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Highest poverty rate, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76035.2%−13%

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84434.5%−6%

03Tensas Parish, LALA3,70034.4%−5%

04St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75832.4%+21%

05Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35432.0%+21%

06Concordia Parish, LALA17,83631.8%+9%

07Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36031.2%+18%

08Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34429.8%+40%

09Union Parish, LALA20,56129.4%+58%

10Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70529.3%+9%

11Bienville Parish, LALA12,26929.2%+12%

12Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94127.8%+7%

13St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76526.8%−9%

14Red River Parish, LALA7,16525.8%−14%

15Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08925.4%−4%

16Acadia Parish, LALA57,03225.0%+2%

17Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.3%−1%

18Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22324.3%−14%

19Winn Parish, LALA14,96124.3%+13%

20Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98024.3%−25%

21Franklin Parish, LALA19,00224.1%−15%

22Richland Parish, LALA19,58224.0%−14%

23Sabine Parish, LALA21,83423.7%+10%

24Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54223.2%+12%

25Webster Parish, LALA34,94823.1%+15%

26Allen Parish, LALA22,67223.1%+16%

27St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64223.0%+75%

28Iberia Parish, LALA66,84622.8%−3%

29Orleans Parish, LALA362,15422.6%−19%

30Caddo Parish, LALA224,22622.4%+6%

31Jackson Parish, LALA15,83422.3%+12%

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,38121.5%−14%

33St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55220.8%−12%

34Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67120.2%−9%

35Iberville Parish, LALA29,57919.9%−14%

36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87719.9%−3%

37East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18019.6%+10%

38Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34619.2%−15%

39Vernon Parish, LALA45,09119.0%+25%

40Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46617.4%+13%

41Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94917.1%+9%

42Grant Parish, LALA22,07517.0%−21%

43Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50517.0%+3%

44Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39816.6%+22%

45Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52016.5%−29%

46West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15616.2%−31%

47East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91116.2%−29%

48LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15416.0%−15%

49Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16316.0%−16%

50Bossier Parish, LALA131,86715.9%+16%

51Assumption Parish, LALA19,72015.3%−30%

52St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10615.3%−29%

53Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47114.6%−30%

54St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87514.4%−14%

55Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67314.3%−8%

56West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75612.9%−24%

57Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25612.9%−29%

58Livingston Parish, LALA155,03612.9%+13%

59West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13411.8%−41%

60St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.7%+3%

61St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10811.4%+17%

62St. James Parish, LALA18,93811.1%−46%

63Ascension Parish, LALA135,10510.3%−20%

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7187.4%−40%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES