With 38,905 people, Avoyelles Parish is a county in Louisiana. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The poverty rate is 27.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $122,400. Households here earn about 35% less than in Louisiana as a whole. The foreign-born share is 1%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $39,325, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 29%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Avoyelles Parish
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree7.4% → 11.5%(+4.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share71.2% → 62.7%(−8.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate37.1% → 27.8%(−9.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.7%(408)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.4%(371)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27%(428)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.1%(81)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(6)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,587 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Avoyelles Parish, decade by decade
Avoyelles Parish population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
39,159
$32,283
$81,602
7.4%
52.6
2000
41,481
$43,448
$94,726
8.3%
56.6
2010
42,073
$45,188
$118,107
10.2%
59.3
2020
39,693
$43,064
$125,931
12.3%
64.9
2024
38,905
$39,325
$122,400
11.5%
65.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
