Counties in Louisiana by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

East Carroll Parish had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2023, at 28.4%. East Baton Rouge Parish had the lowest, at 14%. The median was 20%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Map of counties, 2023

Acadia Parish: 21.9 %Allen Parish: 21.7 %Ascension Parish: 15.4 %Assumption Parish: 20.5 %Avoyelles Parish: 23.2 %Beauregard Parish: 18.5 %Bienville Parish: 23.8 %Bossier Parish: 16.1 %Caddo Parish: 18.2 %Calcasieu Parish: 17.1 %Caldwell Parish: 23 %Cameron Parish: 17 %Catahoula Parish: 22.7 %Claiborne Parish: 25.7 %Concordia Parish: 22.8 %De Soto Parish: 20.7 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 14 %East Carroll Parish: 28.4 %East Feliciana Parish: 18.3 %Evangeline Parish: 22.1 %Franklin Parish: 22.7 %Grant Parish: 20.1 %Iberia Parish: 20.4 %Iberville Parish: 18.9 %Jackson Parish: 20.6 %Jefferson Parish: 14.9 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 19.9 %Lafayette Parish: 16 %Lafourche Parish: 19.1 %LaSalle Parish: 18.6 %Lincoln Parish: 15.9 %Livingston Parish: 17.1 %Madison Parish: 25.5 %Morehouse Parish: 23 %Natchitoches Parish: 17.7 %Orleans Parish: 15 %Ouachita Parish: 17.9 %Plaquemines Parish: 16.8 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 18.5 %Rapides Parish: 18.7 %Red River Parish: 23.2 %Richland Parish: 21.4 %Sabine Parish: 21.1 %St. Bernard Parish: 20.2 %St. Charles Parish: 15.1 %St. Helena Parish: 21.8 %St. James Parish: 16.5 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 16.7 %St. Landry Parish: 22 %St. Martin Parish: 19.7 %St. Mary Parish: 21.3 %St. Tammany Parish: 14.5 %Tangipahoa Parish: 18.6 %Tensas Parish: 22.8 %Terrebonne Parish: 18.8 %Union Parish: 20.8 %Vermilion Parish: 20.2 %Vernon Parish: 18.3 %Washington Parish: 21.7 %Webster Parish: 22.8 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 16.2 %West Carroll Parish: 20 %West Feliciana Parish: 17 %Winn Parish: 20.6 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

