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Percent of total population in poverty, 2007
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All people in poverty (2007)
Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2007)
90% confidence interval of estimate
90% confidence interval of estimate
FIPS*
Name
RUC Code¹
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
1 22000 Louisiana 18.8 18.5 19.1 26.9 26.2 27.6
2 22001 Acadia Parish 4 23.5 19.7 27.3 29.3 23.8 34.7
3 22003 Allen Parish 6 21.6 17.1 26.0 25.8 20.0 31.6
4 22005 Ascension Parish 2 12.2 10.1 14.2 16.1 13.1 19.1
5 22007 Assumption Parish 6 21.9 17.4 26.4 30.8 23.7 37.8
6 22009 Avoyelles Parish 6 26.7 22.6 30.8 35.8 29.5 42.0
7 22011 Beauregard Parish 6 15.9 13.2 18.6 21.6 17.2 26.1
8 22013 Bienville Parish 6 25.5 20.2 30.8 35.9 27.4 44.4
9 22015 Bossier Parish 2 15.0 12.8 17.2 22.0 18.0 25.9
10 22017 Caddo Parish 2 22.9 20.6 25.2 36.1 31.5 40.6
11 22019 Calcasieu Parish 3 17.5 15.1 19.8 23.6 19.3 27.8
12 22021 Caldwell Parish 8 19.9 15.6 24.3 28.5 21.4 35.5
13 22023 Cameron Parish 3 14.1 10.9 17.4 21.5 16.2 26.9
14 22025 Catahoula Parish 9 30.0 23.6 36.5 44.9 34.8 55.0
15 22027 Claiborne Parish 7 28.9 22.6 35.2 39.1 29.8 48.4
16 22029 Concordia Parish 7 30.1 24.0 36.2 45.0 34.9 55.0
17 22031 De Soto Parish 2 19.9 16.3 23.6 29.5 23.3 35.8
18 22033 East Baton Rouge Parish 2 18.1 16.4 19.8 24.1 20.5 27.8
19 22035 East Carroll Parish 7 38.6 30.0 47.1 55.9 41.8 69.9
20 22037 East Feliciana Parish 2 22.5 17.8 27.2 27.8 21.2 34.5
21 22039 Evangeline Parish 6 26.4 21.5 31.3 34.6 26.8 42.4
22 22041 Franklin Parish 7 29.1 23.8 34.3 45.6 36.3 54.8
23 22043 Grant Parish 3 18.9 14.8 23.1 27.2 20.5 33.8
24 22045 Iberia Parish 4 20.2 17.0 23.3 28.1 22.7 33.5
25 22047 Iberville Parish 2 20.0 15.9 24.1 26.8 20.5 33.1
26 22049 Jackson Parish 6 17.7 13.8 21.6 26.8 20.3 33.3
27 22051 Jefferson Parish 1 14.6 13.0 16.2 23.3 19.9 26.7
28 22053 Jefferson Davis Parish 6 18.6 15.0 22.1 24.5 19.0 29.9
29 22055 Lafayette Parish 3 15.2 13.3 17.1 21.6 18.0 25.3
30 22057 Lafourche Parish 3 17.2 14.3 20.0 23.5 18.6 28.3
31 22059 La Salle Parish 6 18.4 14.4 22.4 26.1 19.8 32.3
32 22061 Lincoln Parish 4 23.9 20.4 27.4 27.6 21.9 33.3
33 22063 Livingston Parish 2 10.8 8.8 12.7 15.0 11.6 18.4
34 22065 Madison Parish 7 33.3 25.9 40.7 48.8 36.9 60.8
35 22067 Morehouse Parish 6 31.0 26.8 35.2 50.5 45.0 56.0
36 22069 Natchitoches Parish 6 28.8 25.5 32.1 36.8 31.4 42.3
37 22071 Orleans Parish 1 21.8 19.4 24.2 35.8 30.3 41.3
38 22073 Ouachita Parish 3 20.8 18.0 23.5 33.7 28.2 39.2
39 22075 Plaquemines Parish 1 16.3 12.5 20.0 21.9 16.5 27.4
40 22077 Pointe Coupee Parish 2 21.4 16.7 26.1 29.7 22.4 36.9
41 22079 Rapides Parish 3 19.8 17.7 21.8 27.8 23.4 32.2
42 22081 Red River Parish 6 23.2 18.1 28.4 34.9 26.2 43.5
43 22083 Richland Parish 6 24.2 19.3 29.2 36.3 27.9 44.7
44 22085 Sabine Parish 6 19.3 15.8 22.9 26.3 20.5 32.2
45 22087 St. Bernard Parish 1 18.9 14.7 23.1 40.0 30.1 49.8
46 22089 St. Charles Parish 1 10.8 8.6 13.1 15.3 11.6 18.9
47 22091 St. Helena Parish 2 21.9 17.2 26.7 32.5 24.6 40.4
48 22093 St. James Parish 6 17.1 13.4 20.8 22.4 17.1 27.7
49 22095 St. John the Baptist Parish 1 16.9 13.8 20.1 23.5 18.2 28.8
50 22097 St. Landry Parish 4 30.5 26.6 34.4 42.0 35.0 49.0
51 22099 St. Martin Parish 3 17.0 13.8 20.3 24.5 19.0 30.1
52 22101 St. Mary Parish 4 22.4 18.7 26.2 33.5 26.9 40.0
53 22103 St. Tammany Parish 1 11.2 9.6 12.9 14.8 11.8 17.8
54 22105 Tangipahoa Parish 4 22.9 19.7 26.0 32.2 26.7 37.8
55 22107 Tensas Parish 9 37.0 29.1 44.8 49.9 37.8 61.9
56 22109 Terrebonne Parish 3 17.7 15.1 20.4 24.5 20.0 29.0
57 22111 Union Parish 3 18.8 14.9 22.7 29.1 22.3 35.9
58 22113 Vermilion Parish 4 20.5 17.2 23.9 28.8 23.5 34.1
59 22115 Vernon Parish 4 16.6 13.7 19.5 23.6 18.8 28.5
60 22117 Washington Parish 6 25.5 20.9 30.2 35.7 28.1 43.3
61 22119 Webster Parish 6 20.5 17.2 23.7 29.1 23.6 34.5
62 22121 West Baton Rouge Parish 2 16.9 13.4 20.5 23.2 17.7 28.7
63 22123 West Carroll Parish 9 25.5 19.8 31.2 35.3 26.8 43.7
64 22125 West Feliciana Parish 2 22.5 17.3 27.8 19.8 14.9 24.7
65 22127 Winn Parish 6 26.2 20.5 31.8 32.7 24.9 40.5
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¹The 2003 rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates .
*See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.