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Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

Morehouse Parish had the highest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure) of 64 counties in 2024, at 51.4%. St. Tammany Parish had the lowest, at 11.8%. The median was 27.7% and the figure for Louisiana was 25%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest51.4Morehouse Parish
Lowest11.8St. Tammany Parish
Median27.764 counties
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Map of counties, 2024

Acadia Parish: 21.3 %Allen Parish: 24.6 %Ascension Parish: 12.7 %Assumption Parish: 26.6 %Avoyelles Parish: 31.6 %Beauregard Parish: 17.4 %Bienville Parish: 35.9 %Bossier Parish: 25 %Caddo Parish: 31.1 %Calcasieu Parish: 20.6 %Caldwell Parish: 31.3 %Cameron Parish: 17.2 %Catahoula Parish: 32.8 %Claiborne Parish: 33.3 %Concordia Parish: 40.4 %De Soto Parish: 22.2 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 29 %East Carroll Parish: 50 %East Feliciana Parish: 22.8 %Evangeline Parish: 29.2 %Franklin Parish: 39.8 %Grant Parish: 21.5 %Iberia Parish: 35.1 %Iberville Parish: 28.5 %Jackson Parish: 26 %Jefferson Parish: 25.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 25.4 %Lafayette Parish: 21.4 %Lafourche Parish: 18.7 %LaSalle Parish: 19.3 %Lincoln Parish: 28.2 %Livingston Parish: 15.2 %Madison Parish: 49.2 %Morehouse Parish: 51.4 %Natchitoches Parish: 28.3 %Orleans Parish: 30.9 %Ouachita Parish: 27 %Plaquemines Parish: 17.8 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 25.3 %Rapides Parish: 24.6 %Red River Parish: 32.6 %Richland Parish: 34.2 %Sabine Parish: 27.2 %St. Bernard Parish: 23.9 %St. Charles Parish: 17 %St. Helena Parish: 28.8 %St. James Parish: 21.1 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 28.4 %St. Landry Parish: 32 %St. Martin Parish: 25.2 %St. Mary Parish: 32 %St. Tammany Parish: 11.8 %Tangipahoa Parish: 28.5 %Tensas Parish: 48.4 %Terrebonne Parish: 24.7 %Union Parish: 32.1 %Vermilion Parish: 29.9 %Vernon Parish: 20.4 %Washington Parish: 29.4 %Webster Parish: 29.1 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 18 %West Carroll Parish: 28.1 %West Feliciana Parish: 18.6 %Winn Parish: 29.4 %
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%, 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Morehouse Parish: 51.4 %Morehouse Parish51.4East Carroll Parish: 50 %East Carroll Parish50Madison Parish: 49.2 %Madison Parish49.2Tensas Parish: 48.4 %Tensas Parish48.4Concordia Parish: 40.4 %Concordia Parish40.4Franklin Parish: 39.8 %Franklin Parish39.8Bienville Parish: 35.9 %Bienville Parish35.9Iberia Parish: 35.1 %Iberia Parish35.1Richland Parish: 34.2 %Richland Parish34.2Claiborne Parish: 33.3 %Claiborne Parish33.3Catahoula Parish: 32.8 %Catahoula Parish32.8Red River Parish: 32.6 %Red River Parish32.6Union Parish: 32.1 %Union Parish32.1St. Landry Parish: 32 %St. Landry Parish32St. Mary Parish: 32 %St. Mary Parish32Avoyelles Parish: 31.6 %Avoyelles Parish31.6Caldwell Parish: 31.3 %Caldwell Parish31.3Caddo Parish: 31.1 %Caddo Parish31.1Orleans Parish: 30.9 %Orleans Parish30.9Vermilion Parish: 29.9 %Vermilion Parish29.9Washington Parish: 29.4 %Washington Parish29.4Winn Parish: 29.4 %Winn Parish29.4Evangeline Parish: 29.2 %Evangeline Parish29.2Webster Parish: 29.1 %Webster Parish29.1East Baton Rouge Parish: 29 %East Baton Rouge Parish29St. Helena Parish: 28.8 %St. Helena Parish28.8Iberville Parish: 28.5 %Iberville Parish28.5Tangipahoa Parish: 28.5 %Tangipahoa Parish28.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 28.4 %St. John the Baptist Parish28.4Natchitoches Parish: 28.3 %Natchitoches Parish28.3Lincoln Parish: 28.2 %Lincoln Parish28.2West Carroll Parish: 28.1 %West Carroll Parish28.1Sabine Parish: 27.2 %Sabine Parish27.2Ouachita Parish: 27 %Ouachita Parish27Assumption Parish: 26.6 %Assumption Parish26.6Jackson Parish: 26 %Jackson Parish26Jefferson Davis Parish: 25.