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Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD)

St. James Parish had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 64 counties in 2024, at $89,300. East Carroll Parish had the lowest, at $39,200. The median was $74,000. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest89,300St. James Parish
Lowest39,200East Carroll Parish
Median74,00064 counties

Map of counties, 2024

Acadia Parish: 65,300 USDAllen Parish: 65,600 USDAscension Parish: 87,400 USDAssumption Parish: 73,800 USDAvoyelles Parish: 52,000 USDBeauregard Parish: 87,600 USDBienville Parish: 53,700 USDBossier Parish: 75,200 USDCaddo Parish: 75,200 USDCalcasieu Parish: 79,000 USDCaldwell Parish: 71,500 USDCameron Parish: 79,000 USDCatahoula Parish: 67,700 USDClaiborne Parish: 42,200 USDConcordia Parish: 56,500 USDDe Soto Parish: 75,200 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDEast Carroll Parish: 39,200 USDEast Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDEvangeline Parish: 49,800 USDFranklin Parish: 53,900 USDGrant Parish: 74,200 USDIberia Parish: 62,100 USDIberville Parish: 73,600 USDJackson Parish: 55,500 USDJefferson Parish: 86,800 USDJefferson Davis Parish: 76,000 USDLafayette Parish: 85,000 USDLafourche Parish: 79,600 USDLaSalle Parish: 79,100 USDLincoln Parish: 62,200 USDLivingston Parish: 87,400 USDMadison Parish: 48,000 USDMorehouse Parish: 55,100 USDNatchitoches Parish: 65,400 USDOrleans Parish: 86,800 USDOuachita Parish: 65,400 USDPlaquemines Parish: 86,800 USDPointe Coupee Parish: 87,400 USDRapides Parish: 74,200 USDRed River Parish: 60,400 USDRichland Parish: 59,700 USDSabine Parish: 61,400 USDSt. Bernard Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Charles Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Helena Parish: 87,400 USDSt. James Parish: 89,300 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Landry Parish: 55,600 USDSt. Martin Parish: 85,000 USDSt. Mary Parish: 67,000 USDSt. Tammany Parish: 86,800 USDTangipahoa Parish: 76,300 USDTensas Parish: 54,600 USDTerrebonne Parish: 79,600 USDUnion Parish: 65,400 USDVermilion Parish: 74,600 USDVernon Parish: 69,400 USDWashington Parish: 58,000 USDWebster Parish: 48,100 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDWest Carroll Parish: 67,300 USDWest Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDWinn Parish: 61,100 USD
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  • 74K to 79K
  • 79K to 87K
  • 87K and over
USD, 2024. 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, 2024

St. James Parish: 89,300 USDSt. James Parish89,300Beauregard Parish: 87,600 USDBeauregard Parish87,600Ascension Parish: 87,400 USDAscension Parish87,400East Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish87,400East Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDEast Feliciana Parish87,400Livingston Parish: 87,400 USDLivingston Parish87,400Pointe Coupee Parish: 87,400 USDPointe Coupee Parish87,400St. Helena Parish: 87,400 USDSt. Helena Parish87,400West Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish87,400West Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDWest Feliciana Parish87,400Jefferson Parish: 86,800 USDJefferson Parish86,800Orleans Parish: 86,800 USDOrleans Parish86,800Plaquemines Parish: 86,800 USDPlaquemines Parish86,800St. Bernard Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Bernard Parish86,800St. Charles Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Charles Parish86,800St. John the Baptist Parish: 86,800 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish86,800St. Tammany Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Tammany Parish86,800Lafayette Parish: 85,000 USDLafayette Parish85,000St. Martin Parish: 85,000 USDSt. Martin Parish85,000Lafourche Parish: 79,600 USDLafourche Parish79,600Terrebonne Parish: 79,600 USDTerrebonne Parish79,600LaSalle Parish: 79,100 USDLaSalle Parish79,100Calcasieu Parish: 79,000 USDCalcasieu Parish79,000Cameron Parish: 79,000 USDCameron Parish79,000Tangipahoa Parish: 76,300 USDTangipahoa Parish76,300Jefferson Davis Parish: 76,000 USDJefferson Davis Parish76,000Bossier Parish: 75,200 USDBossier Parish75,200Caddo Parish: 75,200 USDCaddo Parish75,200De Soto Parish: 75,200 USDDe Soto Parish75,200Vermilion Parish: 74,600 USDVermilion Parish74,600Grant Parish: 74,200 USDGrant Parish74,200Rapides Parish: 74,200 USDRapides Parish74,200Assumption Parish: 73,800 USDAssumption Parish73,800Iberville Parish: 73,600 USDIberville Parish73,600Caldwell Parish: 71,500 USDCaldwell Parish71,500Vernon Parish: 69,400 USDVernon Parish69,400Catahoula Parish: 67,700 USDCatahoula Parish67,700West Carroll Parish: 67,300 USDWest Carroll Parish67,300St. Mary Parish: 67,000 USDSt. Mary Parish67,000Allen Parish: 65,600 USDAllen Parish65,600St. James Parish: 89,300 USDSt. James Parish89,300Beauregard Parish: 87,600 USDBeauregard Parish87,600Ascension Parish: 87,400 USDAscension Parish87,400East Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDEast Baton Rouge Parish87,400East Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDEast Feliciana Parish87,400Livingston Parish: 87,400 USDLivingston Parish87,400Pointe Coupee Parish: 87,400 USDPointe Coupee Parish87,400St. Helena Parish: 87,400 USDSt. Helena Parish87,400West Baton Rouge Parish: 87,400 USDWest Baton Rouge Parish87,400West Feliciana Parish: 87,400 USDWest Feliciana Parish87,400Jefferson Parish: 86,800 USDJefferson Parish86,800Orleans Parish: 86,800 USDOrleans Parish86,800Plaquemines Parish: 86,800 USDPlaquemines Parish86,800St. Bernard Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Bernard Parish86,800St. Charles Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Charles Parish86,800St. John the Baptist Parish: 86,800 USDSt. John the Baptist Parish86,800St. Tammany Parish: 86,800 USDSt. Tammany Parish86,800Lafayette Parish: 85,000 USDLafayette Parish85,000St. Martin Parish: 85,000 USDSt. Martin Parish85,000Lafourche Parish: 79,600 USDLafourche Parish79,600Terrebonne Parish: 79,600 USDTerrebonne Parish79,600LaSalle Parish: 79,100 USDLaSalle Parish79,100Calcasieu Parish: 79,000 USDCalcasieu Parish79,000Cameron Parish: 79,000 USDCameron Parish79,000Tangipahoa Parish: 76,300 USDTangipahoa Parish76,300Jefferson Davis Parish: 76,000 USDJefferson Davis Parish76,000Bossier Parish: 75,200 USDBossier Parish75,200Caddo Parish: 75,200 USDCaddo Parish75,200De Soto Parish: 75,200 USDDe Soto Parish75,200Vermilion Parish: 74,600 USDVermilion Parish74,600Grant Parish: 74,200 USDGrant Parish74,200Rapides Parish: 74,200 USDRapides Parish74,200Assumption Parish: 73,800 USDAssumption Parish73,800Iberville Parish: 73,600 USDIberville Parish73,600Caldwell Parish: 71,500 USDCaldwell Parish71,500Vernon Parish: 69,400 USDVernon Parish69,400Catahoula Parish: 67,700 USDCatahoula Parish67,700West Carroll Parish: 67,300 USDWest Carroll Parish67,300St. Mary Parish: 67,000 USDSt. Mary Parish67,000Allen Parish: 65,600 USDAllen Parish65,600
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024
USD		Change on 2023
1St. James Parish89,300+8.5%
2Beauregard Parish87,600+7.2%
3Ascension Parish87,400+4.9%
3East Baton Rouge Parish87,400+4.9%
3East Feliciana Parish87,400+4.9%
3Livingston Parish87,400+4.9%
3Pointe Coupee Parish87,400+4.9%
3St. Helena Parish87,400+4.9%
3West Baton Rouge Parish87,400+4.9%
3West Feliciana Parish87,400+4.9%
11Jefferson Parish86,800+5.9%
11Orleans Parish86,800+5.9%
11Plaquemines Parish86,800+5.9%
11St. Bernard Parish86,800+5.9%
11St. Charles Parish86,800+5.9%
11St. John the Baptist Parish86,800+5.9%
11St. Tammany Parish86,800+5.9%
18Lafayette Parish85,000+2.9%
18St. Martin Parish85,000+2.9%
20Lafourche Parish79,600-2.1%
20Terrebonne Parish79,600-2.1%
22LaSalle Parish79,100+3.7%
23Calcasieu Parish79,000-3.3%
23Cameron Parish79,000-3.3%
25Tangipahoa Parish76,300-2.9%
26Jefferson Davis Parish76,000+3.7%
27Bossier Parish75,200+8.2%
27Caddo Parish75,200+8.2%
27De Soto Parish75,200+8.2%
30Vermilion Parish74,600-3.5%
31Grant Parish74,200+18.2%
31Rapides Parish74,200+18.2%
33Assumption Parish73,800+3.8%
34Iberville Parish73,600+5.6%
35Caldwell Parish71,500+5.8%
36Vernon Parish69,400+0.7%
37Catahoula Parish67,700+6.4%
38West Carroll Parish67,300+4.8%
39St. Mary Parish67,000+7.7%
40Allen Parish65,6000%
41Natchitoches Parish65,400+8.1%
41Ouachita Parish65,400+2.8%
41Union Parish65,400+2.8%
44Acadia Parish65,300-4.5%
45Lincoln Parish62,200-2.5%
46Iberia Parish62,100-8.4%
47Sabine Parish61,400+1%
48Winn Parish61,100-1.5%
49Red River Parish60,400-2.1%
50Richland Parish59,700+1.2%
51Washington Parish58,000+9.2%
52Concordia Parish56,500+5.2%
53St. Landry Parish55,600+6.1%
54Jackson Parish55,500-9.3%
55Morehouse Parish55,100+4.6%
56Tensas Parish54,600+18.2%
57Franklin Parish53,900-2.4%
58Bienville Parish53,700+0.6%
59Avoyelles Parish52,000-2.4%
60Evangeline Parish49,800+6.4%
61Webster Parish48,100+6.2%
62Madison Parish48,000+1.7%
63Claiborne Parish42,200-2.8%
64East Carroll Parish39,200+4%

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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/il24/Section8-FY24.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2024). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il24/Section8-FY24.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), 2024. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 19 Mar. 2024, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il24/Section8-FY24.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2024. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il24/Section8-FY24.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2024.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2024) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Louisiana by area median family income (HUD), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il24/Section8-FY24.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/louisiana-counties?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

St. James Parish, with $89,300 in 2024, 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 $39,200 in 2024.

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