# Cities in Louisiana by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 35 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kenner, LA | 21.1 |
| 2 | Gretna, LA | 19.4 |
| 3 | Morgan City, LA | 10.7 |
| 4 | Baton Rouge, LA | 7.6 |
| 5 | Lafayette, LA | 7 |
| 6 | Mandeville, LA | 6.9 |
| 7 | New Orleans, LA | 6.6 |
| 8 | Gonzales, LA | 6.6 |
| 9 | Bossier City, LA | 6 |
| 10 | Abbeville, LA | 5.7 |
| 10 | Lake Charles, LA | 5.7 |
| 12 | West Monroe, LA | 4.9 |
| 13 | Slidell, LA | 4.5 |
| 14 | Alexandria, LA | 4.2 |
| 15 | Ruston, LA | 4 |
| 16 | Sulphur, LA | 3.9 |
| 17 | Houma, LA | 3.4 |
| 18 | New Iberia, LA | 3.1 |
| 19 | Zachary, LA | 2.9 |
| 20 | Covington, LA | 2.8 |
| 21 | Shreveport, LA | 2.8 |
| 22 | Broussard, LA | 2.7 |
| 23 | Carencro, LA | 2.6 |
| 24 | Monroe, LA | 2.5 |
| 25 | Thibodaux, LA | 2.2 |
| 26 | Youngsville, LA | 2.1 |
| 27 | Hammond, LA | 2.1 |
| 28 | Crowley, LA | 1.9 |
| 29 | Natchitoches, LA | 1.9 |
| 30 | Bogalusa, LA | 1.8 |
| 31 | Pineville, LA | 1.8 |
| 32 | Minden, LA | 1.3 |
| 33 | Central, LA | 1.3 |
| 34 | Baker, LA | 0.9 |
| 35 | Opelousas, LA | 0.8 |