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Life Expectancy in Louisiana, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in Louisiana, ranked. The highest is Cameron Parish at 80.2 and the lowest is Bienville Parish at 68.6.

Louisiana: n/a · United States: n/a · median county in Louisiana: 73.1

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#County Life Expectancy
1Cameron Parish80.2
2Ascension Parish77.6
3St. Tammany Parish76.9
4Lafayette Parish76.5
5West Feliciana Parish76.4
6Bossier Parish76.1
7Plaquemines Parish76.1
8St. Charles Parish75.8
9Jefferson Parish75.6
10West Baton Rouge Parish75.3
11Lafourche Parish75.2
12St. James Parish75.1
13Vermilion Parish75.0
14Livingston Parish74.8
15Lincoln Parish74.8
16Orleans Parish74.5
17St. Martin Parish74.5
18LaSalle Parish74.5
19Assumption Parish74.3
20Grant Parish74.2
21De Soto Parish74.1
22Claiborne Parish74.0
23Beauregard Parish74.0
24Vernon Parish73.9
25East Baton Rouge Parish73.9
26Terrebonne Parish73.7
27St. Bernard Parish73.7
28Jackson Parish73.6
29Pointe Coupee Parish73.5
30St. John the Baptist Parish73.5
31Calcasieu Parish73.3
32West Carroll Parish73.1
33Sabine Parish73.1
34Tangipahoa Parish73.0
35Iberville Parish72.9
36St. Mary Parish72.9
37Iberia Parish72.6
38Catahoula Parish72.6
39Union Parish72.5
40Winn Parish72.5
41Ouachita Parish72.5
42Richland Parish72.5
43Franklin Parish72.4
44Caddo Parish72.2
45Red River Parish72.2
46Caldwell Parish72.1
47Jefferson Davis Parish72.0
48Natchitoches Parish71.9
49Allen Parish71.9
50Avoyelles Parish71.6
51Acadia Parish71.5
52East Feliciana Parish71.4
53East Carroll Parish71.3
54Rapides Parish71.2
55Concordia Parish71.1
56Evangeline Parish71.1
57Tensas Parish71.1
58St. Helena Parish70.9
59Webster Parish70.9
60Madison Parish70.2
61St. Landry Parish70.0
62Washington Parish69.5
63Morehouse Parish68.7
64Bienville Parish68.6

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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