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Demographic Data Report for Louisiana by Parish
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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Parish
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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 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
Louisiana 18.8 850,486 50 of 52
Orleans Parish 23.8 88,675 2,914
East Baton Rouge Parish 17.7 78,767 2,368
Jefferson Parish 15.9 69,356 2,087
Caddo Parish 23.0 54,049 2,865
Lafayette Parish 16.8 39,633 2,236
Ouachita Parish 24.4 37,475 2,933
Calcasieu Parish 16.4 34,269 2,154
St. Tammany Parish 11.7 30,553 1,149
Tangipahoa Parish 20.1 25,793 2,645
Rapides Parish 18.8 23,803 2,514
Bossier Parish 16.9 21,274 2,251
St. Landry Parish 25.9 21,097 2,995
Terrebonne Parish 17.8 19,291 2,389
Iberia Parish 22.5 15,621 2,832
LaFourche Parish 15.7 15,016 2,042
Livingston Parish 10.7 14,899 913
Acadia Parish 23.1 13,209 2,871
Lincoln Parish 28.4 12,942 3,057
Ascension Parish 9.8 12,130 707
Washington Parish 24.7 10,742 2,940
St. Mary Parish 20.5 10,063 2,675
Vermilion Parish 17.5 9,971 2,335
Webster Parish 26.6 9,699 3,023
Avoyelles Parish 26.5 9,632 3,019
Natchitoches Parish 26.5 9,622 3,020
St. Bernard Parish 21.7 9,428 2,776
St. Martin Parish 17.3 8,937 2,307
Evangeline Parish 27.0 8,385 3,027
Vernon Parish 17.7 8,175 2,374
Morehouse Parish 30.1 7,511 3,085
St. John the Baptist Parish 14.9 6,262 1,880
De Soto Parish 21.1 5,609 2,726
Richland Parish 28.6 5,471 3,062
Jefferson Davis Parish 16.9 5,382 2,262
Concordia Parish 30.9 5,370 3,092
St. Charles Parish 10.2 5,286 811
Iberville Parish 18.9 5,170 2,525
Franklin Parish 27.1 5,085 3,030
Beauregard Parish 14.1 5,066 1,719
Union Parish 23.6 4,874 2,897
Sabine Parish 21.6 4,771 2,773
Claiborne Parish 33.6 4,188 3,110
Plaquemines Parish 17.5 4,045 2,334
Pointe Coupee Parish 19.4 4,021 2,585
West Baton Rouge Parish 14.6 3,819 1,822
Bienville Parish 29.1 3,734 3,068
Assumption Parish 16.4 3,477 2,162
Allen Parish 18.1 3,383 2,429
Grant Parish 16.2 3,072 2,133
Madison Parish 35.0 3,000 3,121
Jackson Parish 21.0 2,970 2,722
St. Helena Parish 25.2 2,689 2,964
East Carroll Parish 47.3 2,416 3,140
St. James Parish 12.0 2,416 1,203
Caldwell Parish 25.5 2,355 2,980
East Feliciana Parish 13.9 2,296 1,689
La Salle Parish 17.0 2,296 2,274
Catahoula Parish 29.2 2,252 3,072
Winn Parish 18.4 2,206 2,473
West Carroll Parish 21.5 2,069 2,760
West Feliciana Parish 15.0 1,757 1,897
Red River Parish 21.8 1,616 2,786
Tensas Parish 37.1 1,579 3,128
Cameron Parish 8.3 467 432
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/25/2024 11:41 pm.
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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