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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. The median across all 64 is 36.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Catahoula Parish, LA, up 27 places to #13.

Highest Medicaid coverage by state
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020
01▲2Tensas Parish, LALA3,70053.5%+9.5 pts
02▼1East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76052.8%−3.9 pts
03▼1Madison Parish, LALA8,84452.0%+5.3 pts
04▲21St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75846.7%+14.5 pts
05▲9Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94145.5%+8.8 pts
06▲1Richland Parish, LALA19,58244.7%+4.9 pts
07▲11Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70544.0%+8.6 pts
08▲8Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35443.4%+7.4 pts
09▼3Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98042.9%+2.7 pts
10▲3Concordia Parish, LALA17,83642.6%+4.9 pts
11▲1Washington Parish, LALA44,93742.3%+4.5 pts
12▼1Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34442.2%+4.0 pts
13▲27Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22342.2%+13.5 pts
14▼9Franklin Parish, LALA19,00242.1%+1.7 pts
15West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15641.9%+5.6 pts
16▲3Iberia Parish, LALA66,84641.4%+7.1 pts
17▼7St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64241.3%+3.0 pts
18▲24Winn Parish, LALA14,96141.1%+12.6 pts
19▼2Webster Parish, LALA34,94840.9%+5.2 pts
20▲6Allen Parish, LALA22,67240.8%+8.8 pts
21▼13Bienville Parish, LALA12,26940.8%+1.7 pts
22▲24St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76540.3%+12.4 pts
23▼19St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55239.9%−2.0 pts
24▼1Acadia Parish, LALA57,03239.3%+7.0 pts
25▼5Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08938.7%+4.8 pts
26▼17Red River Parish, LALA7,16538.4%−0.3 pts
27Caddo Parish, LALA224,22637.5%+5.5 pts
28▲4Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34637.5%+6.8 pts
29▲8St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87537.5%+7.7 pts
30▼9De Soto Parish, LALA27,38137.3%+3.7 pts
31▼7Sabine Parish, LALA21,83436.3%+4.1 pts
32▲2Rapides Parish, LALA125,87736.1%+5.6 pts
33▲8Union Parish, LALA20,56136.1%+7.5 pts
34▼12Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54235.9%+3.1 pts
35▲3Grant Parish, LALA22,07534.3%+4.6 pts
36▲9LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15433.8%+5.8 pts
37▼7St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10633.7%+2.2 pts
38▲5Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67133.2%+5.0 pts
39▼10Jackson Parish, LALA15,83432.8%+1.0 pts
40▼12Orleans Parish, LALA362,15431.7%−0.2 pts
41▼8Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47131.3%+0.8 pts
42▼6Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16330.9%+1.0 pts
43▲4Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50530.8%+3.7 pts
44▼13Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52030.5%−0.7 pts
45▲9Vernon Parish, LALA45,09130.2%+6.1 pts
46▲4Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36029.8%+3.7 pts
47▼8Assumption Parish, LALA19,72029.2%+0.4 pts
48▲3Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39829.2%+3.4 pts
49▼14Iberville Parish, LALA29,57929.1%−1.1 pts
50▼1Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46628.5%+2.4 pts
51▲2Cameron Parish, LALA4,71827.7%+3.5 pts
52▲3East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18027.6%+4.2 pts
53▲3East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91127.3%+5.0 pts
54▼6Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67327.3%+0.5 pts
55▲4Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94925.4%+4.0 pts
56▲5Livingston Parish, LALA155,03625.4%+4.5 pts
57St. James Parish, LALA18,93825.3%+3.1 pts
58Bossier Parish, LALA131,86724.9%+2.8 pts
59▼7Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25624.2%−1.0 pts
60West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75622.9%+1.5 pts
61▼17West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13422.3%−5.8 pts
62▲2Ascension Parish, LALA135,10521.5%+4.8 pts
63St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10821.4%+2.0 pts
64▼2St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58620.6%+0.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES