Data / Rankings / Housing units / Counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana by housing units

East Baton Rouge Parish had the highest housing units of 64 counties in 2021, at 202,782. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 2,845. The median was 14,185 and the figure for Louisiana was 2.07 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest202,782East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest2,845Tensas Parish
Median14,18564 counties
Louisiana2,066,323History

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 25,034 countAllen Parish: 9,532 countAscension Parish: 49,023 countAssumption Parish: 10,030 countAvoyelles Parish: 18,199 countBeauregard Parish: 15,676 countBienville Parish: 6,932 countBossier Parish: 55,196 countCaddo Parish: 112,435 countCalcasieu Parish: 92,202 countCaldwell Parish: 4,640 countCameron Parish: 3,725 countCatahoula Parish: 4,482 countClaiborne Parish: 6,904 countConcordia Parish: 9,013 countDe Soto Parish: 12,403 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 202,782 countEast Carroll Parish: 3,149 countEast Feliciana Parish: 8,085 countEvangeline Parish: 14,483 countFranklin Parish: 8,924 countGrant Parish: 8,996 countIberia Parish: 30,832 countIberville Parish: 13,183 countJackson Parish: 7,254 countJefferson Parish: 193,255 countJefferson Davis Parish: 13,887 countLafayette Parish: 106,978 countLafourche Parish: 40,832 countLaSalle Parish: 6,215 countLincoln Parish: 20,297 countLivingston Parish: 57,032 countMadison Parish: 4,407 countMorehouse Parish: 11,961 countNatchitoches Parish: 18,559 countOrleans Parish: 193,376 countOuachita Parish: 69,676 countPlaquemines Parish: 9,509 countPointe Coupee Parish: 10,983 countRapides Parish: 57,889 countRed River Parish: 3,632 countRichland Parish: 8,670 countSabine Parish: 13,554 countSt. Bernard Parish: 17,529 countSt. Charles Parish: 20,426 countSt. Helena Parish: 5,226 countSt. James Parish: 8,589 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 17,746 countSt. Landry Parish: 36,702 countSt. Martin Parish: 23,407 countSt. Mary Parish: 22,561 countSt. Tammany Parish: 108,851 countTangipahoa Parish: 56,149 countTensas Parish: 2,845 countTerrebonne Parish: 47,042 countUnion Parish: 10,493 countVermilion Parish: 25,760 countVernon Parish: 21,968 countWashington Parish: 21,386 countWebster Parish: 18,339 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 11,247 countWest Carroll Parish: 4,718 countWest Feliciana Parish: 5,062 countWinn Parish: 6,451 count
  • Under 6,000
  • 6,000 to 10K
  • 10K to 14K
  • 14K to 22K
  • 22K to 56K
  • 56K and over
count, 2021. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

East Baton Rouge Parish: 202,782 countEast Baton Rouge Parish202,782Orleans Parish: 193,376 countOrleans Parish193,376Jefferson Parish: 193,255 countJefferson Parish193,255Caddo Parish: 112,435 countCaddo Parish112,435St. Tammany Parish: 108,851 countSt. Tammany Parish108,851Lafayette Parish: 106,978 countLafayette Parish106,978Calcasieu Parish: 92,202 countCalcasieu Parish92,202Ouachita Parish: 69,676 countOuachita Parish69,676Rapides Parish: 57,889 countRapides Parish57,889Livingston Parish: 57,032 countLivingston Parish57,032Tangipahoa Parish: 56,149 countTangipahoa Parish56,149Bossier Parish: 55,196 countBossier Parish55,196Ascension Parish: 49,023 countAscension Parish49,023Terrebonne Parish: 47,042 countTerrebonne Parish47,042Lafourche Parish: 40,832 countLafourche Parish40,832St. Landry Parish: 36,702 countSt. Landry Parish36,702Iberia Parish: 30,832 countIberia Parish30,832Vermilion Parish: 25,760 countVermilion Parish25,760Acadia Parish: 25,034 countAcadia Parish25,034St. Martin Parish: 23,407 countSt. Martin Parish23,407St. Mary Parish: 22,561 countSt. Mary Parish22,561Vernon Parish: 21,968 countVernon Parish21,968Washington Parish: 21,386 countWashington Parish21,386St. Charles Parish: 20,426 countSt. Charles Parish20,426Lincoln Parish: 20,297 countLincoln Parish20,297Natchitoches Parish: 18,559 countNatchitoches Parish18,559Webster Parish: 18,339 countWebster Parish18,339Avoyelles Parish: 18,199 countAvoyelles Parish18,199St. John the Baptist Parish: 17,746 countSt. John the Baptist Parish17,746St. Bernard Parish: 17,529 countSt. Bernard Parish17,529Beauregard Parish: 15,676 countBeauregard Parish15,676Evangeline Parish: 14,483 countEvangeline Parish14,483Jefferson Davis Parish: 13,887 countJefferson Davis Parish13,887Sabine Parish: 13,554 countSabine Parish13,554Iberville Parish: 13,183 countIberville Parish13,183De Soto Parish: 12,403 countDe Soto Parish12,403Morehouse Parish: 11,961 countMorehouse Parish11,961West Baton Rouge Parish: 11,247 countWest Baton Rouge Parish11,247Pointe Coupee Parish: 10,983 countPointe Coupee Parish10,983Union Parish: 10,493 countUnion Parish10,493East Baton Rouge Parish: 202,782 countEast Baton Rouge Parish202,782Orleans Parish: 193,376 countOrleans Parish193,376Jefferson Parish: 193,255 countJefferson Parish193,255Caddo Parish: 112,435 countCaddo Parish112,435St. Tammany Parish: 108,851 countSt. Tammany Parish108,851Lafayette Parish: 106,978 countLafayette Parish106,978Calcasieu Parish: 92,202 countCalcasieu Parish92,202Ouachita Parish: 69,676 countOuachita Parish69,676Rapides Parish: 57,889 countRapides Parish57,889Livingston Parish: 57,032 countLivingston Parish57,032Tangipahoa Parish: 56,149 countTangipahoa Parish56,149Bossier Parish: 55,196 countBossier Parish55,196Ascension Parish: 49,023 countAscension Parish49,023Terrebonne Parish: 47,042 countTerrebonne Parish47,042Lafourche Parish: 40,832 countLafourche Parish40,832St. Landry Parish: 36,702 countSt. Landry Parish36,702Iberia Parish: 30,832 countIberia Parish30,832Vermilion Parish: 25,760 countVermilion Parish25,760Acadia Parish: 25,034 countAcadia Parish25,034St. Martin Parish: 23,407 countSt. Martin Parish23,407St. Mary Parish: 22,561 countSt. Mary Parish22,561Vernon Parish: 21,968 countVernon Parish21,968Washington Parish: 21,386 countWashington Parish21,386St. Charles Parish: 20,426 countSt. Charles Parish20,426Lincoln Parish: 20,297 countLincoln Parish20,297Natchitoches Parish: 18,559 countNatchitoches Parish18,559Webster Parish: 18,339 countWebster Parish18,339Avoyelles Parish: 18,199 countAvoyelles Parish18,199St. John the Baptist Parish: 17,746 countSt. John the Baptist Parish17,746St. Bernard Parish: 17,529 countSt. Bernard Parish17,529Beauregard Parish: 15,676 countBeauregard Parish15,676Evangeline Parish: 14,483 countEvangeline Parish14,483Jefferson Davis Parish: 13,887 countJefferson Davis Parish13,887Sabine Parish: 13,554 countSabine Parish13,554Iberville Parish: 13,183 countIberville Parish13,183De Soto Parish: 12,403 countDe Soto Parish12,403Morehouse Parish: 11,961 countMorehouse Parish11,961West Baton Rouge Parish: 11,247 countWest Baton Rouge Parish11,247Pointe Coupee Parish: 10,983 countPointe Coupee Parish10,983Union Parish: 10,493 countUnion Parish10,493
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021
count
1East Baton Rouge Parish202,782
2Orleans Parish193,376
3Jefferson Parish193,255
4Caddo Parish112,435
5St. Tammany Parish108,851
6Lafayette Parish106,978
7Calcasieu Parish92,202
8Ouachita Parish69,676
9Rapides Parish57,889
10Livingston Parish57,032
11Tangipahoa Parish56,149
12Bossier Parish55,196
13Ascension Parish49,023
14Terrebonne Parish47,042
15Lafourche Parish40,832
16St. Landry Parish36,702
17Iberia Parish30,832
18Vermilion Parish25,760
19Acadia Parish25,034
20St. Martin Parish23,407
21St. Mary Parish22,561
22Vernon Parish21,968
23Washington Parish21,386
24St. Charles Parish20,426
25Lincoln Parish20,297
26Natchitoches Parish18,559
27Webster Parish18,339
28Avoyelles Parish18,199
29St. John the Baptist Parish17,746
30St. Bernard Parish17,529
31Beauregard Parish15,676
32Evangeline Parish14,483
33Jefferson Davis Parish13,887
34Sabine Parish13,554
35Iberville Parish13,183
36De Soto Parish12,403
37Morehouse Parish11,961
38West Baton Rouge Parish11,247
39Pointe Coupee Parish10,983
40Union Parish10,493
41Assumption Parish10,030
42Allen Parish9,532
43Plaquemines Parish9,509
44Concordia Parish9,013
45Grant Parish8,996
46Franklin Parish8,924
47Richland Parish8,670
48St. James Parish8,589
49East Feliciana Parish8,085
50Jackson Parish7,254
51Bienville Parish6,932
52Claiborne Parish6,904
53Winn Parish6,451
54LaSalle Parish6,215
55St. Helena Parish5,226
56West Feliciana Parish5,062
57West Carroll Parish4,718
58Caldwell Parish4,640
59Catahoula Parish4,482
60Madison Parish4,407
61Cameron Parish3,725
62Red River Parish3,632
63East Carroll Parish3,149
64Tensas Parish2,845

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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 B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units (Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_louisiana_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units: Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units: Counties in Louisiana by housing units, 2021
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-counties?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Louisiana by housing units using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"housing_units","level":"province","within":"Louisiana","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=housing_units&level=province&within=Louisiana&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest housing units?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 202,782 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest housing units?

Tensas Parish, with 2,845 in 2021.

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 B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Housing units: other rankings

Counties in Louisiana: more rankings