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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 2021, at $79,300. East Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $32,100. The median was $60,500. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest79,300Ascension Parish
Lowest32,100East Carroll Parish
Median60,50064 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 56,600 USDAllen Parish: 58,300 USDAscension Parish: 79,300 USDAssumption Parish: 59,000 USDAvoyelles Parish: 51,100 USDBeauregard Parish: 67,400 USDBienville Parish: 42,100 USDBossier Parish: 60,800 USDCaddo Parish: 60,800 USDCalcasieu Parish: 68,400 USDCaldwell Parish: 46,800 USDCameron Parish: 68,400 USDCatahoula Parish: 59,600 USDClaiborne Parish: 39,200 USDConcordia Parish: 47,200 USDDe Soto Parish: 60,800 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDEast Carroll Parish: 32,100 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDEvangeline Parish: 44,500 USDFranklin Parish: 48,300 USDGrant Parish: 60,500 USDIberia Parish: 56,600 USDIberville Parish: 60,500 USDJackson Parish: 51,700 USDJefferson Parish: 70,100 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 56,900 USDLafayette Parish: 72,100 USDLafourche Parish: 67,600 USDLaSalle Parish: 50,800 USDLincoln Parish: 58,100 USDLivingston Parish: 79,300 USDMadison Parish: 34,500 USDMorehouse Parish: 46,000 USDNatchitoches Parish: 47,000 USDOrleans Parish: 70,100 USDOuachita Parish: 63,800 USDPlaquemines Parish: 70,100 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 79,300 USDRapides Parish: 60,500 USDRed River Parish: 52,900 USDRichland Parish: 46,500 USDSabine Parish: 54,800 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Charles Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Helena Parish: 79,300 USDSt. James Parish: 66,200 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Landry Parish: 42,800 USDSt. Martin Parish: 72,100 USDSt. Mary Parish: 53,300 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 70,100 USDTangipahoa Parish: 60,500 USDTensas Parish: 33,500 USDTerrebonne Parish: 67,600 USDUnion Parish: 63,800 USDVermilion Parish: 65,000 USDVernon Parish: 59,400 USDWashington Parish: 47,600 USDWebster Parish: 40,800 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDWest Carroll Parish: 48,800 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDWinn Parish: 46,000 USD
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  • 70K and over
USD, 2021. 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, 2021

