Counties in Louisiana by female population share, 2025

Madison Parish had the highest female population share of 64 counties in 2025, at 53.6%. West Feliciana Parish had the lowest, at 34.7%. The median was 51.2% and the figure for Louisiana was 51.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest53.6Madison Parish

Lowest34.7West Feliciana Parish

Median51.264 counties

Louisiana51.5History

Top 40 counties, 2025

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2025 (%)	Change on 2024
1	Madison Parish	53.6	+0.1 pts
2	Orleans Parish	53.2	+0.1 pts
3	Caddo Parish	53	+0.1 pts
4	Ouachita Parish	52.9	+0.2 pts
5	East Baton Rouge Parish	52.5	-0 pts
6	St. James Parish	52.5	0 pts
7	Pointe Coupee Parish	52.4	+0.1 pts
8	St. John the Baptist Parish	52.3	+0.2 pts
9	Webster Parish	52.1	+0.1 pts
10	Bienville Parish	52.1	0 pts
11	St. Landry Parish	52	+0.1 pts
12	De Soto Parish	52	+0.1 pts
13	Lincoln Parish	51.9	0 pts
14	Rapides Parish	51.9	+0.1 pts
15	Jefferson Parish	51.9	-0 pts
16	St. Helena Parish	51.9	+0.1 pts
17	Lafayette Parish	51.9	0 pts
18	Vermilion Parish	51.8	0 pts
19	Tensas Parish	51.8	+0.3 pts
20	Lafourche Parish	51.8	-0 pts
21	St. Bernard Parish	51.7	0 pts
22	Acadia Parish	51.7	+0.1 pts
23	Tangipahoa Parish	51.7	0 pts
24	Iberia Parish	51.7	0 pts
25	Assumption Parish	51.7	0 pts
26	St. Tammany Parish	51.6	-0 pts
27	Natchitoches Parish	51.6	-0 pts
28	Evangeline Parish	51.6	+0.1 pts
29	Calcasieu Parish	51.6	+0.1 pts
30	St. Mary Parish	51.5	0 pts
31	St. Martin Parish	51.4	-0 pts
32	St. Charles Parish	51.3	+0.1 pts
33	Livingston Parish	51.2	+0.1 pts
34	West Carroll Parish	51.2	0 pts
35	Red River Parish	51.2	-0.2 pts
36	Ascension Parish	51.1	+0.1 pts
37	Jefferson Davis Parish	51	+0.1 pts
38	Franklin Parish	50.9	0 pts
39	Sabine Parish	50.9	0 pts
40	Bossier Parish	50.8	-0.1 pts
41	West Baton Rouge Parish	50.7	-0 pts
42	Union Parish	50.5	-0.2 pts
43	Terrebonne Parish	50.5	0 pts
44	Richland Parish	50.4	+0.2 pts
45	Washington Parish	50.3	+0.1 pts
46	Cameron Parish	50.3	-0.1 pts
47	Morehouse Parish	49.9	-0.2 pts
48	Concordia Parish	49.3	-0.1 pts
49	Beauregard Parish	49.3	-0.1 pts
50	Avoyelles Parish	49.2	-0.1 pts
51	Plaquemines Parish	49.1	-0.2 pts
52	Catahoula Parish	48.8	0 pts
53	Iberville Parish	48.7	+0.1 pts
54	Vernon Parish	48.6	+0.1 pts
55	Caldwell Parish	47.7	-0.1 pts
56	LaSalle Parish	47.6	+0.3 pts
57	Jackson Parish	47	-0.4 pts
58	Claiborne Parish	46.4	-0.1 pts
59	East Feliciana Parish	44.9	-0 pts
60	Allen Parish	43.7	-0.3 pts
61	Grant Parish	43.4	-0 pts
62	East Carroll Parish	40.6	-0.3 pts
63	Winn Parish	39.9	-0.6 pts
64	West Feliciana Parish	34.7	+0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

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. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Louisiana by female population share, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Louisiana by female population share, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Louisiana by female population share, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/louisiana-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Louisiana by female population share, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/louisiana-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest female population share?

Madison Parish, with 53.6% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

West Feliciana Parish, with 34.7% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.