Poverty Rate in Ascension Parish, LA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Poverty Rate
10.3% −17.9% vs nat'l
Rank #869 of 3,222
73th percentile

How Ascension Parish Compares

Ascension Parish
10.3%
Louisiana Average
10.3%
Rank #2 of 64 in state
National
12.6%
17.9% below

National Distribution

Where Ascension Parish falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for poverty rate.

1.4% 63.6%

■ Ascension Parish: 10.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#866 Pocahontas County, IA 10.3%
#867 Caldwell County, MO 10.3%
#868 Carson City, NV 10.3%
#869 Ascension Parish, LA 10.3%
#870 Floyd County, IN 10.3%
#871 Pacific County, WA 10.4%
#872 Grafton County, NH 10.4%
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Poverty Rate in Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Ascension Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 10.3%, which ranks #869 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 17.9% below the national value of 12.6%.

Within Louisiana, Ascension Parish ranks #2 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 73th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.