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

East Carroll Parish had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 34.8%. St. Tammany Parish had the lowest, at 15.6%. The median was 22.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest34.8East Carroll Parish
Lowest15.6St. Tammany Parish
Median22.764 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 24.9 %Allen Parish: 24.3 %Ascension Parish: 16.9 %Assumption Parish: 24.5 %Avoyelles Parish: 26.9 %Beauregard Parish: 21.5 %Bienville Parish: 26 %Bossier Parish: 18.8 %Caddo Parish: 22.1 %Calcasieu Parish: 20.5 %Caldwell Parish: 26.3 %Cameron Parish: 20.9 %Catahoula Parish: 25.7 %Claiborne Parish: 28.5 %Concordia Parish: 28.3 %De Soto Parish: 23.4 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 17.3 %East Carroll Parish: 34.8 %East Feliciana Parish: 21.6 %Evangeline Parish: 27.9 %Franklin Parish: 26.8 %Grant Parish: 23.7 %Iberia Parish: 23 %Iberville Parish: 22.4 %Jackson Parish: 22.9 %Jefferson Parish: 18.3 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 22.4 %Lafayette Parish: 18.8 %Lafourche Parish: 22.3 %LaSalle Parish: 22.2 %Lincoln Parish: 18.3 %Livingston Parish: 19.4 %Madison Parish: 28.4 %Morehouse Parish: 26.1 %Natchitoches Parish: 21.5 %Orleans Parish: 18.9 %Ouachita Parish: 21.2 %Plaquemines Parish: 21.2 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 21.5 %Rapides Parish: 22 %Red River Parish: 23.8 %Richland Parish: 26.2 %Sabine Parish: 24.4 %St. Bernard Parish: 23.7 %St. Charles Parish: 16.9 %St. Helena Parish: 25.1 %St. James Parish: 19.9 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 19.9 %St. Landry Parish: 26 %St. Martin Parish: 22.8 %St. Mary Parish: 23.7 %St. Tammany Parish: 15.6 %Tangipahoa Parish: 21.5 %Tensas Parish: 26.5 %Terrebonne Parish: 22.5 %Union Parish: 23 %Vermilion Parish: 22.3 %Vernon Parish: 20.5 %Washington Parish: 25.7 %Webster Parish: 26.1 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 20 %West Carroll Parish: 24.5 %West Feliciana Parish: 20.7 %Winn Parish: 23.9 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

