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Highest poverty rate, Louisiana counties · 1990

Louisiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 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 –

01East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76056.8%–

02Tensas Parish, LALA3,70046.3%–

03Madison Parish, LALA8,84444.6%–

04Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94137.1%–

05Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22336.8%–

06St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76536.3%–

07Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98035.1%–

08Red River Parish, LALA7,16535.1%–

09Franklin Parish, LALA19,00234.5%–

10St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75834.4%–

11Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08933.9%–

12West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13433.8%–

13Richland Parish, LALA19,58233.2%–

14Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35432.0%–

15Orleans Parish, LALA362,15431.6%–

16Washington Parish, LALA44,93731.6%–

17Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34631.5%–

18Bienville Parish, LALA12,26931.2%–

19Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70531.0%–

20Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630.6%–

21Acadia Parish, LALA57,03230.5%–

22Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52030.3%–

23Allen Parish, LALA22,67229.9%–

24De Soto Parish, LALA27,38129.8%–

25Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34428.8%–

26Assumption Parish, LALA19,72028.2%–

27Iberville Parish, LALA29,57928.0%–

28Winn Parish, LALA14,96127.5%–

29West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15627.4%–

30St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10627.3%–

31Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47127.3%–

32Sabine Parish, LALA21,83427.1%–

33St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55227.0%–

34Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.6%–

35Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67126.5%–

36Iberia Parish, LALA66,84625.8%–

37St. James Parish, LALA18,93825.5%–

38Grant Parish, LALA22,07525.5%–

39Webster Parish, LALA34,94825.1%–

40East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91125.0%–

41Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54224.7%–

42Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16324.2%–

43Caddo Parish, LALA224,22624.0%–

44Union Parish, LALA20,56123.9%–

45Jackson Parish, LALA15,83423.9%–

46Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50522.9%–

47Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25622.6%–

48Rapides Parish, LALA125,87722.6%–

49LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15421.2%–

50West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75620.3%–

51Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94920.2%–

52East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18019.7%–

53Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46618.5%–

54Vernon Parish, LALA45,09118.4%–

55Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67318.3%–

56St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87518.0%–

57Ascension Parish, LALA135,10517.7%–

58Cameron Parish, LALA4,71816.2%–

59Bossier Parish, LALA131,86716.2%–

60St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58615.2%–

61St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64214.9%–

62Livingston Parish, LALA155,03614.6%–

63Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39814.1%–

64St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10813.7%–

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