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Most sparsely populated, Louisiana counties · 2000

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, LALA4,7188+0%

02Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011+0%

03Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22315+0%

04Winn Parish, LALA14,96118+0%

05Bienville Parish, LALA12,26919+0%

06Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34420+0%

07Madison Parish, LALA8,84422+0%

08Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35422+0%

09East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76022+0%

10LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15423+0%

11Red River Parish, LALA7,16525+0%

12St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75826+0%

13Union Parish, LALA20,56126+0%

14Jackson Parish, LALA15,83427+0%

15Sabine Parish, LALA21,83427+0%

16Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67328+0%

17Concordia Parish, LALA17,83629+0%

18Grant Parish, LALA22,07529+0%

19De Soto Parish, LALA27,38129+0%

20Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08931+0%

21Allen Parish, LALA22,67233+0%

22Franklin Parish, LALA19,00234+0%

23West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15634+0%

24Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25634+0%

25West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13437+0%

26Richland Parish, LALA19,58238+0%

27Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70539+0%

28Vernon Parish, LALA45,09140+0%

29Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52041+0%

30Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67146+0%

31East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91147+0%

32Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47148+0%

33Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94150+0%

34Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98053+0%

35Iberville Parish, LALA29,57954+0%

36Washington Parish, LALA44,93766+0%

37St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10666+0%

38Assumption Parish, LALA19,72068+0%

39Webster Parish, LALA34,94871+0%

40Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50584+0%

41Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16385+0%

42St. James Parish, LALA18,93889+0%

43Acadia Parish, LALA57,03290+0%

44Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36090+0%

45St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76595+0%

46Rapides Parish, LALA125,87795+0%

47St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55296+0%

48West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,756112+0%

49Bossier Parish, LALA131,867117+0%

50Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,346127+0%

51Iberia Parish, LALA66,846127+0%

52Livingston Parish, LALA155,036142+0%

53Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,466173+0%

54St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586173+0%

55St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,642178+0%

56St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875201+0%

57St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,108226+0%

58Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542241+0%

59Ascension Parish, LALA135,105264+0%

60Caddo Parish, LALA224,226287+0%

61Lafayette Parish, LALA257,949709+0%

62East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,180906+0%

63Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3981,514+0%

64Orleans Parish, LALA362,1542,859+0%

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