East Carroll Parish: 28.4 %East Carroll Parish28.4Claiborne Parish: 25.7 %Claiborne Parish25.7Madison Parish: 25.5 %Madison Parish25.5Bienville Parish: 23.8 %Bienville Parish23.8Avoyelles Parish: 23.2 %Avoyelles Parish23.2Red River Parish: 23.2 %Red River Parish23.2Caldwell Parish: 23 %Caldwell Parish23Morehouse Parish: 23 %Morehouse Parish23Concordia Parish: 22.8 %Concordia Parish22.8Tensas Parish: 22.8 %Tensas Parish22.8Webster Parish: 22.8 %Webster Parish22.8Catahoula Parish: 22.7 %Catahoula Parish22.7Franklin Parish: 22.7 %Franklin Parish22.7Evangeline Parish: 22.1 %Evangeline Parish22.1St. Landry Parish: 22 %St. Landry Parish22Acadia Parish: 21.9 %Acadia Parish21.9St. Helena Parish: 21.8 %St. Helena Parish21.8Allen Parish: 21.7 %Allen Parish21.7Washington Parish: 21.7 %Washington Parish21.7Richland Parish: 21.4 %Richland Parish21.4St. Mary Parish: 21.3 %St. Mary Parish21.3Sabine Parish: 21.1 %Sabine Parish21.1Union Parish: 20.8 %Union Parish20.8De Soto Parish: 20.7 %De Soto Parish20.7Jackson Parish: 20.6 %Jackson Parish20.6Winn Parish: 20.6 %Winn Parish20.6Assumption Parish: 20.5 %Assumption Parish20.5Iberia Parish: 20.4 %Iberia Parish20.4St. Bernard Parish: 20.2 %St. Bernard Parish20.2Vermilion Parish: 20.2 %Vermilion Parish20.2Grant Parish: 20.1 %Grant Parish20.1West Carroll Parish: 20 %West Carroll Parish20Jefferson Davis Parish: 19.9 %Jefferson Davis Parish19.9St. Martin Parish: 19.7 %St. Martin Parish19.7Lafourche Parish: 19.1 %Lafourche Parish19.1Iberville Parish: 18.9 %Iberville Parish18.9Terrebonne Parish: 18.8 %Terrebonne Parish18.8Rapides Parish: 18.7 %Rapides Parish18.7LaSalle Parish: 18.6 %LaSalle Parish18.6Tangipahoa Parish: 18.6 %Tangipahoa Parish18.6East Carroll Parish: 28.4 %East Carroll Parish28.4Claiborne Parish: 25.7 %Claiborne Parish25.7Madison Parish: 25.5 %Madison Parish25.5Bienville Parish: 23.8 %Bienville Parish23.8Avoyelles Parish: 23.2 %Avoyelles Parish23.2Red River Parish: 23.2 %Red River Parish23.2Caldwell Parish: 23 %Caldwell Parish23Morehouse Parish: 23 %Morehouse Parish23Concordia Parish: 22.8 %Concordia Parish22.8Tensas Parish: 22.8 %Tensas Parish22.8Webster Parish: 22.8 %Webster Parish22.8Catahoula Parish: 22.7 %Catahoula Parish22.7Franklin Parish: 22.7 %Franklin Parish22.7Evangeline Parish: 22.1 %Evangeline Parish22.1St. Landry Parish: 22 %St. Landry Parish22Acadia Parish: 21.9 %Acadia Parish21.9St. Helena Parish: 21.8 %St. Helena Parish21.8Allen Parish: 21.7 %Allen Parish21.7Washington Parish: 21.7 %Washington Parish21.7Richland Parish: 21.4 %Richland Parish21.4St. Mary Parish: 21.3 %St. Mary Parish21.3Sabine Parish: 21.1 %Sabine Parish21.1Union Parish: 20.8 %Union Parish20.8De Soto Parish: 20.7 %De Soto Parish20.7Jackson Parish: 20.6 %Jackson Parish20.6Winn Parish: 20.6 %Winn Parish20.6Assumption Parish: 20.5 %Assumption Parish20.5Iberia Parish: 20.4 %Iberia Parish20.4St. Bernard Parish: 20.2 %St. Bernard Parish20.2Vermilion Parish: 20.2 %Vermilion Parish20.2Grant Parish: 20.1 %Grant Parish20.1West Carroll Parish: 20 %West Carroll Parish20Jefferson Davis Parish: 19.9 %Jefferson Davis Parish19.9St. Martin Parish: 19.7 %St. Martin Parish19.7Lafourche Parish: 19.1 %Lafourche Parish19.1Iberville Parish: 18.9 %Iberville Parish18.9Terrebonne Parish: 18.8 %Terrebonne Parish18.8Rapides Parish: 18.7 %Rapides Parish18.7LaSalle Parish: 18.6 %LaSalle Parish18.6Tangipahoa Parish: 18.6 %Tangipahoa Parish18.6
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1East Carroll Parish28.4+0.5 pts
2Claiborne Parish25.7-1.5 pts
3Madison Parish25.5+0.1 pts
4Bienville Parish23.8-1.5 pts
5Avoyelles Parish23.2-0.9 pts
5Red River Parish23.20 pts
7Caldwell Parish230 pts
7Morehouse Parish23-1.5 pts
9Concordia Parish22.8-0.6 pts
9Tensas Parish22.8-3.5 pts
9Webster Parish22.8-1.1 pts
12Catahoula Parish22.7+2.1 pts
12Franklin Parish22.7-1 pts
14Evangeline Parish22.1-3.6 pts
15St. Landry Parish22-0.5 pts
16Acadia Parish21.9+1.3 pts
17St. Helena Parish21.8+0.4 pts
18Allen Parish21.7+0.2 pts
18Washington Parish21.7+1 pts
20Richland Parish21.4-1.4 pts
21St. Mary Parish21.3-3.1 pts
22Sabine Parish21.1-0.9 pts
23Union Parish20.8-0.1 pts
24De Soto Parish20.7+0.9 pts
25Jackson Parish20.6-2.1 pts
25Winn Parish20.6-1.4 pts
27Assumption Parish20.5-1.9 pts
28Iberia Parish20.4-1.4 pts
29St. Bernard Parish20.2-2.7 pts
29Vermilion Parish20.2+0.3 pts
31Grant Parish20.1-3.6 pts
32West Carroll Parish20-3.8 pts
33Jefferson Davis Parish19.9+0.4 pts
34St. Martin Parish19.7-1.2 pts
35Lafourche Parish19.1-2.1 pts
36Iberville Parish18.9-2.9 pts
37Terrebonne Parish18.8-0.3 pts
38Rapides Parish18.7-0.7 pts
39LaSalle Parish18.6-2.5 pts
39Tangipahoa Parish18.6-0.3 pts
41Beauregard Parish18.5-2.1 pts
41Pointe Coupee Parish18.5-3.1 pts
43East Feliciana Parish18.3-1.2 pts
43Vernon Parish18.3-0.2 pts
45Caddo Parish18.2-1.2 pts
46Ouachita Parish17.9-1 pts
47Natchitoches Parish17.7-1.8 pts
48Calcasieu Parish17.1-1.6 pts
48Livingston Parish17.1-1.2 pts
50Cameron Parish17-2.8 pts
50West Feliciana Parish17-1.8 pts
52Plaquemines Parish16.8-3.3 pts
53St. John the Baptist Parish16.7-3.2 pts
54St. James Parish16.5-2.2 pts
55West Baton Rouge Parish16.2-3.4 pts
56Bossier Parish16.1-2 pts
57Lafayette Parish16-1.5 pts
58Lincoln Parish15.9-1.5 pts
59Ascension Parish15.4-1.4 pts
60St. Charles Parish15.1-0.6 pts
61Orleans Parish15-2.1 pts
62Jefferson Parish14.9-2.3 pts
63St. Tammany Parish14.5-1.5 pts
64East Baton Rouge Parish14-1.2 pts

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Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Louisiana by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Louisiana by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Louisiana by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/louisiana-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

East Carroll Parish, with 28.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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East Baton Rouge Parish, with 14% in 2023.

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