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Highest Medicaid coverage, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01Tensas Parish, LALA3,70053.5%+9.5 pts

02East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76052.8%−3.9 pts

03Madison Parish, LALA8,84452.0%+5.3 pts

04St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75846.7%+14.5 pts

05Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94145.5%+8.8 pts

06Richland Parish, LALA19,58244.7%+4.9 pts

07Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70544.0%+8.6 pts

08Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35443.4%+7.4 pts

09Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98042.9%+2.7 pts

10Concordia Parish, LALA17,83642.6%+4.9 pts

11Washington Parish, LALA44,93742.3%+4.5 pts

12Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34442.2%+4.0 pts

13Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22342.2%+13.5 pts

14Franklin Parish, LALA19,00242.1%+1.7 pts

15West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15641.9%+5.6 pts

16Iberia Parish, LALA66,84641.4%+7.1 pts

17St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64241.3%+3.0 pts

18Winn Parish, LALA14,96141.1%+12.6 pts

19Webster Parish, LALA34,94840.9%+5.2 pts

20Allen Parish, LALA22,67240.8%+8.8 pts

21Bienville Parish, LALA12,26940.8%+1.7 pts

22St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76540.3%+12.4 pts

23St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55239.9%−2.0 pts

24Acadia Parish, LALA57,03239.3%+7.0 pts

25Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08938.7%+4.8 pts

26Red River Parish, LALA7,16538.4%−0.3 pts

27Caddo Parish, LALA224,22637.5%+5.5 pts

28Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34637.5%+6.8 pts

29St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87537.5%+7.7 pts

30De Soto Parish, LALA27,38137.3%+3.7 pts

31Sabine Parish, LALA21,83436.3%+4.1 pts

32Rapides Parish, LALA125,87736.1%+5.6 pts

33Union Parish, LALA20,56136.1%+7.5 pts

34Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54235.9%+3.1 pts

35Grant Parish, LALA22,07534.3%+4.6 pts

36LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15433.8%+5.8 pts

37St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10633.7%+2.2 pts

38Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67133.2%+5.0 pts

39Jackson Parish, LALA15,83432.8%+1.0 pts

40Orleans Parish, LALA362,15431.7%−0.2 pts

41Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47131.3%+0.8 pts

42Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16330.9%+1.0 pts

43Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50530.8%+3.7 pts

44Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52030.5%−0.7 pts

45Vernon Parish, LALA45,09130.2%+6.1 pts

46Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36029.8%+3.7 pts

47Assumption Parish, LALA19,72029.2%+0.4 pts

48Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39829.2%+3.4 pts

49Iberville Parish, LALA29,57929.1%−1.1 pts

50Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46628.5%+2.4 pts

51Cameron Parish, LALA4,71827.7%+3.5 pts

52East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18027.6%+4.2 pts

53East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91127.3%+5.0 pts

54Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67327.3%+0.5 pts

55Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94925.4%+4.0 pts

56Livingston Parish, LALA155,03625.4%+4.5 pts

57St. James Parish, LALA18,93825.3%+3.1 pts

58Bossier Parish, LALA131,86724.9%+2.8 pts

59Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25624.2%−1.0 pts

60West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75622.9%+1.5 pts

61West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13422.3%−5.8 pts

62Ascension Parish, LALA135,10521.5%+4.8 pts

63St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10821.4%+2.0 pts

64St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58620.6%+0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES