Editing Donaldsonville, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1475
|1870= 1573
|1880= 2600
|1890= 3121
|1900= 4105
|1910= 4090
|1920= 3745
|1930= 3788
|1940= 3889
|1950= 4150
|1960= 6082
|1970= 7367
|1980= 7901
|1990= 7949
|2000= 7605
|2010= 7436
|2020= 6695
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

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|+Donaldsonville racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2221240&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)
| 1,208
| 18.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 5,176
| 77.31%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 1
| 0.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 13
| 0.19%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 136
| 2.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 161
| 2.4%
|}
At the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 7,605 people, 2,656 households, and 1,946 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,986.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,948 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,157.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. In 2020, the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] determined 6,695 people lived in the city, down from 7,436 in 2010.<ref name=":0" /> There were 3,031 households and 1,846 families in the city at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

In 2000, the racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 29.82% [[White Americans|White]], 69.13% Black or African American, 0.12% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.12% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.37% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 0.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans]] of any race were 1.10% of the population. By 2020, the racial and ethnic makeup was 18.04% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 77.31% African American, 0.01% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 2.03% from two or more races, and 2.4% Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name=":1" />

In 2000, median income for a household in the city was $24,084, and the median income for a family was $29,408. Males had a median income of $31,849 versus $17,528 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,009. About 32.8% of families and 34.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 49.0% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those age 65 or over. From 2014 to 2019, its median household income increased to $25,551 and $36,667 for families.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014-2019 Annual Income Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2221240&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1901&hidePreview=true|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-21|website=United States Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021222622/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2221240&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1901&hidePreview=true |archive-date=2021-10-21 }}</ref> At the 2021 [[American Community Survey]], the median income was $20,052, while families had a median income of $26,061, down from the 2000 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 ACS Income Estimates |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=income&g=1600000US2221240 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>