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Highest poverty rate, Louisiana counties · 2010

Louisiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 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, LALA6,76040.8%+1%

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84433.6%−8%

03Tensas Parish, LALA3,70032.4%−11%

04Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630.8%+6%

05Franklin Parish, LALA19,00229.3%+3%

06Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08928.6%+8%

07St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76528.3%−3%

08Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70527.4%+2%

09Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35426.8%+1%

10Bienville Parish, LALA12,26926.6%+2%

11Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.4%−0%

12Washington Parish, LALA44,93726.1%+6%

13Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22324.6%−12%

14Orleans Parish, LALA362,15424.4%−13%

15Winn Parish, LALA14,96123.7%+11%

16Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94123.2%−11%

17St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75823.1%−14%

18West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15623.0%−2%

19Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34622.5%−1%

20Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98022.1%−32%

21Union Parish, LALA20,56122.0%+18%

22Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34421.9%+3%

23Red River Parish, LALA7,16521.5%−28%

24Webster Parish, LALA34,94821.5%+6%

25East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91121.3%−7%

26Iberia Parish, LALA66,84621.2%−10%

27St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55221.0%−11%

28Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54221.0%+1%

29Sabine Parish, LALA21,83420.7%−4%

30Caddo Parish, LALA224,22620.4%−4%

31Richland Parish, LALA19,58220.3%−27%

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,38120.3%−19%

33Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52020.2%−12%

34Acadia Parish, LALA57,03220.1%−18%

35East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18018.4%+3%

36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87718.1%−12%

37Assumption Parish, LALA19,72017.7%−19%

38Iberville Parish, LALA29,57917.7%−23%

39Allen Parish, LALA22,67217.4%−12%

40Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16317.4%−9%

41Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67117.2%−22%

42St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10616.9%−21%

43Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94916.4%+5%

44Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46616.2%+5%

45Grant Parish, LALA22,07516.1%−25%

46West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75616.0%−6%

47Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47116.0%−23%

48Jackson Parish, LALA15,83415.6%−21%

49Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50515.6%−6%

50St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87515.5%−7%

51St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64215.0%+15%

52Vernon Parish, LALA45,09115.0%−2%

53Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39814.2%+4%

54St. James Parish, LALA18,93813.6%−34%

55Bossier Parish, LALA131,86713.4%−3%

56Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67313.2%−15%

57LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15413.0%−31%

58West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13413.0%−35%

59St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58612.5%+10%

60Ascension Parish, LALA135,10511.7%−10%

61Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25611.6%−36%

62Cameron Parish, LALA4,71811.6%−6%

63Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.4%−0%

64St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1089.4%−3%

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