Ascension Parish: 79,300 USDAscension Parish79,300East Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish79,300East Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDEast Feliciana Parish79,300Livingston Parish: 79,300 USDLivingston Parish79,300Pointe Coupee Parish: 79,300 USDPointe Coupee Parish79,300St. Helena Parish: 79,300 USDSt. Helena Parish79,300West Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish79,300West Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDWest Feliciana Parish79,300Lafayette Parish: 72,100 USDLafayette Parish72,100St. Martin Parish: 72,100 USDSt. Martin Parish72,100Jefferson Parish: 70,100 USDJefferson Parish70,100Orleans Parish: 70,100 USDOrleans Parish70,100Plaquemines Parish: 70,100 USDPlaquemines Parish70,100St. Bernard Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Bernard Parish70,100St. Charles Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Charles Parish70,100St. John the Baptist Parish: 70,100 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish70,100St. Tammany Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Tammany Parish70,100Calcasieu Parish: 68,400 USDCalcasieu Parish68,400Cameron Parish: 68,400 USDCameron Parish68,400Lafourche Parish: 67,600 USDLafourche Parish67,600Terrebonne Parish: 67,600 USDTerrebonne Parish67,600Beauregard Parish: 67,400 USDBeauregard Parish67,400St. James Parish: 66,200 USDSt. James Parish66,200Vermilion Parish: 65,000 USDVermilion Parish65,000Ouachita Parish: 63,800 USDOuachita Parish63,800Union Parish: 63,800 USDUnion Parish63,800Bossier Parish: 60,800 USDBossier Parish60,800Caddo Parish: 60,800 USDCaddo Parish60,800De Soto Parish: 60,800 USDDe Soto Parish60,800Grant Parish: 60,500 USDGrant Parish60,500Iberville Parish: 60,500 USDIberville Parish60,500Rapides Parish: 60,500 USDRapides Parish60,500Tangipahoa Parish: 60,500 USDTangipahoa Parish60,500Catahoula Parish: 59,600 USDCatahoula Parish59,600Vernon Parish: 59,400 USDVernon Parish59,400Assumption Parish: 59,000 USDAssumption Parish59,000Allen Parish: 58,300 USDAllen Parish58,300Lincoln Parish: 58,100 USDLincoln Parish58,100Jefferson Davis Parish: 56,900 USDJefferson Davis Parish56,900Acadia Parish: 56,600 USDAcadia Parish56,600Ascension Parish: 79,300 USDAscension Parish79,300East Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish79,300East Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDEast Feliciana Parish79,300Livingston Parish: 79,300 USDLivingston Parish79,300Pointe Coupee Parish: 79,300 USDPointe Coupee Parish79,300St. Helena Parish: 79,300 USDSt. Helena Parish79,300West Baton Rouge Parish: 79,300 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish79,300West Feliciana Parish: 79,300 USDWest Feliciana Parish79,300Lafayette Parish: 72,100 USDLafayette Parish72,100St. Martin Parish: 72,100 USDSt. Martin Parish72,100Jefferson Parish: 70,100 USDJefferson Parish70,100Orleans Parish: 70,100 USDOrleans Parish70,100Plaquemines Parish: 70,100 USDPlaquemines Parish70,100St. Bernard Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Bernard Parish70,100St. Charles Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Charles Parish70,100St. John the Baptist Parish: 70,100 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish70,100St. Tammany Parish: 70,100 USDSt. Tammany Parish70,100Calcasieu Parish: 68,400 USDCalcasieu Parish68,400Cameron Parish: 68,400 USDCameron Parish68,400Lafourche Parish: 67,600 USDLafourche Parish67,600Terrebonne Parish: 67,600 USDTerrebonne Parish67,600Beauregard Parish: 67,400 USDBeauregard Parish67,400St. James Parish: 66,200 USDSt. James Parish66,200Vermilion Parish: 65,000 USDVermilion Parish65,000Ouachita Parish: 63,800 USDOuachita Parish63,800Union Parish: 63,800 USDUnion Parish63,800Bossier Parish: 60,800 USDBossier Parish60,800Caddo Parish: 60,800 USDCaddo Parish60,800De Soto Parish: 60,800 USDDe Soto Parish60,800Grant Parish: 60,500 USDGrant Parish60,500Iberville Parish: 60,500 USDIberville Parish60,500Rapides Parish: 60,500 USDRapides Parish60,500Tangipahoa Parish: 60,500 USDTangipahoa Parish60,500Catahoula Parish: 59,600 USDCatahoula Parish59,600Vernon Parish: 59,400 USDVernon Parish59,400Assumption Parish: 59,000 USDAssumption Parish59,000Allen Parish: 58,300 USDAllen Parish58,300Lincoln Parish: 58,100 USDLincoln Parish58,100Jefferson Davis Parish: 56,900 USDJefferson Davis Parish56,900Acadia Parish: 56,600 USDAcadia Parish56,600
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021
USD		Change on 2020
1Ascension Parish79,300+1%
1East Baton Rouge Parish79,300+1%
1East Feliciana Parish79,300+1%
1Livingston Parish79,300+1%
1Pointe Coupee Parish79,300+1%
1St. Helena Parish79,300+1%
1West Baton Rouge Parish79,300+1%
1West Feliciana Parish79,300+1%
9Lafayette Parish72,100+10.6%
9St. Martin Parish72,100+10.6%
11Jefferson Parish70,100-0.4%
11Orleans Parish70,100-0.4%
11Plaquemines Parish70,100-0.4%
11St. Bernard Parish70,100-0.4%
11St. Charles Parish70,100-0.4%
11St. John the Baptist Parish70,100-0.4%
11St. Tammany Parish70,100-0.4%
18Calcasieu Parish68,400-3.4%
18Cameron Parish68,400-3.4%
20Lafourche Parish67,600+0.6%
20Terrebonne Parish67,600+0.6%
22Beauregard Parish67,400+2.6%
23St. James Parish66,200-1.6%
24Vermilion Parish65,000+3.5%
25Ouachita Parish63,800+12.5%
25Union Parish63,800+12.5%
27Bossier Parish60,800+7.2%
27Caddo Parish60,800+7.2%
27De Soto Parish60,800+7.2%
30Grant Parish60,500+3.6%
30Iberville Parish60,500+2%
30Rapides Parish60,500+3.6%
30Tangipahoa Parish60,500+11.8%
34Catahoula Parish59,600+2.6%
35Vernon Parish59,400+4.6%
36Assumption Parish59,000-8.8%
37Allen Parish58,300+0.2%
38Lincoln Parish58,100+0.2%
39Jefferson Davis Parish56,900-0.9%
40Acadia Parish56,600+2.4%
40Iberia Parish56,600+3.3%
42Sabine Parish54,800-4.4%
43St. Mary Parish53,300-1.7%
44Red River Parish52,900-0.9%
45Jackson Parish51,700+1.6%
46Avoyelles Parish51,100-2.7%
47LaSalle Parish50,800+14.9%
48West Carroll Parish48,800-7.2%
49Franklin Parish48,300-3.6%
50Washington Parish47,600+2.4%
51Concordia Parish47,200+6.1%
52Natchitoches Parish47,000-5.2%
53Caldwell Parish46,800-4.5%
54Richland Parish46,500-5.7%
55Morehouse Parish46,000+4.8%
55Winn Parish46,000+5.7%
57Evangeline Parish44,500+1.1%
58St. Landry Parish42,800-2.3%
59Bienville Parish42,100-11.7%
60Webster Parish40,800-7.3%
61Claiborne Parish39,200-2.5%
62Madison Parish34,500-9.9%
63Tensas Parish33,500-1.8%
64East Carroll Parish32,100+8.1%

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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.

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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/il21/Section8-FY21.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2021). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il21/Section8-FY21.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), 2021. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 24 Mar. 2021, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il21/Section8-FY21.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2021. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il21/Section8-FY21.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2021) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il21/Section8-FY21.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Ascension Parish, with $79,300 in 2021, 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 $32,100 in 2021.

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