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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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Parish
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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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Louisiana N/A 18.9 848,769 50 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Madison Parish Rural 36.7 3,083 3,130
East Carroll Parish Rural 35.7 1,941 3,124
Claiborne Parish Rural 35.0 4,223 3,122
Concordia Parish Rural 34.8 5,926 3,121
Tensas Parish Rural 32.8 1,255 3,111
Bienville Parish Rural 32.1 4,002 3,107
Lincoln Parish Rural 30.7 13,415 3,088
Morehouse Parish Urban 30.7 7,368 3,088
St. Helena Parish Urban 30.0 3,218 3,084
Red River Parish Rural 29.4 2,121 3,077
Union Parish Urban 28.6 5,806 3,063
Catahoula Parish Rural 28.1 2,117 3,054
Avoyelles Parish Rural 27.4 9,875 3,039
Webster Parish Rural 26.9 9,462 3,026
Franklin Parish Rural 25.6 4,765 2,998
Caldwell Parish Rural 25.4 2,351 2,991
Acadia Parish Urban 24.4 13,750 2,954
Jackson Parish Rural 24.3 3,426 2,951
Washington Parish Rural 24.2 10,493 2,950
Natchitoches Parish Rural 24.1 8,377 2,944
Ouachita Parish Urban 24.0 36,927 2,941
St. Landry Parish Rural 24.0 19,321 2,941
Richland Parish Urban 23.5 4,462 2,916
Evangeline Parish Rural 23.0 7,022 2,898
Sabine Parish Rural 22.7 4,930 2,877
Iberia Parish Rural 22.6 15,483 2,867
Orleans Parish Urban 22.6 82,338 2,867
St. Bernard Parish Urban 22.6 9,906 2,867
Caddo Parish Urban 22.3 50,837 2,850
St. Mary Parish Rural 22.1 10,553 2,833
Winn Parish Rural 22.0 2,625 2,821
De Soto Parish Urban 21.8 5,815 2,809
Allen Parish Rural 20.4 3,849 2,690
Tangipahoa Parish Urban 19.4 25,465 2,608
Vermilion Parish Urban 19.2 10,823 2,584
Rapides Parish Urban 18.9 23,749 2,552
East Baton Rouge Parish Urban 18.6 81,374 2,511
Vernon Parish Rural 18.3 8,409 2,472
LaFourche Parish Urban 18.0 16,947 2,433
Calcasieu Parish Urban 17.8 36,643 2,405
Jefferson Davis Parish Urban 17.8 5,586 2,405
Pointe Coupee Parish Urban 17.8 3,598 2,405
Lafayette Parish Urban 17.4 41,954 2,337
St. Martin Parish Urban 16.6 8,461 2,213
Terrebonne Parish Urban 16.5 17,391 2,195
Bossier Parish Urban 16.4 20,762 2,175
Jefferson Parish Urban 16.3 69,819 2,150
Grant Parish Urban 16.1 3,033 2,126
West Baton Rouge Parish Urban 16.0 4,298 2,114
West Carroll Parish Rural 15.7 1,473 2,066
Iberville Parish Urban 15.5 4,208 2,037
La Salle Parish Rural 15.5 2,126 2,037
Beauregard Parish Rural 14.1 5,040 1,752
Assumption Parish Urban 13.9 2,861 1,708
East Feliciana Parish Urban 13.5 2,248 1,622
Plaquemines Parish Urban 13.4 3,024 1,600
Livingston Parish Urban 13.1 18,935 1,530
St. John the Baptist Parish Urban 12.6 5,146 1,398
St. Tammany Parish Urban 12.2 32,413 1,290
West Feliciana Parish Urban 11.6 1,328 1,154
St. James Parish Urban 10.5 2,057 896
Ascension Parish Urban 10.3 13,182 848
St. Charles Parish Urban 9.8 5,047 729
Cameron Parish Urban 6.3 327 118
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/17/2025 12:19 pm.

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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