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Most sparsely populated, Louisiana counties · 1990

Louisiana counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Cameron Parish, LALA4,7187−7%

02Tensas Parish, LALA3,70012+7%

03Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22316+1%

04Winn Parish, LALA14,96117−4%

05Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34419−7%

06Bienville Parish, LALA12,26920+1%

07Madison Parish, LALA8,84420−9%

08LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15422−4%

09Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35423+3%

10East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76023+3%

11Union Parish, LALA20,56124−9%

12Red River Parish, LALA7,16524−2%

13St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75824−6%

14Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67326−9%

15Sabine Parish, LALA21,83426−3%

16Grant Parish, LALA22,07527−6%

17Jackson Parish, LALA15,83428+2%

18Allen Parish, LALA22,67228−17%

19De Soto Parish, LALA27,38129−1%

20Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08929−6%

21Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630+3%

22West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13432−15%

23Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25633−4%

24West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15634−2%

25Franklin Parish, LALA19,00236+5%

26Richland Parish, LALA19,58237−2%

27Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70540+3%

28Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52040−1%

29East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91142−10%

30Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67143−7%

31Vernon Parish, LALA45,09147+18%

32Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94147−6%

33Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47147−2%

34Iberville Parish, LALA29,57950−7%

35Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98050−6%

36St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10660−9%

37Washington Parish, LALA44,93764−2%

38Assumption Parish, LALA19,72066−3%

39Webster Parish, LALA34,94871+0%

40Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16379−7%

41Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50580−5%

42Acadia Parish, LALA57,03285−5%

43St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76587−8%

44St. James Parish, LALA18,93888−2%

45Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36089−2%

46Rapides Parish, LALA125,87799+4%

47West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,756101−10%

48Bossier Parish, LALA131,867103−12%

49St. Mary Parish, LALA46,552104+9%

50Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,346108−15%

51Livingston Parish, LALA155,036109−23%

52Iberia Parish, LALA66,846119−7%

53St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586153−12%

54Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,466158−8%

55St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,108171−24%

56St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,642176−1%

57St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875186−7%

58Ascension Parish, LALA135,105201−24%

59Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542233−3%

60Caddo Parish, LALA224,226282−2%

61Lafayette Parish, LALA257,949613−14%

62East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,180834−8%

63Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3981,490−2%

64Orleans Parish, LALA362,1542,932+3%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES