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Lowest poverty rate, Louisiana counties · 2000

Louisiana counties with the lowest 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

01St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1089.7%−29%

02Livingston Parish, LALA155,03611.4%−22%

03St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58611.4%−25%

04Cameron Parish, LALA4,71812.3%−24%

05Ascension Parish, LALA135,10512.9%−27%

06St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64213.1%−12%

07Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39813.7%−3%

08Bossier Parish, LALA131,86713.7%−15%

09Vernon Parish, LALA45,09115.3%−17%

10Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46615.4%−17%

11Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67315.6%−15%

12Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94915.7%−22%

13Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50516.5%−28%

14St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87516.7%−7%

15West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75617.0%−16%

16East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18017.9%−9%

17Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25618.0%−20%

18Union Parish, LALA20,56118.6%−22%

19LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15418.7%−11%

20Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16319.1%−21%

21Jackson Parish, LALA15,83419.8%−17%

22West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13419.9%−41%

23Allen Parish, LALA22,67219.9%−34%

24Webster Parish, LALA34,94820.2%−19%

25Rapides Parish, LALA125,87720.5%−9%

26Ouachita Parish, LALA158,54220.7%−16%

27St. James Parish, LALA18,93820.7%−19%

28Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47120.9%−24%

29Caddo Parish, LALA224,22621.1%−12%

30Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34421.2%−26%

31Winn Parish, LALA14,96121.5%−22%

32Grant Parish, LALA22,07521.5%−16%

33Sabine Parish, LALA21,83421.5%−21%

34St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10621.5%−21%

35Assumption Parish, LALA19,72021.8%−23%

36Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67122.1%−17%

37Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34622.7%−28%

38East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91123.0%−8%

39Iberville Parish, LALA29,57923.1%−17%

40Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52023.1%−24%

41West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15623.4%−15%

42Iberia Parish, LALA66,84623.6%−9%

43St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55223.6%−12%

44Acadia Parish, LALA57,03224.5%−20%

45Washington Parish, LALA44,93724.7%−22%

46De Soto Parish, LALA27,38125.1%−16%

47Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94125.9%−30%

48Bienville Parish, LALA12,26926.1%−16%

49Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36026.5%−0%

50Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35426.5%−17%

51Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08926.5%−22%

52Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70526.8%−13%

53St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75826.8%−22%

54Richland Parish, LALA19,58227.9%−16%

55Orleans Parish, LALA362,15427.9%−12%

56Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22328.1%−24%

57Franklin Parish, LALA19,00228.4%−17%

58Concordia Parish, LALA17,83629.1%−5%

59St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76529.3%−19%

60Red River Parish, LALA7,16529.9%−15%

61Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98032.2%−8%

62Tensas Parish, LALA3,70036.3%−22%

63Madison Parish, LALA8,84436.7%−18%

64East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76040.5%−29%

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