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish25.4Jefferson Parish: 25.4 %Jefferson Parish25.4Pointe Coupee Parish: 25.3 %Pointe Coupee Parish25.3St. Martin Parish: 25.2 %St. Martin Parish25.2Morehouse Parish: 51.4 %Morehouse Parish51.4East Carroll Parish: 50 %East Carroll Parish50Madison Parish: 49.2 %Madison Parish49.2Tensas Parish: 48.4 %Tensas Parish48.4Concordia Parish: 40.4 %Concordia Parish40.4Franklin Parish: 39.8 %Franklin Parish39.8Bienville Parish: 35.9 %Bienville Parish35.9Iberia Parish: 35.1 %Iberia Parish35.1Richland Parish: 34.2 %Richland Parish34.2Claiborne Parish: 33.3 %Claiborne Parish33.3Catahoula Parish: 32.8 %Catahoula Parish32.8Red River Parish: 32.6 %Red River Parish32.6Union Parish: 32.1 %Union Parish32.1St. Landry Parish: 32 %St. Landry Parish32St. Mary Parish: 32 %St. Mary Parish32Avoyelles Parish: 31.6 %Avoyelles Parish31.6Caldwell Parish: 31.3 %Caldwell Parish31.3Caddo Parish: 31.1 %Caddo Parish31.1Orleans Parish: 30.9 %Orleans Parish30.9Vermilion Parish: 29.9 %Vermilion Parish29.9Washington Parish: 29.4 %Washington Parish29.4Winn Parish: 29.4 %Winn Parish29.4Evangeline Parish: 29.2 %Evangeline Parish29.2Webster Parish: 29.1 %Webster Parish29.1East Baton Rouge Parish: 29 %East Baton Rouge Parish29St. Helena Parish: 28.8 %St. Helena Parish28.8Iberville Parish: 28.5 %Iberville Parish28.5Tangipahoa Parish: 28.5 %Tangipahoa Parish28.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 28.4 %St. John the Baptist Parish28.4Natchitoches Parish: 28.3 %Natchitoches Parish28.3Lincoln Parish: 28.2 %Lincoln Parish28.2West Carroll Parish: 28.1 %West Carroll Parish28.1Sabine Parish: 27.2 %Sabine Parish27.2Ouachita Parish: 27 %Ouachita Parish27Assumption Parish: 26.6 %Assumption Parish26.6Jackson Parish: 26 %Jackson Parish26Jefferson Davis Parish: 25.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish25.4Jefferson Parish: 25.4 %Jefferson Parish25.4Pointe Coupee Parish: 25.3 %Pointe Coupee Parish25.3St. Martin Parish: 25.2 %St. Martin Parish25.2
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Morehouse Parish51.4+6.4 pts
2East Carroll Parish50-2.8 pts
3Madison Parish49.2+1.1 pts
4Tensas Parish48.4+1.3 pts
5Concordia Parish40.4+5.7 pts
6Franklin Parish39.8+3.5 pts
7Bienville Parish35.9+1.7 pts
8Iberia Parish35.1+1.9 pts
9Richland Parish34.2-2.9 pts
10Claiborne Parish33.3-4.2 pts
11Catahoula Parish32.8-13.3 pts
12Red River Parish32.6-1.8 pts
13Union Parish32.1+3.4 pts
14St. Landry Parish32+2.1 pts
14St. Mary Parish32+0.9 pts
16Avoyelles Parish31.6-5.7 pts
17Caldwell Parish31.3+2.3 pts
18Caddo Parish31.1-0.6 pts
19Orleans Parish30.9-1.7 pts
20Vermilion Parish29.9+6.3 pts
21Washington Parish29.4-1.7 pts
21Winn Parish29.4-1.3 pts
23Evangeline Parish29.2+0.8 pts
24Webster Parish29.1+0.3 pts
25East Baton Rouge Parish29+4 pts
26St. Helena Parish28.8-6.3 pts
27Iberville Parish28.5-3.1 pts
27Tangipahoa Parish28.5+2.1 pts
29St. John the Baptist Parish28.4+0.5 pts
30Natchitoches Parish28.3-1.2 pts
31Lincoln Parish28.2+0.9 pts
32West Carroll Parish28.1-2.2 pts
33Sabine Parish27.2+2.7 pts
34Ouachita Parish27-2.4 pts
35Assumption Parish26.6-0.1 pts
36Jackson Parish26-1.7 pts
37Jefferson Davis Parish25.4+2.3 pts
37Jefferson Parish25.4+2.2 pts
39Pointe Coupee Parish25.3-2.5 pts
40St. Martin Parish25.2-1.8 pts
41Bossier Parish25+6 pts
42Terrebonne Parish24.7+2.6 pts
43Allen Parish24.6+1.2 pts
43Rapides Parish24.6-1.3 pts
45St. Bernard Parish23.9-1.8 pts
46East Feliciana Parish22.8-0.3 pts
47De Soto Parish22.2-1.8 pts
48Grant Parish21.5-3.9 pts
49Lafayette Parish21.4+0.1 pts
50Acadia Parish21.3-10.2 pts
51St. James Parish21.1-1.9 pts
52Calcasieu Parish20.6-4.6 pts
53Vernon Parish20.4-0.7 pts
54LaSalle Parish19.3-4.6 pts
55Lafourche Parish18.7-7 pts
56West Feliciana Parish18.6-0.4 pts
57West Baton Rouge Parish18-1.4 pts
58Plaquemines Parish17.8-1.7 pts
59Beauregard Parish17.4-2.1 pts
60Cameron Parish17.2-1.4 pts
61St. Charles Parish17-2 pts
62Livingston Parish15.2-2.9 pts
63Ascension Parish12.70 pts
64St. Tammany Parish11.8-2.7 pts

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About this ranking

People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.

A model-based single-year estimate; the national figure is the one-year American Community Survey estimate. The Census Bureau advises comparing years from 2006 on only. Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate. The rate for all ages is poverty_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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U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt

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Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties, Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/louisiana-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties, Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/louisiana-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties: Counties in Louisiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/louisiana-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure)?

Morehouse Parish, with 51.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure)?

St. Tammany Parish, with 11.8% in 2024.

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