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Demographic Data Report for Louisiana by Parish
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Value (Percent)
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 parishes)
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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Louisiana N/A 18.9 848,769 50 of 52
Orleans Parish Urban 22.6 82,338 2,867
East Baton Rouge Parish Urban 18.6 81,374 2,511
Jefferson Parish Urban 16.3 69,819 2,150
Caddo Parish Urban 22.3 50,837 2,850
Lafayette Parish Urban 17.4 41,954 2,337
Ouachita Parish Urban 24.0 36,927 2,941
Calcasieu Parish Urban 17.8 36,643 2,405
St. Tammany Parish Urban 12.2 32,413 1,290
Tangipahoa Parish Urban 19.4 25,465 2,608
Rapides Parish Urban 18.9 23,749 2,552
Bossier Parish Urban 16.4 20,762 2,175
St. Landry Parish Rural 24.0 19,321 2,941
Livingston Parish Urban 13.1 18,935 1,530
Terrebonne Parish Urban 16.5 17,391 2,195
LaFourche Parish Urban 18.0 16,947 2,433
Iberia Parish Rural 22.6 15,483 2,867
Acadia Parish Urban 24.4 13,750 2,954
Lincoln Parish Rural 30.7 13,415 3,088
Ascension Parish Urban 10.3 13,182 848
Vermilion Parish Urban 19.2 10,823 2,584
St. Mary Parish Rural 22.1 10,553 2,833
Washington Parish Rural 24.2 10,493 2,950
St. Bernard Parish Urban 22.6 9,906 2,867
Avoyelles Parish Rural 27.4 9,875 3,039
Webster Parish Rural 26.9 9,462 3,026
St. Martin Parish Urban 16.6 8,461 2,213
Vernon Parish Rural 18.3 8,409 2,472
Natchitoches Parish Rural 24.1 8,377 2,944
Morehouse Parish Urban 30.7 7,368 3,088
Evangeline Parish Rural 23.0 7,022 2,898
Concordia Parish Rural 34.8 5,926 3,121
De Soto Parish Urban 21.8 5,815 2,809
Union Parish Urban 28.6 5,806 3,063
Jefferson Davis Parish Urban 17.8 5,586 2,405
St. John the Baptist Parish Urban 12.6 5,146 1,398
St. Charles Parish Urban 9.8 5,047 729
Beauregard Parish Rural 14.1 5,040 1,752
Sabine Parish Rural 22.7 4,930 2,877
Franklin Parish Rural 25.6 4,765 2,998
Richland Parish Urban 23.5 4,462 2,916
West Baton Rouge Parish Urban 16.0 4,298 2,114
Claiborne Parish Rural 35.0 4,223 3,122
Iberville Parish Urban 15.5 4,208 2,037
Bienville Parish Rural 32.1 4,002 3,107
Allen Parish Rural 20.4 3,849 2,690
Pointe Coupee Parish Urban 17.8 3,598 2,405
Jackson Parish Rural 24.3 3,426 2,951
St. Helena Parish Urban 30.0 3,218 3,084
Madison Parish Rural 36.7 3,083 3,130
Grant Parish Urban 16.1 3,033 2,126
Plaquemines Parish Urban 13.4 3,024 1,600
Assumption Parish Urban 13.9 2,861 1,708
Winn Parish Rural 22.0 2,625 2,821
Caldwell Parish Rural 25.4 2,351 2,991
East Feliciana Parish Urban 13.5 2,248 1,622
La Salle Parish Rural 15.5 2,126 2,037
Red River Parish Rural 29.4 2,121 3,077
Catahoula Parish Rural 28.1 2,117 3,054
St. James Parish Urban 10.5 2,057 896
East Carroll Parish Rural 35.7 1,941 3,124
West Carroll Parish Rural 15.7 1,473 2,066
West Feliciana Parish Urban 11.6 1,328 1,154
Tensas Parish Rural 32.8 1,255 3,111
Cameron Parish Urban 6.3 327 118
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2025 1:25 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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