Counties in Louisiana by gini index

Name: Counties in Louisiana by gini index, 2023
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Orleans Parish had the highest gini index of 64 counties in 2023, at 55.9 index. Cameron Parish had the lowest, at 37 index. The median was 48 index and the figure for Louisiana was 49.4 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest55.9Orleans Parish

Lowest37Cameron Parish

Median4864 counties

Louisiana49.4History

Top 40 counties, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 index	Change on 2022
1	Orleans Parish	55.9	-0.1
2	East Carroll Parish	55.1	-5.5
3	Claiborne Parish	53.3	+2.3
4	Bienville Parish	52.8	+5.9
5	Lincoln Parish	52.7	+0.3
6	Caddo Parish	52.6	+0.2
7	Ouachita Parish	52.2	+0.3
8	Morehouse Parish	52.1	+1.4
9	De Soto Parish	51.7	+2.4
10	East Baton Rouge Parish	51.2	0
11	Madison Parish	51.1	-2.7
12	Franklin Parish	50.9	+0.4
13	Caldwell Parish	50.8	-1.7
14	Winn Parish	50.5	+1.4
15	Webster Parish	50.3	0
16	Concordia Parish	50	+0.5
17	Natchitoches Parish	49.9	-3.4
18	Avoyelles Parish	49.8	-1
19	Lafayette Parish	49.4	-0.3
20	Union Parish	49.2	-1.9
21	Washington Parish	48.7	+0.6
22	Red River Parish	48.7	+3.2
23	St. Landry Parish	48.7	-1.4
24	Iberia Parish	48.6	+1.3
25	Tensas Parish	48.5	-2.7
26	Sabine Parish	48.5	-0.4
27	Jefferson Parish	48.3	+0.5
28	East Feliciana Parish	48.2	-0.7
29	Calcasieu Parish	48.2	+0.8
30	Rapides Parish	48.2	+0.3
31	St. Bernard Parish	48.1	+0.5
32	Acadia Parish	48	+0.2
33	St. Helena Parish	48	-1.8
34	Tangipahoa Parish	47.8	+0.3
35	St. Martin Parish	47.6	-0.2
36	Evangeline Parish	47.6	-1.4
37	St. Mary Parish	47.5	-0.8
38	Assumption Parish	47.5	-0.9
39	Bossier Parish	47	+1.1
40	Richland Parish	47	-2
41	Terrebonne Parish	46.9	-0.5
42	Lafourche Parish	46.7	-1.6
43	Pointe Coupee Parish	46.6	-4
44	Allen Parish	46.4	+0.2
45	Vermilion Parish	46	-0.7
46	Jefferson Davis Parish	45.9	0
47	St. Tammany Parish	45.7	-0.5
48	Jackson Parish	45.6	-0.4
49	Iberville Parish	45.6	-0.2
50	West Carroll Parish	45.3	+0.8
51	Vernon Parish	45	-0.5
52	Catahoula Parish	45	-0.8
53	St. James Parish	44.9	+1.4
54	West Feliciana Parish	44.6	-3.3
55	LaSalle Parish	43.9	-1.3
56	Plaquemines Parish	43.7	-3.2
57	St. Charles Parish	43.4	-0.3
58	Beauregard Parish	43.2	+1.1
59	Grant Parish	42.7	-0.6
60	St. John the Baptist Parish	42.3	-2
61	Ascension Parish	42.2	+0.3
62	West Baton Rouge Parish	42	+3.3
63	Livingston Parish	40.1	-1
64	Cameron Parish	37	-0.3

Other periods

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2022
2021

About this ranking

Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Eurostat, equivalised disposable income after social transfers (EU-SILC), for the EU and its countries. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. For the United States, ACS five-year estimate B19083 measures inequality in household money income before taxes. Census publishes a coefficient from 0 to 1; Invokely multiplies it by 100. The displayed year is the final year of the five-year period. Negative household incomes are treated as zero. This differs from the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income and should not be treated as directly comparable.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Orleans Parish, with 55.9 index in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Cameron Parish, with 37 index in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Retrieved 2026-10-10.