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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%+0.4 pts

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84433.6%−3.1 pts

03Tensas Parish, LALA3,70032.4%−3.9 pts

04Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630.8%+1.7 pts

05Franklin Parish, LALA19,00229.3%+0.9 pts

06Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08928.6%+2.1 pts

07St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76528.3%−1.0 pts

08Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70527.4%+0.6 pts

09Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35426.8%+0.3 pts

10Bienville Parish, LALA12,26926.6%+0.5 pts

11Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.4%−0.0 pts

12Washington Parish, LALA44,93726.1%+1.4 pts

13Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22324.6%−3.5 pts

14Orleans Parish, LALA362,15424.4%−3.5 pts

15Winn Parish, LALA14,96123.7%+2.3 pts

16Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94123.2%−2.7 pts

17St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75823.1%−3.8 pts

18West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15623.0%−0.4 pts

19Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34622.5%−0.2 pts

20Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98022.1%−10.2 pts

21Union Parish, LALA20,56122.0%+3.4 pts

22Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34421.9%+0.7 pts

23Red River Parish, LALA7,16521.5%−8.4 pts

24Webster Parish, LALA34,94821.5%+1.3 pts

25East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91121.3%−1.7 pts

26Iberia Parish, LALA66,84621.2%−2.3 pts

27St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55221.0%−2.6 pts

28Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54221.0%+0.3 pts

29Sabine Parish, LALA21,83420.7%−0.8 pts

30Caddo Parish, LALA224,22620.4%−0.8 pts

31Richland Parish, LALA19,58220.3%−7.6 pts

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,38120.3%−4.8 pts

33Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52020.2%−2.9 pts

34Acadia Parish, LALA57,03220.1%−4.4 pts

35East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18018.4%+0.5 pts

36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87718.1%−2.5 pts

37Assumption Parish, LALA19,72017.7%−4.1 pts

38Iberville Parish, LALA29,57917.7%−5.4 pts

39Allen Parish, LALA22,67217.4%−2.5 pts

40Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16317.4%−1.7 pts

41Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67117.2%−4.9 pts

42St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10616.9%−4.6 pts

43Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94916.4%+0.7 pts

44Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46616.2%+0.8 pts

45Grant Parish, LALA22,07516.1%−5.4 pts

46West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75616.0%−1.0 pts

47Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47116.0%−4.9 pts

48Jackson Parish, LALA15,83415.6%−4.2 pts

49Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50515.6%−0.9 pts

50St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87515.5%−1.2 pts

51St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64215.0%+1.9 pts

52Vernon Parish, LALA45,09115.0%−0.3 pts

53Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39814.2%+0.6 pts

54St. James Parish, LALA18,93813.6%−7.1 pts

55Bossier Parish, LALA131,86713.4%−0.4 pts

56Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67313.2%−2.4 pts

57LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15413.0%−5.8 pts

58West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13413.0%−6.9 pts

59St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58612.5%+1.1 pts

60Ascension Parish, LALA135,10511.7%−1.3 pts

61Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25611.6%−6.5 pts

62Cameron Parish, LALA4,71811.6%−0.8 pts

63Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.4%−0.0 pts

64St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1089.4%−0.3 pts

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