The Louisiana Creoles are the descendants of the settlers in French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana, having significant populations in the US states of Louisiana, Texas, California, Illinois, and Mississippi. The Creoles are a genetic and cultural mix of French, Spanish, Native American, and African descent, with some Germans and Italians marrying into Creole communities. Louisiana Creoles typically speak either Louisiana French or their native Louisiana Creole language, with the latter having French, Spanish, African, and native roots; English is now the prevalent language of Creoles during conversations with non-Creoles. Almost all Creoles are Catholic, with a minority being Protestant; some Creoles practice voodoo.
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A Creole family in New Orleans in 1898: a Francophone woman with her Hispanophone husband and their African-American maid