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Highest Medicare coverage, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 20.4%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: St. John the Baptist Parish, LA, up 20 places to #37.

Highest Medicare coverage by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020
01Tensas Parish, LALA3,70034.1%+8.5 pts
02▲2Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52026.3%+1.9 pts
03▲8Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35425.8%+3.3 pts
04▲8Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34424.9%+2.7 pts
05▲14St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75824.6%+3.1 pts
06▲4Union Parish, LALA20,56124.5%+1.8 pts
07▼2West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15624.4%+0.7 pts
08▲7Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.3%+2.2 pts
09▲8Sabine Parish, LALA21,83424.2%+2.5 pts
10▼2East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91124.0%+1.2 pts
11▼2Webster Parish, LALA34,94824.0%+1.2 pts
12▼10Jackson Parish, LALA15,83423.8%−1.6 pts
13▼6Concordia Parish, LALA17,83623.6%+0.3 pts
14▲2Assumption Parish, LALA19,72023.3%+1.5 pts
15▼2Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70523.3%+1.1 pts
16▲14Winn Parish, LALA14,96123.2%+3.1 pts
17▲12Franklin Parish, LALA19,00222.9%+2.7 pts
18▲2Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94122.8%+1.6 pts
19▼16East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76022.8%−1.7 pts
20▲2De Soto Parish, LALA27,38122.7%+1.7 pts
21▼15Bienville Parish, LALA12,26922.6%−0.9 pts
22▲2Madison Parish, LALA8,84422.4%+1.7 pts
23▲4Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22322.3%+2.0 pts
24▼3Red River Parish, LALA7,16522.2%+1.0 pts
25▲1St. James Parish, LALA18,93822.2%+1.7 pts
26▼12Richland Parish, LALA19,58221.9%−0.3 pts
27▲6St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76521.7%+2.0 pts
28▲7Caddo Parish, LALA224,22621.3%+2.0 pts
29▼11Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98021.2%−0.3 pts
30▲14St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10621.2%+2.5 pts
31▲14Cameron Parish, LALA4,71820.9%+2.4 pts
32▼7Allen Parish, LALA22,67220.4%−0.1 pts
33▲5Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39820.4%+1.4 pts
34▼3Iberville Parish, LALA29,57920.3%+0.3 pts
35▼7LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15420.2%−0.1 pts
36▼13St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55220.1%−0.9 pts
37▲20St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87520.0%+4.0 pts
38▲2Iberia Parish, LALA66,84619.9%+1.0 pts
39▲8Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08919.9%+1.8 pts
40▼3Acadia Parish, LALA57,03219.8%+0.8 pts
41Grant Parish, LALA22,07519.7%+0.9 pts
42Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47119.7%+0.9 pts
43Rapides Parish, LALA125,87719.7%+0.9 pts
44▼10St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10819.7%+0.3 pts
45▼13Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67319.6%−0.4 pts
46▼10Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50519.5%+0.4 pts
47▲2Orleans Parish, LALA362,15419.4%+1.8 pts
48▲5Vernon Parish, LALA45,09119.4%+2.5 pts
49▼10Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67119.3%+0.3 pts
50▼4Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34618.6%+0.4 pts
51Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46618.5%+1.2 pts
52▼2Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54218.3%+0.7 pts
53▼1Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16318.2%+1.0 pts
54▲4St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58618.1%+2.1 pts
55West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75617.6%+1.2 pts
56Bossier Parish, LALA131,86717.5%+1.3 pts
57▼9West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13417.2%−0.8 pts
58▲4Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94916.4%+1.5 pts
59▲1East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18016.3%+0.9 pts
60▼6Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25616.3%−0.1 pts
61▲2St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64216.0%+1.6 pts
62▼3Livingston Parish, LALA155,03615.7%+0.1 pts
63▼2Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36014.6%−0.6 pts
64Ascension Parish, LALA135,10513.5%+0.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES