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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%−16.4 pts

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.7%−8.0 pts

03Tensas Parish, LALA3,70036.3%−10.1 pts

04Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98032.2%−2.9 pts

05Red River Parish, LALA7,16529.9%−5.2 pts

06St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76529.3%−7.0 pts

07Concordia Parish, LALA17,83629.1%−1.5 pts

08Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.4%−6.0 pts

09Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22328.1%−8.6 pts

10Orleans Parish, LALA362,15427.9%−3.7 pts

11Richland Parish, LALA19,58227.9%−5.3 pts

12St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75826.8%−7.6 pts

13Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.8%−4.2 pts

14Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08926.5%−7.4 pts

15Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35426.5%−5.5 pts

16Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.5%−0.1 pts

17Bienville Parish, LALA12,26926.1%−5.1 pts

18Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94125.9%−11.1 pts

19De Soto Parish, LALA27,38125.1%−4.8 pts

20Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.7%−6.9 pts

21Acadia Parish, LALA57,03224.5%−6.0 pts

22St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55223.6%−3.4 pts

23Iberia Parish, LALA66,84623.6%−2.3 pts

24West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15623.4%−4.0 pts

25Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52023.1%−7.2 pts

26Iberville Parish, LALA29,57923.1%−4.9 pts

27East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91123.0%−2.0 pts

28Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34622.7%−8.8 pts

29Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67122.1%−4.4 pts

30Assumption Parish, LALA19,72021.8%−6.4 pts

31St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10621.5%−5.8 pts

32Sabine Parish, LALA21,83421.5%−5.6 pts

33Grant Parish, LALA22,07521.5%−4.0 pts

34Winn Parish, LALA14,96121.5%−6.0 pts

35Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34421.2%−7.5 pts

36Caddo Parish, LALA224,22621.1%−2.9 pts

37Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47120.9%−6.4 pts

38St. James Parish, LALA18,93820.7%−4.8 pts

39Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54220.7%−4.0 pts

40Rapides Parish, LALA125,87720.5%−2.0 pts

41Webster Parish, LALA34,94820.2%−4.9 pts

42Allen Parish, LALA22,67219.9%−10.0 pts

43West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13419.9%−13.9 pts

44Jackson Parish, LALA15,83419.8%−4.0 pts

45Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16319.1%−5.1 pts

46LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15418.7%−2.4 pts

47Union Parish, LALA20,56118.6%−5.3 pts

48Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25618.0%−4.6 pts

49East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18017.9%−1.8 pts

50West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75617.0%−3.3 pts

51St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87516.7%−1.2 pts

52Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50516.5%−6.3 pts

53Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94915.7%−4.5 pts

54Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67315.6%−2.7 pts

55Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46615.4%−3.1 pts

56Vernon Parish, LALA45,09115.3%−3.2 pts

57Bossier Parish, LALA131,86713.7%−2.5 pts

58Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39813.7%−0.5 pts

59St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64213.1%−1.8 pts

60Ascension Parish, LALA135,10512.9%−4.8 pts

61Cameron Parish, LALA4,71812.3%−3.9 pts

62St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.4%−3.8 pts

63Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.4%−3.2 pts

64St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1089.7%−4.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS