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Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD)

Ascension Parish had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 64 counties in 2020, at $78,500. East Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $29,700. The median was $57,350. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest78,500Ascension Parish
Lowest29,700East Carroll Parish
Median57,35064 counties

Map of counties, 2020

Acadia Parish: 55,300 USDAllen Parish: 58,200 USDAscension Parish: 78,500 USDAssumption Parish: 64,700 USDAvoyelles Parish: 52,500 USDBeauregard Parish: 65,700 USDBienville Parish: 47,700 USDBossier Parish: 56,700 USDCaddo Parish: 56,700 USDCalcasieu Parish: 70,800 USDCaldwell Parish: 49,000 USDCameron Parish: 70,800 USDCatahoula Parish: 58,100 USDClaiborne Parish: 40,200 USDConcordia Parish: 44,500 USDDe Soto Parish: 56,700 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDEast Carroll Parish: 29,700 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDEvangeline Parish: 44,000 USDFranklin Parish: 50,100 USDGrant Parish: 58,400 USDIberia Parish: 54,800 USDIberville Parish: 59,300 USDJackson Parish: 50,900 USDJefferson Parish: 70,400 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 57,400 USDLafayette Parish: 65,200 USDLafourche Parish: 67,200 USDLaSalle Parish: 44,200 USDLincoln Parish: 58,000 USDLivingston Parish: 78,500 USDMadison Parish: 38,300 USDMorehouse Parish: 43,900 USDNatchitoches Parish: 49,600 USDOrleans Parish: 70,400 USDOuachita Parish: 56,700 USDPlaquemines Parish: 70,400 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 78,500 USDRapides Parish: 58,400 USDRed River Parish: 53,400 USDRichland Parish: 49,300 USDSabine Parish: 57,300 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Charles Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Helena Parish: 78,500 USDSt. James Parish: 67,300 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Landry Parish: 43,800 USDSt. Martin Parish: 65,200 USDSt. Mary Parish: 54,200 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 70,400 USDTangipahoa Parish: 54,100 USDTensas Parish: 34,100 USDTerrebonne Parish: 67,200 USDUnion Parish: 56,700 USDVermilion Parish: 62,800 USDVernon Parish: 56,800 USDWashington Parish: 46,500 USDWebster Parish: 44,000 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDWest Carroll Parish: 52,600 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDWinn Parish: 43,500 USD
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USD, 2020. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Ascension Parish: 78,500 USDAscension Parish78,500East Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish78,500East Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDEast Feliciana Parish78,500Livingston Parish: 78,500 USDLivingston Parish78,500Pointe Coupee Parish: 78,500 USDPointe Coupee Parish78,500St. Helena Parish: 78,500 USDSt. Helena Parish78,500West Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish78,500West Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDWest Feliciana Parish78,500Calcasieu Parish: 70,800 USDCalcasieu Parish70,800Cameron Parish: 70,800 USDCameron Parish70,800Jefferson Parish: 70,400 USDJefferson Parish70,400Orleans Parish: 70,400 USDOrleans Parish70,400Plaquemines Parish: 70,400 USDPlaquemines Parish70,400St. Bernard Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Bernard Parish70,400St. Charles Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Charles Parish70,400St. John the Baptist Parish: 70,400 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish70,400St. Tammany Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Tammany Parish70,400St. James Parish: 67,300 USDSt. James Parish67,300Lafourche Parish: 67,200 USDLafourche Parish67,200Terrebonne Parish: 67,200 USDTerrebonne Parish67,200Beauregard Parish: 65,700 USDBeauregard Parish65,700Lafayette Parish: 65,200 USDLafayette Parish65,200St. Martin Parish: 65,200 USDSt. Martin Parish65,200Assumption Parish: 64,700 USDAssumption Parish64,700Vermilion Parish: 62,800 USDVermilion Parish62,800Iberville Parish: 59,300 USDIberville Parish59,300Grant Parish: 58,400 USDGrant Parish58,400Rapides Parish: 58,400 USDRapides Parish58,400Allen Parish: 58,200 USDAllen Parish58,200Catahoula Parish: 58,100 USDCatahoula Parish58,100Lincoln Parish: 58,000 USDLincoln Parish58,000Jefferson Davis Parish: 57,400 USDJefferson Davis Parish57,400Sabine Parish: 57,300 USDSabine Parish57,300Vernon Parish: 56,800 USDVernon Parish56,800Bossier Parish: 56,700 USDBossier Parish56,700Caddo Parish: 56,700 USDCaddo Parish56,700De Soto Parish: 56,700 USDDe Soto Parish56,700Ouachita Parish: 56,700 USDOuachita Parish56,700Union Parish: 56,700 USDUnion Parish56,700Acadia Parish: 55,300 USDAcadia Parish55,300Ascension Parish: 78,500 USDAscension Parish78,500East Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish78,500East Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDEast Feliciana Parish78,500Livingston Parish: 78,500 USDLivingston Parish78,500Pointe Coupee Parish: 78,500 USDPointe Coupee Parish78,500St. Helena Parish: 78,500 USDSt. Helena Parish78,500West Baton Rouge Parish: 78,500 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish78,500West Feliciana Parish: 78,500 USDWest Feliciana Parish78,500Calcasieu Parish: 70,800 USDCalcasieu Parish70,800Cameron Parish: 70,800 USDCameron Parish70,800Jefferson Parish: 70,400 USDJefferson Parish70,400Orleans Parish: 70,400 USDOrleans Parish70,400Plaquemines Parish: 70,400 USDPlaquemines Parish70,400St. Bernard Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Bernard Parish70,400St. Charles Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Charles Parish70,400St. John the Baptist Parish: 70,400 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish70,400St. Tammany Parish: 70,400 USDSt. Tammany Parish70,400St. James Parish: 67,300 USDSt. James Parish67,300Lafourche Parish: 67,200 USDLafourche Parish67,200Terrebonne Parish: 67,200 USDTerrebonne Parish67,200Beauregard Parish: 65,700 USDBeauregard Parish65,700Lafayette Parish: 65,200 USDLafayette Parish65,200St. Martin Parish: 65,200 USDSt. Martin Parish65,200Assumption Parish: 64,700 USDAssumption Parish64,700Vermilion Parish: 62,800 USDVermilion Parish62,800Iberville Parish: 59,300 USDIberville Parish59,300Grant Parish: 58,400 USDGrant Parish58,400Rapides Parish: 58,400 USDRapides Parish58,400Allen Parish: 58,200 USDAllen Parish58,200Catahoula Parish: 58,100 USDCatahoula Parish58,100Lincoln Parish: 58,000 USDLincoln Parish58,000Jefferson Davis Parish: 57,400 USDJefferson Davis Parish57,400Sabine Parish: 57,300 USDSabine Parish57,300Vernon Parish: 56,800 USDVernon Parish56,800Bossier Parish: 56,700 USDBossier Parish56,700Caddo Parish: 56,700 USDCaddo Parish56,700De Soto Parish: 56,700 USDDe Soto Parish56,700Ouachita Parish: 56,700 USDOuachita Parish56,700Union Parish: 56,700 USDUnion Parish56,700Acadia Parish: 55,300 USDAcadia Parish55,300
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
USD		Change on 2019
1Ascension Parish78,500+6.8%
1East Baton Rouge Parish78,500+6.8%
1East Feliciana Parish78,500+6.8%
1Livingston Parish78,500+6.8%
1Pointe Coupee Parish78,500+6.8%
1St. Helena Parish78,500+6.8%
1West Baton Rouge Parish78,500+6.8%
1West Feliciana Parish78,500+6.8%
9Calcasieu Parish70,800+23.8%
9Cameron Parish70,800+23.8%
11Jefferson Parish70,400+4.5%
11Orleans Parish70,400+4.5%
11Plaquemines Parish70,400+4.5%
11St. Bernard Parish70,400+4.5%
11St. Charles Parish70,400+4.5%
11St. John the Baptist Parish70,400+4.5%
11St. Tammany Parish70,400+4.5%
18St. James Parish67,300+1.1%
19Lafourche Parish67,200+10.5%
19Terrebonne Parish67,200+10.5%
21Beauregard Parish65,700+4.8%
22Lafayette Parish65,200-1.2%
22St. Martin Parish65,200-1.2%
24Assumption Parish64,700+2.5%
25Vermilion Parish62,800+1.3%
26Iberville Parish59,300+0.3%
27Grant Parish58,400+1.4%
27Rapides Parish58,400+1.4%
29Allen Parish58,200+3.4%
30Catahoula Parish58,100+2.5%
31Lincoln Parish58,000+1.4%
32Jefferson Davis Parish57,400-0.7%
33Sabine Parish57,300+3.1%
34Vernon Parish56,800+0.5%
35Bossier Parish56,700-1.4%
35Caddo Parish56,700-1.4%
35De Soto Parish56,700-1.4%
35Ouachita Parish56,700+10.7%
35Union Parish56,700+10.7%
40Acadia Parish55,300+8.2%
41Iberia Parish54,800+13.5%
42St. Mary Parish54,200+1.7%
43Tangipahoa Parish54,100-18.4%
44Red River Parish53,400+3.5%
45West Carroll Parish52,600+6.9%
46Avoyelles Parish52,500+6.5%
47Jackson Parish50,900+0.2%
48Franklin Parish50,100+5%
49Natchitoches Parish49,600-0.6%
50Richland Parish49,300+1.9%
51Caldwell Parish49,000+3.8%
52Bienville Parish47,700+0.2%
53Washington Parish46,500-1.1%
54Concordia Parish44,500+4.2%
55LaSalle Parish44,200-2%
56Evangeline Parish44,000-3.1%
56Webster Parish44,000-3.9%
58Morehouse Parish43,900+11.1%
59St. Landry Parish43,800+1.9%
60Winn Parish43,500-0.9%
61Claiborne Parish40,200-1.5%
62Madison Parish38,300+5.5%
63Tensas Parish34,100-0.9%
64East Carroll Parish29,700+4.2%

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About this ranking

Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year.

More on how it is measured
  • HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments.
  • Often called AMI.

A program parameter, not a survey estimate for the county itself: it differs from the Census Bureau median household income and from the American Community Survey median family income of the county. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

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. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il20/Section8-FY20.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2020). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il20/Section8-FY20.xlsx

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HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2020. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 16 Mar. 2020, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il20/Section8-FY20.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2020. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il20/Section8-FY20.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2020) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il20/Section8-FY20.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest area median family income (HUD)?

Ascension Parish, with $78,500 in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest area median family income (HUD)?

East Carroll Parish, with $29,700 in 2020.

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