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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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Louisiana 18.8 850,486 50 of 52
United States 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
Acadia Parish 23.1 13,209 2,871
Allen Parish 18.1 3,383 2,429
Ascension Parish 9.8 12,130 707
Assumption Parish 16.4 3,477 2,162
Avoyelles Parish 26.5 9,632 3,019
Beauregard Parish 14.1 5,066 1,719
Bienville Parish 29.1 3,734 3,068
Bossier Parish 16.9 21,274 2,251
Caddo Parish 23.0 54,049 2,865
Calcasieu Parish 16.4 34,269 2,154
Caldwell Parish 25.5 2,355 2,980
Cameron Parish 8.3 467 432
Catahoula Parish 29.2 2,252 3,072
Claiborne Parish 33.6 4,188 3,110
Concordia Parish 30.9 5,370 3,092
De Soto Parish 21.1 5,609 2,726
East Baton Rouge Parish 17.7 78,767 2,368
East Carroll Parish 47.3 2,416 3,140
East Feliciana Parish 13.9 2,296 1,689
Evangeline Parish 27.0 8,385 3,027
Franklin Parish 27.1 5,085 3,030
Grant Parish 16.2 3,072 2,133
Iberia Parish 22.5 15,621 2,832
Iberville Parish 18.9 5,170 2,525
Jackson Parish 21.0 2,970 2,722
Jefferson Davis Parish 16.9 5,382 2,262
Jefferson Parish 15.9 69,356 2,087
La Salle Parish 17.0 2,296 2,274
LaFourche Parish 15.7 15,016 2,042
Lafayette Parish 16.8 39,633 2,236
Lincoln Parish 28.4 12,942 3,057
Livingston Parish 10.7 14,899 913
Madison Parish 35.0 3,000 3,121
Morehouse Parish 30.1 7,511 3,085
Natchitoches Parish 26.5 9,622 3,020
Orleans Parish 23.8 88,675 2,914
Ouachita Parish 24.4 37,475 2,933
Plaquemines Parish 17.5 4,045 2,334
Pointe Coupee Parish 19.4 4,021 2,585
Rapides Parish 18.8 23,803 2,514
Red River Parish 21.8 1,616 2,786
Richland Parish 28.6 5,471 3,062
Sabine Parish 21.6 4,771 2,773
St. Bernard Parish 21.7 9,428 2,776
St. Charles Parish 10.2 5,286 811
St. Helena Parish 25.2 2,689 2,964
St. James Parish 12.0 2,416 1,203
St. John the Baptist Parish 14.9 6,262 1,880
St. Landry Parish 25.9 21,097 2,995
St. Martin Parish 17.3 8,937 2,307
St. Mary Parish 20.5 10,063 2,675
St. Tammany Parish 11.7 30,553 1,149
Tangipahoa Parish 20.1 25,793 2,645
Tensas Parish 37.1 1,579 3,128
Terrebonne Parish 17.8 19,291 2,389
Union Parish 23.6 4,874 2,897
Vermilion Parish 17.5 9,971 2,335
Vernon Parish 17.7 8,175 2,374
Washington Parish 24.7 10,742 2,940
Webster Parish 26.6 9,699 3,023
West Baton Rouge Parish 14.6 3,819 1,822
West Carroll Parish 21.5 2,069 2,760
West Feliciana Parish 15.0 1,757 1,897
Winn Parish 18.4 2,206 2,473
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2024 8:24 am.
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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