Demographics Table
Parish
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (<150% Of Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 parishes)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20.7 | 66,751,967 | N/A |
| Louisiana | 28.9 | 1,310,673 | 49 of 52 |
| Orleans Parish | 34.8 | 129,391 | 2,798 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 26.8 | 119,404 | 2,092 |
| Jefferson Parish | 25.3 | 110,436 | 1,893 |
| Caddo Parish | 35.3 | 83,056 | 2,827 |
| Lafayette Parish | 25.3 | 59,655 | 1,882 |
| Ouachita Parish | 35.2 | 54,147 | 2,820 |
| Calcasieu Parish | 25.3 | 53,092 | 1,891 |
| St. Tammany Parish | 19.0 | 49,385 | 919 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 31.0 | 39,911 | 2,526 |
| Rapides Parish | 29.4 | 37,215 | 2,370 |
| Bossier Parish | 27.0 | 34,024 | 2,116 |
| St. Landry Parish | 39.3 | 32,010 | 2,993 |
| Terrebonne Parish | 25.9 | 28,097 | 1,981 |
| Livingston Parish | 18.8 | 26,317 | 894 |
| LaFourche Parish | 26.1 | 24,999 | 2,016 |
| Iberia Parish | 31.5 | 21,920 | 2,555 |
| Ascension Parish | 15.8 | 19,605 | 473 |
| Acadia Parish | 34.0 | 19,466 | 2,750 |
| Lincoln Parish | 39.7 | 18,096 | 2,999 |
| Webster Parish | 47.6 | 17,312 | 3,104 |
| Washington Parish | 39.0 | 16,986 | 2,982 |
| St. Mary Parish | 33.3 | 16,344 | 2,711 |
| Vermilion Parish | 28.3 | 16,154 | 2,265 |
| Avoyelles Parish | 40.9 | 14,883 | 3,026 |
| St. Martin Parish | 27.9 | 14,426 | 2,216 |
| Natchitoches Parish | 39.6 | 14,405 | 2,998 |
| Evangeline Parish | 44.6 | 13,829 | 3,079 |
| St. Bernard Parish | 31.6 | 13,721 | 2,565 |
| Vernon Parish | 28.1 | 12,988 | 2,241 |
| Morehouse Parish | 43.3 | 10,801 | 3,070 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 24.8 | 10,431 | 1,799 |
| Beauregard Parish | 25.6 | 9,200 | 1,928 |
| De Soto Parish | 33.1 | 8,813 | 2,691 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 27.7 | 8,806 | 2,197 |
| St. Charles Parish | 16.7 | 8,621 | 599 |
| Concordia Parish | 48.9 | 8,518 | 3,114 |
| Richland Parish | 41.3 | 7,912 | 3,039 |
| Iberville Parish | 28.4 | 7,799 | 2,285 |
| Franklin Parish | 41.4 | 7,752 | 3,041 |
| Sabine Parish | 33.9 | 7,490 | 2,743 |
| Union Parish | 35.4 | 7,316 | 2,837 |
| Assumption Parish | 29.7 | 6,283 | 2,395 |
| Plaquemines Parish | 27.1 | 6,279 | 2,123 |
| Claiborne Parish | 49.1 | 6,109 | 3,115 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 28.8 | 5,985 | 2,332 |
| Bienville Parish | 46.4 | 5,956 | 3,101 |
| Grant Parish | 29.1 | 5,506 | 2,353 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 20.7 | 5,421 | 1,184 |
| Allen Parish | 28.5 | 5,335 | 2,293 |
| St. James Parish | 24.7 | 4,990 | 1,788 |
| Jackson Parish | 30.9 | 4,366 | 2,516 |
| Madison Parish | 47.6 | 4,081 | 3,105 |
| St. Helena Parish | 37.6 | 4,011 | 2,945 |
| Winn Parish | 32.9 | 3,955 | 2,673 |
| Caldwell Parish | 38.1 | 3,517 | 2,958 |
| East Feliciana Parish | 21.1 | 3,479 | 1,253 |
| La Salle Parish | 25.3 | 3,407 | 1,880 |
| West Carroll Parish | 34.0 | 3,274 | 2,746 |
| East Carroll Parish | 62.4 | 3,188 | 3,141 |
| Catahoula Parish | 35.9 | 2,766 | 2,864 |
| Red River Parish | 32.4 | 2,395 | 2,633 |
| West Feliciana Parish | 18.9 | 2,213 | 898 |
| Tensas Parish | 46.1 | 1,961 | 3,099 |
| Cameron Parish | 26.1 | 1,463 | 2,003 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/06/2023 12:00 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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 06/06/2023 12:00 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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.