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Highest poverty rate, Louisiana counties · 2000

Louisiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 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 1990

01East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76040.5%−29%

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.7%−18%

03Tensas Parish, LALA3,70036.3%−22%

04Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98032.2%−8%

05Red River Parish, LALA7,16529.9%−15%

06St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76529.3%−19%

07Concordia Parish, LALA17,83629.1%−5%

08Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.4%−17%

09Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22328.1%−24%

10Orleans Parish, LALA362,15427.9%−12%

11Richland Parish, LALA19,58227.9%−16%

12St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75826.8%−22%

13Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.8%−13%

14Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08926.5%−22%

15Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35426.5%−17%

16Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.5%−0%

17Bienville Parish, LALA12,26926.1%−16%

18Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94125.9%−30%

19De Soto Parish, LALA27,38125.1%−16%

20Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.7%−22%

21Acadia Parish, LALA57,03224.5%−20%

22St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55223.6%−12%

23Iberia Parish, LALA66,84623.6%−9%

24West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15623.4%−15%

25Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52023.1%−24%

26Iberville Parish, LALA29,57923.1%−17%

27East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91123.0%−8%

28Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34622.7%−28%

29Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67122.1%−17%

30Assumption Parish, LALA19,72021.8%−23%

31St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10621.5%−21%

32Sabine Parish, LALA21,83421.5%−21%

33Grant Parish, LALA22,07521.5%−16%

34Winn Parish, LALA14,96121.5%−22%

35Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34421.2%−26%

36Caddo Parish, LALA224,22621.1%−12%

37Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47120.9%−24%

38St. James Parish, LALA18,93820.7%−19%

39Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54220.7%−16%

40Rapides Parish, LALA125,87720.5%−9%

41Webster Parish, LALA34,94820.2%−19%

42Allen Parish, LALA22,67219.9%−34%

43West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13419.9%−41%

44Jackson Parish, LALA15,83419.8%−17%

45Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16319.1%−21%

46LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15418.7%−11%

47Union Parish, LALA20,56118.6%−22%

48Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25618.0%−20%

49East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18017.9%−9%

50West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75617.0%−16%

51St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87516.7%−7%

52Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50516.5%−28%

53Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94915.7%−22%

54Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67315.6%−15%

55Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46615.4%−17%

56Vernon Parish, LALA45,09115.3%−17%

57Bossier Parish, LALA131,86713.7%−15%

58Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39813.7%−3%

59St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64213.1%−12%

60Ascension Parish, LALA135,10512.9%−27%

61Cameron Parish, LALA4,71812.3%−24%

62St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.4%−25%

63Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.4%−22%

64St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1089.7%−29%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS