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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%+10.3 pts

02Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.1%−0.6 pts

03Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35435.1%+8.6 pts

04Tensas Parish, LALA3,70033.2%−3.0 pts

05Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36030.5%+4.0 pts

06Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08930.1%+3.6 pts

07Richland Parish, LALA19,58229.5%+1.6 pts

08Bienville Parish, LALA12,26929.5%+3.4 pts

09Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98029.0%−3.2 pts

10Concordia Parish, LALA17,83628.6%−0.5 pts

11Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.0%−0.4 pts

12Webster Parish, LALA34,94827.5%+7.3 pts

13Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22326.7%−1.5 pts

14Red River Parish, LALA7,16526.6%−3.2 pts

15Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.5%−0.3 pts

16St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76524.8%−4.5 pts

17Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.6%−0.0 pts

18Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94123.7%−2.3 pts

19Acadia Parish, LALA57,03223.5%−1.1 pts

20Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54223.3%+2.7 pts

21St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64223.2%+10.1 pts

22Orleans Parish, LALA362,15423.0%−4.9 pts

23Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34422.9%+1.7 pts

24Caddo Parish, LALA224,22622.9%+1.8 pts

25St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75822.7%−4.2 pts

26Iberia Parish, LALA66,84622.3%−1.3 pts

27De Soto Parish, LALA27,38121.6%−3.4 pts

28Union Parish, LALA20,56121.6%+3.0 pts

29Jackson Parish, LALA15,83421.0%+1.1 pts

30Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52020.6%−2.5 pts

31Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34620.2%−2.5 pts

32Sabine Parish, LALA21,83420.0%−1.5 pts

33St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55219.8%−3.8 pts

34West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15619.0%−4.3 pts

35Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16318.8%−0.3 pts

36Rapides Parish, LALA125,87718.7%−1.8 pts

37Assumption Parish, LALA19,72018.5%−3.4 pts

38Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47117.9%−2.9 pts

39Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25617.8%−0.2 pts

40LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15417.8%−1.0 pts

41East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18017.4%−0.4 pts

42Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50517.4%+0.9 pts

43St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10617.4%−4.2 pts

44Iberville Parish, LALA29,57917.0%−6.1 pts

45Bossier Parish, LALA131,86716.9%+3.2 pts

46Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67116.9%−5.2 pts

47Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46616.7%+1.3 pts

48Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94916.7%+1.0 pts

49Vernon Parish, LALA45,09116.3%+1.1 pts

50Winn Parish, LALA14,96116.1%−5.3 pts

51Grant Parish, LALA22,07515.9%−5.6 pts

52Allen Parish, LALA22,67215.4%−4.5 pts

53St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87515.4%−1.3 pts

54Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39815.2%+1.5 pts

55West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75615.1%−1.9 pts

56East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91114.9%−8.1 pts

57St. James Parish, LALA18,93814.4%−6.3 pts

58Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67313.8%−1.8 pts

59West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13412.7%−7.2 pts

60St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.2%−0.2 pts

61Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.2%−0.2 pts

62St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10811.0%+1.3 pts

63Ascension Parish, LALA135,10510.0%−3.0 pts

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7189.5%−2.8 pts

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