Demographics Table
Parish
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3146 parishes)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13.4 | 42,510,843 | N/A |
| Louisiana | 19.2 | 871,467 | 50 of 52 |
| Orleans Parish | 23.7 | 89,340 | 2,853 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 18.0 | 78,365 | 2,291 |
| Jefferson Parish | 15.5 | 66,701 | 1,856 |
| Caddo Parish | 23.3 | 56,184 | 2,836 |
| Lafayette Parish | 17.3 | 40,979 | 2,194 |
| Ouachita Parish | 24.7 | 36,766 | 2,912 |
| Calcasieu Parish | 17.3 | 34,263 | 2,186 |
| St. Tammany Parish | 11.5 | 28,957 | 968 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 21.4 | 27,511 | 2,696 |
| Rapides Parish | 19.6 | 24,858 | 2,519 |
| Terrebonne Parish | 20.6 | 22,720 | 2,619 |
| St. Landry Parish | 26.2 | 21,355 | 2,974 |
| Bossier Parish | 17.2 | 21,234 | 2,168 |
| Livingston Parish | 12.4 | 17,099 | 1,196 |
| Iberia Parish | 22.1 | 15,669 | 2,743 |
| LaFourche Parish | 15.6 | 14,899 | 1,874 |
| Acadia Parish | 24.2 | 14,822 | 2,889 |
| Lincoln Parish | 30.3 | 13,350 | 3,064 |
| Ascension Parish | 10.6 | 12,959 | 788 |
| Natchitoches Parish | 32.3 | 12,235 | 3,089 |
| Webster Parish | 29.8 | 11,416 | 3,057 |
| Washington Parish | 24.4 | 10,840 | 2,903 |
| Vermilion Parish | 17.6 | 10,392 | 2,227 |
| St. Martin Parish | 18.9 | 9,986 | 2,425 |
| St. Mary Parish | 19.7 | 9,890 | 2,536 |
| St. Bernard Parish | 21.1 | 9,681 | 2,672 |
| Evangeline Parish | 28.7 | 9,111 | 3,040 |
| Avoyelles Parish | 24.4 | 8,988 | 2,901 |
| Vernon Parish | 17.3 | 8,166 | 2,174 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 17.4 | 7,413 | 2,208 |
| Morehouse Parish | 28.3 | 7,013 | 3,030 |
| De Soto Parish | 22.0 | 5,942 | 2,727 |
| Richland Parish | 30.5 | 5,926 | 3,067 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 19.1 | 5,897 | 2,469 |
| St. Charles Parish | 11.2 | 5,854 | 911 |
| Beauregard Parish | 15.5 | 5,668 | 1,860 |
| Franklin Parish | 29.0 | 5,511 | 3,046 |
| Iberville Parish | 18.2 | 5,381 | 2,328 |
| Claiborne Parish | 33.6 | 4,625 | 3,099 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 20.9 | 4,538 | 2,655 |
| Concordia Parish | 25.0 | 4,436 | 2,928 |
| Sabine Parish | 18.6 | 4,384 | 2,383 |
| Assumption Parish | 19.2 | 4,261 | 2,477 |
| Plaquemines Parish | 18.2 | 4,188 | 2,325 |
| Union Parish | 17.3 | 3,762 | 2,184 |
| Bienville Parish | 28.4 | 3,759 | 3,035 |
| St. James Parish | 17.0 | 3,597 | 2,142 |
| Grant Parish | 18.8 | 3,595 | 2,418 |
| Madison Parish | 36.4 | 3,408 | 3,124 |
| Jackson Parish | 22.8 | 3,333 | 2,801 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 12.5 | 3,141 | 1,207 |
| Allen Parish | 14.5 | 3,056 | 1,635 |
| East Feliciana Parish | 17.5 | 2,779 | 2,214 |
| La Salle Parish | 20.0 | 2,704 | 2,564 |
| Caldwell Parish | 25.1 | 2,393 | 2,929 |
| West Carroll Parish | 21.9 | 2,324 | 2,724 |
| Winn Parish | 18.7 | 2,318 | 2,396 |
| Red River Parish | 25.3 | 2,106 | 2,939 |
| East Carroll Parish | 44.6 | 1,972 | 3,141 |
| Catahoula Parish | 22.1 | 1,878 | 2,744 |
| St. Helena Parish | 18.4 | 1,861 | 2,347 |
| Tensas Parish | 34.7 | 1,578 | 3,111 |
| West Feliciana Parish | 12.0 | 1,447 | 1,076 |
| Cameron Parish | 9.9 | 683 | 640 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/22/2021 2:24 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.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/22/2021 2:24 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.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.