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Highest poverty rate, Louisiana counties · 2020

Louisiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, LALA6,76050.7%+25%

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.1%−2%

03Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35435.1%+32%

04Tensas Parish, LALA3,70033.2%−8%

05Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36030.5%+15%

06Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08930.1%+13%

07Richland Parish, LALA19,58229.5%+6%

08Bienville Parish, LALA12,26929.5%+13%

09Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98029.0%−10%

10Concordia Parish, LALA17,83628.6%−2%

11Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.0%−1%

12Webster Parish, LALA34,94827.5%+36%

13Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22326.7%−5%

14Red River Parish, LALA7,16526.6%−11%

15Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.5%−1%

16St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76524.8%−15%

17Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.6%−0%

18Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94123.7%−9%

19Acadia Parish, LALA57,03223.5%−4%

20Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54223.3%+13%

21St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64223.2%+77%

22Orleans Parish, LALA362,15423.0%−18%

23Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34422.9%+8%

24Caddo Parish, LALA224,22622.9%+8%

25St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75822.7%−16%

26Iberia Parish, LALA66,84622.3%−5%

27De Soto Parish, LALA27,38121.6%−14%

28Union Parish, LALA20,56121.6%+16%

29Jackson Parish, LALA15,83421.0%+6%

30Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52020.6%−11%

31Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34620.2%−11%

32Sabine Parish, LALA21,83420.0%−7%

33St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55219.8%−16%

34West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15619.0%−19%

35Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16318.8%−2%

36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87718.7%−9%

37Assumption Parish, LALA19,72018.5%−15%

38Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47117.9%−14%

39Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25617.8%−1%

40LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15417.8%−5%

41East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18017.4%−2%

42Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50517.4%+5%

43St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10617.4%−19%

44Iberville Parish, LALA29,57917.0%−27%

45Bossier Parish, LALA131,86716.9%+23%

46Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67116.9%−24%

47Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46616.7%+8%

48Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94916.7%+6%

49Vernon Parish, LALA45,09116.3%+7%

50Winn Parish, LALA14,96116.1%−25%

51Grant Parish, LALA22,07515.9%−26%

52Allen Parish, LALA22,67215.4%−23%

53St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87515.4%−8%

54Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39815.2%+11%

55West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75615.1%−11%

56East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91114.9%−35%

57St. James Parish, LALA18,93814.4%−30%

58Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67313.8%−11%

59West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13412.7%−36%

60St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.2%−2%

61Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.2%−2%

62St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10811.0%+13%

63Ascension Parish, LALA135,10510.0%−23%

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7189.5%−23%

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