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Most sparsely populated, Louisiana counties · 2010

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, LALA4,7185−32%

02Tensas Parish, LALA3,7009−21%

03Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22315−5%

04Winn Parish, LALA14,96116−9%

05Bienville Parish, LALA12,26918−9%

06East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76018−18%

07Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34419−4%

08Madison Parish, LALA8,84419−12%

09Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35423+2%

10Red River Parish, LALA7,16523−6%

11LaSalle Parish, LALA15,15424+4%

12Union Parish, LALA20,56126−0%

13St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75827+6%

14Sabine Parish, LALA21,83428+3%

15Jackson Parish, LALA15,83429+6%

16Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,25630−14%

17Concordia Parish, LALA17,83630+3%

18De Soto Parish, LALA27,38130+5%

19Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67331+8%

20Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08932+1%

21West Carroll Parish, LALA9,15632−6%

22Franklin Parish, LALA19,00233−2%

23Allen Parish, LALA22,67234+1%

24Grant Parish, LALA22,07535+19%

25Morehouse Parish, LALA23,70535−10%

26Richland Parish, LALA19,58237−1%

27West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13439+3%

28Vernon Parish, LALA45,09139−0%

29Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,52041+0%

30East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91145−5%

31Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,47148+1%

32Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67149+8%

33Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94151+1%

34Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98051−4%

35Iberville Parish, LALA29,57954+0%

36Assumption Parish, LALA19,72068+0%

37Webster Parish, LALA34,94869−1%

38Washington Parish, LALA44,93770+7%

39St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10671+7%

40Lafourche Parish, LALA95,50590+7%

41St. Landry Parish, LALA80,76590−5%

42Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,16391+7%

43St. James Parish, LALA18,93893+4%

44Acadia Parish, LALA57,03294+5%

45St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,64295−47%

46St. Mary Parish, LALA46,55298+2%

47Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36099+10%

48Rapides Parish, LALA125,87799+4%

49West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,756124+10%

50Iberia Parish, LALA66,846127−0%

51Bossier Parish, LALA131,867139+19%

52Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,346153+20%

53Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,466181+5%

54St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586190+10%

55Livingston Parish, LALA155,036198+39%

56St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875214+7%

57Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542252+4%

58St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,108277+22%

59Caddo Parish, LALA224,226290+1%

60Ascension Parish, LALA135,105370+40%

61Lafayette Parish, LALA257,949824+16%

62East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,180966+7%

63Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3981,438−5%

64Orleans Parish, LALA362,1542,028−29%

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