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Poverty Rate in Louisiana, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Louisiana, ranked. The highest is East Carroll Parish at 35.2% and the lowest is Cameron Parish at 7.4%.

Louisiana: 18.9% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Louisiana: 20.8%

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#County Poverty Rate
1East Carroll Parish35.2%
2Madison Parish34.5%
3Tensas Parish34.4%
4St. Helena Parish32.4%
5Claiborne Parish32.0%
6Concordia Parish31.8%
7Lincoln Parish31.2%
8Caldwell Parish29.8%
9Union Parish29.4%
10Morehouse Parish29.3%
11Bienville Parish29.2%
12Avoyelles Parish27.8%
13St. Landry Parish26.8%
14Red River Parish25.8%
15Natchitoches Parish25.4%
16Acadia Parish25.0%
17Catahoula Parish24.3%
18Evangeline Parish24.3%
19Washington Parish24.3%
20Winn Parish24.3%
21Franklin Parish24.1%
22Richland Parish24.0%
23Sabine Parish23.7%
24Ouachita Parish23.2%
25Allen Parish23.1%
26Webster Parish23.1%
27St. Bernard Parish23.0%
28Iberia Parish22.8%
29Orleans Parish22.6%
30Caddo Parish22.4%
31Jackson Parish22.3%
32De Soto Parish21.5%
33St. Mary Parish20.8%
34Vermilion Parish20.2%
35Iberville Parish19.9%
36Rapides Parish19.9%
37East Baton Rouge Parish19.6%
38Tangipahoa Parish19.2%
39Vernon Parish19.0%
40Calcasieu Parish17.4%
41Lafayette Parish17.1%
42Grant Parish17.0%
43Lafourche Parish17.0%
44Jefferson Parish16.6%
45Pointe Coupee Parish16.5%
46East Feliciana Parish16.2%
47West Carroll Parish16.2%
48LaSalle Parish16.0%
49Terrebonne Parish16.0%
50Bossier Parish15.9%
51Assumption Parish15.3%
52St. Martin Parish15.3%
53Jefferson Davis Parish14.6%
54St. John the Baptist Parish14.4%
55Beauregard Parish14.3%
56Livingston Parish12.9%
57Plaquemines Parish12.9%
58West Baton Rouge Parish12.9%
59West Feliciana Parish11.8%
60St. Charles Parish11.7%
61St. Tammany Parish11.4%
62St. James Parish11.1%
63Ascension Parish10.3%
64Cameron Parish7.4%

Small populations produce wide margins: Cameron Parish is 7.4% with a margin of error of ±2.8%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Louisiana ranks 2nd of 52 states for poverty rate.

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