# Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 64 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Carroll Parish | 35.2 |
| 2 | Madison Parish | 34.5 |
| 3 | Tensas Parish | 34.4 |
| 4 | St. Helena Parish | 32.4 |
| 5 | Claiborne Parish | 32 |
| 6 | Concordia Parish | 31.8 |
| 7 | Lincoln Parish | 31.2 |
| 8 | Caldwell Parish | 29.8 |
| 9 | Union Parish | 29.4 |
| 10 | Morehouse Parish | 29.3 |
| 11 | Bienville Parish | 29.3 |
| 12 | Avoyelles Parish | 27.8 |
| 13 | St. Landry Parish | 26.8 |
| 14 | Red River Parish | 25.8 |
| 15 | Natchitoches Parish | 25.4 |
| 16 | Acadia Parish | 25 |
| 17 | Washington Parish | 24.3 |
| 18 | Catahoula Parish | 24.3 |
| 19 | Evangeline Parish | 24.3 |
| 19 | Winn Parish | 24.3 |
| 21 | Franklin Parish | 24.1 |
| 22 | Richland Parish | 24.1 |
| 23 | Sabine Parish | 23.7 |
| 24 | Ouachita Parish | 23.2 |
| 25 | Webster Parish | 23.1 |
| 26 | Allen Parish | 23.1 |
| 27 | St. Bernard Parish | 23 |
| 28 | Iberia Parish | 22.8 |
| 29 | Orleans Parish | 22.6 |
| 30 | Caddo Parish | 22.4 |
| 31 | Jackson Parish | 22.3 |
| 32 | De Soto Parish | 21.5 |
| 33 | St. Mary Parish | 20.8 |
| 34 | Vermilion Parish | 20.2 |
| 35 | Iberville Parish | 19.9 |
| 36 | Rapides Parish | 19.9 |
| 37 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 19.6 |
| 38 | Tangipahoa Parish | 19.2 |
| 39 | Vernon Parish | 19 |
| 40 | Calcasieu Parish | 17.4 |
| 41 | Lafayette Parish | 17.1 |
| 42 | Grant Parish | 17 |
| 43 | Lafourche Parish | 17 |
| 44 | Jefferson Parish | 16.6 |
| 45 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 16.5 |
| 46 | West Carroll Parish | 16.2 |
| 47 | East Feliciana Parish | 16.2 |
| 48 | LaSalle Parish | 16 |
| 48 | Terrebonne Parish | 16 |
| 50 | Bossier Parish | 15.9 |
| 51 | Assumption Parish | 15.3 |
| 52 | St. Martin Parish | 15.3 |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 14.6 |
| 54 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 14.4 |
| 55 | Beauregard Parish | 14.4 |
| 56 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 12.9 |
| 57 | Plaquemines Parish | 12.9 |
| 58 | Livingston Parish | 12.9 |
| 59 | West Feliciana Parish | 11.8 |
| 60 | St. Charles Parish | 11.7 |
| 61 | St. Tammany Parish | 11.4 |
| 62 | St. James Parish | 11.1 |
| 63 | Ascension Parish | 10.3 |
| 64 | Cameron Parish | 7.4 |