youth populations|url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-2020-census-results-show-increased-diversity-countering-decade-long-declines-in-americas-white-and-youth-populations/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref>