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Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home

Jefferson Parish had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 64 counties in 2021, at 12%. Red River Parish had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 2.1% and the figure for Louisiana was 3.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12Jefferson Parish
Lowest0.3Red River Parish
Median2.164 counties
Louisiana3.7History

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 1.6 %Allen Parish: 7.3 %Ascension Parish: 4.3 %Assumption Parish: 1.8 %Avoyelles Parish: 0.9 %Beauregard Parish: 2.6 %Bienville Parish: 2.3 %Bossier Parish: 3.9 %Caddo Parish: 1.8 %Calcasieu Parish: 3 %Caldwell Parish: 0.5 %Cameron Parish: 6 %Catahoula Parish: 1.1 %Claiborne Parish: 0.9 %Concordia Parish: 1.7 %De Soto Parish: 1.1 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 3.3 %East Carroll Parish: 2.2 %East Feliciana Parish: 0.7 %Evangeline Parish: 3 %Franklin Parish: 0.5 %Grant Parish: 4.7 %Iberia Parish: 2.7 %Iberville Parish: 2.3 %Jackson Parish: 0.7 %Jefferson Parish: 12 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 1.3 %Lafayette Parish: 3 %Lafourche Parish: 2.8 %LaSalle Parish: 2.4 %Lincoln Parish: 1.5 %Livingston Parish: 2.8 %Madison Parish: 2.7 %Morehouse Parish: 0.5 %Natchitoches Parish: 1 %Orleans Parish: 4 %Ouachita Parish: 1.5 %Plaquemines Parish: 3.2 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 1.4 %Rapides Parish: 2.5 %Red River Parish: 0.3 %Richland Parish: 0.9 %Sabine Parish: 1.5 %St. Bernard Parish: 4.6 %St. Charles Parish: 4.5 %St. Helena Parish: 2.8 %St. James Parish: 1 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 4.5 %St. Landry Parish: 1.4 %St. Martin Parish: 2.1 %St. Mary Parish: 5.1 %St. Tammany Parish: 3.8 %Tangipahoa Parish: 3 %Tensas Parish: 2 %Terrebonne Parish: 2.8 %Union Parish: 1.4 %Vermilion Parish: 1.5 %Vernon Parish: 4.2 %Washington Parish: 1.9 %Webster Parish: 0.9 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 1.9 %West Carroll Parish: 4.1 %West Feliciana Parish: 1.8 %Winn Parish: 1.1 %
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  • 1 to 1.5
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  • 2.8 to 4.1
  • 4.1 and over
%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Jefferson Parish: 12 %Jefferson Parish12Allen Parish: 7.3 %Allen Parish7.3Cameron Parish: 6 %Cameron Parish6St. Mary Parish: 5.1 %St. Mary Parish5.1Grant Parish: 4.7 %Grant Parish4.7St. Bernard Parish: 4.6 %St. Bernard Parish4.6St. Charles Parish: 4.5 %St. Charles Parish4.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 4.5 %St. John the Baptist Parish4.5Ascension Parish: 4.3 %Ascension Parish4.3Vernon Parish: 4.2 %Vernon Parish4.2West Carroll Parish: 4.1 %West Carroll Parish4.1Orleans Parish: 4 %Orleans Parish4Bossier Parish: 3.9 %Bossier Parish3.9St. Tammany Parish: 3.8 %St. Tammany Parish3.8East Baton Rouge Parish: 3.3 %East Baton Rouge Parish3.3Plaquemines Parish: 3.2 %Plaquemines Parish3.2Evangeline Parish: 3 %Evangeline Parish3Lafayette Parish: 3 %Lafayette Parish3Tangipahoa Parish: 3 %Tangipahoa Parish3Calcasieu Parish: 3 %Calcasieu Parish3St. Helena Parish: 2.8 %St. Helena Parish2.8Lafourche Parish: 2.8 %Lafourche Parish2.8Terrebonne Parish: 2.8 %Terrebonne Parish2.8Livingston Parish: 2.8 %Livingston Parish2.8Iberia Parish: 2.7 %Iberia Parish2.7Madison Parish: 2.7 %Madison Parish2.7Beauregard Parish: 2.6 %Beauregard Parish2.6Rapides Parish: 2.5 %Rapides Parish2.5LaSalle Parish: 2.4 %LaSalle Parish2.4Iberville Parish: 2.3 %Iberville Parish2.3Bienville Parish: 2.3 %Bienville Parish2.3East Carroll Parish: 2.2 %East Carroll Parish2.2St. Martin Parish: 2.1 %St. Martin Parish2.1Tensas Parish: 2 %Tensas Parish2Washington Parish: 1.9 %Washington Parish1.9West Baton Rouge Parish: 1.9 %West Baton Rouge Parish1.9Caddo Parish: 1.8 %Caddo Parish1.8Assumption Parish: 1.8 %Assumption Parish1.8West Feliciana Parish: 1.8 %West Feliciana Parish1.8Concordia Parish: 1.7 %Concordia Parish1.7Jefferson Parish: 12 %Jefferson Parish12Allen Parish: 7.3 %Allen Parish7.3Cameron Parish: 6 %Cameron Parish6St. Mary Parish: 5.1 %St. Mary Parish5.1Grant Parish: 4.7 %Grant Parish4.7St. Bernard Parish: 4.6 %St. Bernard Parish4.6St. Charles Parish: 4.5 %St. Charles Parish4.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 4.5 %St. John the Baptist Parish4.5Ascension Parish: 4.3 %Ascension Parish4.3Vernon Parish: 4.2 %Vernon Parish4.2West Carroll Parish: 4.1 %West Carroll Parish4.1Orleans Parish: 4 %Orleans Parish4Bossier Parish: 3.9 %Bossier Parish3.9St. Tammany Parish: 3.8 %St. Tammany Parish3.8East Baton Rouge Parish: 3.3 %East Baton Rouge Parish3.3Plaquemines Parish: 3.2 %Plaquemines Parish3.2Evangeline Parish: 3 %Evangeline Parish3Lafayette Parish: 3 %Lafayette Parish3Tangipahoa Parish: 3 %Tangipahoa Parish3Calcasieu Parish: 3 %Calcasieu Parish3St. Helena Parish: 2.8 %St. Helena Parish2.8Lafourche Parish: 2.8 %Lafourche Parish2.8Terrebonne Parish: 2.8 %Terrebonne Parish2.8Livingston Parish: 2.8 %Livingston Parish2.8Iberia Parish: 2.7 %Iberia Parish2.7Madison Parish: 2.7 %Madison Parish2.7Beauregard Parish: 2.6 %Beauregard Parish2.6Rapides Parish: 2.5 %Rapides Parish2.5LaSalle Parish: 2.4 %LaSalle Parish2.4Iberville Parish: 2.3 %Iberville Parish2.3Bienville Parish: 2.3 %Bienville Parish2.3East Carroll Parish: 2.2 %East Carroll Parish2.2St. Martin Parish: 2.1 %St. Martin Parish2.1Tensas Parish: 2 %Tensas Parish2Washington Parish: 1.9 %Washington Parish1.9West Baton Rouge Parish: 1.9 %West Baton Rouge Parish1.9Caddo Parish: 1.8 %Caddo Parish1.8Assumption Parish: 1.8 %Assumption Parish1.8West Feliciana Parish: 1.8 %West Feliciana Parish1.8Concordia Parish: 1.7 %Concordia Parish1.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Jefferson Parish12
2Allen Parish7.3
3Cameron Parish6
4St. Mary Parish5.1
5Grant Parish4.7
6St. Bernard Parish4.6
7St. Charles Parish4.5
8St. John the Baptist Parish4.5
9Ascension Parish4.3
10Vernon Parish4.2
11West Carroll Parish4.1
12Orleans Parish4
13Bossier Parish3.9
14St. Tammany Parish3.8
15East Baton Rouge Parish3.3
16Plaquemines Parish3.2
17Evangeline Parish3
18Lafayette Parish3
19Tangipahoa Parish3
20Calcasieu Parish3
21St. Helena Parish2.8
22Lafourche Parish2.8
23Terrebonne Parish2.8
24Livingston Parish2.8
25Iberia Parish2.7
26Madison Parish2.7
27Beauregard Parish2.6
28Rapides Parish2.5
29LaSalle Parish2.4
30Iberville Parish2.3
31Bienville Parish2.3
32East Carroll Parish2.2
33St. Martin Parish2.1
34Tensas Parish2
35Washington Parish1.9
36West Baton Rouge Parish1.9
37Caddo Parish1.8
38Assumption Parish1.8
39West Feliciana Parish1.8
40Concordia Parish1.7
41Acadia Parish1.6
42Lincoln Parish1.5
43Sabine Parish1.5
44Vermilion Parish1.5
45Ouachita Parish1.5
46Union Parish1.4
47St. Landry Parish1.4
48Pointe Coupee Parish1.4
49Jefferson Davis Parish1.3
50Winn Parish1.1
51De Soto Parish1.1
52Catahoula Parish1.1
53Natchitoches Parish1
54St. James Parish1
55Webster Parish0.9
56Avoyelles Parish0.9
57Richland Parish0.9
58Claiborne Parish0.9
59Jackson Parish0.7
60East Feliciana Parish0.7
61Morehouse Parish0.5
62Franklin Parish0.5
63Caldwell Parish0.5
64Red River Parish0.3

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/louisiana-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/louisiana-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs: Counties in Louisiana by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Jefferson Parish, with 12% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?

Red River Parish, with 0.3% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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