East Carroll Parish: 34.8 %East Carroll Parish34.8Claiborne Parish: 28.5 %Claiborne Parish28.5Madison Parish: 28.4 %Madison Parish28.4Concordia Parish: 28.3 %Concordia Parish28.3Evangeline Parish: 27.9 %Evangeline Parish27.9Avoyelles Parish: 26.9 %Avoyelles Parish26.9Franklin Parish: 26.8 %Franklin Parish26.8Tensas Parish: 26.5 %Tensas Parish26.5Caldwell Parish: 26.3 %Caldwell Parish26.3Richland Parish: 26.2 %Richland Parish26.2Morehouse Parish: 26.1 %Morehouse Parish26.1Webster Parish: 26.1 %Webster Parish26.1Bienville Parish: 26 %Bienville Parish26St. Landry Parish: 26 %St. Landry Parish26Catahoula Parish: 25.7 %Catahoula Parish25.7Washington Parish: 25.7 %Washington Parish25.7St. Helena Parish: 25.1 %St. Helena Parish25.1Acadia Parish: 24.9 %Acadia Parish24.9Assumption Parish: 24.5 %Assumption Parish24.5West Carroll Parish: 24.5 %West Carroll Parish24.5Sabine Parish: 24.4 %Sabine Parish24.4Allen Parish: 24.3 %Allen Parish24.3Winn Parish: 23.9 %Winn Parish23.9Red River Parish: 23.8 %Red River Parish23.8Grant Parish: 23.7 %Grant Parish23.7St. Bernard Parish: 23.7 %St. Bernard Parish23.7St. Mary Parish: 23.7 %St. Mary Parish23.7De Soto Parish: 23.4 %De Soto Parish23.4Iberia Parish: 23 %Iberia Parish23Union Parish: 23 %Union Parish23Jackson Parish: 22.9 %Jackson Parish22.9St. Martin Parish: 22.8 %St. Martin Parish22.8Terrebonne Parish: 22.5 %Terrebonne Parish22.5Iberville Parish: 22.4 %Iberville Parish22.4Jefferson Davis Parish: 22.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish22.4Lafourche Parish: 22.3 %Lafourche Parish22.3Vermilion Parish: 22.3 %Vermilion Parish22.3LaSalle Parish: 22.2 %LaSalle Parish22.2Caddo Parish: 22.1 %Caddo Parish22.1Rapides Parish: 22 %Rapides Parish22East Carroll Parish: 34.8 %East Carroll Parish34.8Claiborne Parish: 28.5 %Claiborne Parish28.5Madison Parish: 28.4 %Madison Parish28.4Concordia Parish: 28.3 %Concordia Parish28.3Evangeline Parish: 27.9 %Evangeline Parish27.9Avoyelles Parish: 26.9 %Avoyelles Parish26.9Franklin Parish: 26.8 %Franklin Parish26.8Tensas Parish: 26.5 %Tensas Parish26.5Caldwell Parish: 26.3 %Caldwell Parish26.3Richland Parish: 26.2 %Richland Parish26.2Morehouse Parish: 26.1 %Morehouse Parish26.1Webster Parish: 26.1 %Webster Parish26.1Bienville Parish: 26 %Bienville Parish26St. Landry Parish: 26 %St. Landry Parish26Catahoula Parish: 25.7 %Catahoula Parish25.7Washington Parish: 25.7 %Washington Parish25.7St. Helena Parish: 25.1 %St. Helena Parish25.1Acadia Parish: 24.9 %Acadia Parish24.9Assumption Parish: 24.5 %Assumption Parish24.5West Carroll Parish: 24.5 %West Carroll Parish24.5Sabine Parish: 24.4 %Sabine Parish24.4Allen Parish: 24.3 %Allen Parish24.3Winn Parish: 23.9 %Winn Parish23.9Red River Parish: 23.8 %Red River Parish23.8Grant Parish: 23.7 %Grant Parish23.7St. Bernard Parish: 23.7 %St. Bernard Parish23.7St. Mary Parish: 23.7 %St. Mary Parish23.7De Soto Parish: 23.4 %De Soto Parish23.4Iberia Parish: 23 %Iberia Parish23Union Parish: 23 %Union Parish23Jackson Parish: 22.9 %Jackson Parish22.9St. Martin Parish: 22.8 %St. Martin Parish22.8Terrebonne Parish: 22.5 %Terrebonne Parish22.5Iberville Parish: 22.4 %Iberville Parish22.4Jefferson Davis Parish: 22.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish22.4Lafourche Parish: 22.3 %Lafourche Parish22.3Vermilion Parish: 22.3 %Vermilion Parish22.3LaSalle Parish: 22.2 %LaSalle Parish22.2Caddo Parish: 22.1 %Caddo Parish22.1Rapides Parish: 22 %Rapides Parish22
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1East Carroll Parish34.8
2Claiborne Parish28.5
3Madison Parish28.4
4Concordia Parish28.3
5Evangeline Parish27.9
6Avoyelles Parish26.9
7Franklin Parish26.8
8Tensas Parish26.5
9Caldwell Parish26.3
10Richland Parish26.2
11Morehouse Parish26.1
11Webster Parish26.1
13Bienville Parish26
13St. Landry Parish26
15Catahoula Parish25.7
15Washington Parish25.7
17St. Helena Parish25.1
18Acadia Parish24.9
19Assumption Parish24.5
19West Carroll Parish24.5
21Sabine Parish24.4
22Allen Parish24.3
23Winn Parish23.9
24Red River Parish23.8
25Grant Parish23.7
25St. Bernard Parish23.7
25St. Mary Parish23.7
28De Soto Parish23.4
29Iberia Parish23
29Union Parish23
31Jackson Parish22.9
32St. Martin Parish22.8
33Terrebonne Parish22.5
34Iberville Parish22.4
34Jefferson Davis Parish22.4
36Lafourche Parish22.3
36Vermilion Parish22.3
38LaSalle Parish22.2
39Caddo Parish22.1
40Rapides Parish22
41East Feliciana Parish21.6
42Beauregard Parish21.5
42Natchitoches Parish21.5
42Pointe Coupee Parish21.5
42Tangipahoa Parish21.5
46Ouachita Parish21.2
46Plaquemines Parish21.2
48Cameron Parish20.9
49West Feliciana Parish20.7
50Calcasieu Parish20.5
50Vernon Parish20.5
52West Baton Rouge Parish20
53St. James Parish19.9
53St. John the Baptist Parish19.9
55Livingston Parish19.4
56Orleans Parish18.9
57Bossier Parish18.8
57Lafayette Parish18.8
59Jefferson Parish18.3
59Lincoln Parish18.3
61East Baton Rouge Parish17.3
62Ascension Parish16.9
62St. Charles Parish16.9
64St. Tammany Parish15.6

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

East Carroll Parish, with 34.8% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

St. Tammany Parish, with 15.6% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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.

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