Poverty Rate in Cameron Parish, LA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Poverty Rate
7.4% −40.9% vs nat'l
Rank #270 of 3,222
92th percentile

How Cameron Parish Compares

Cameron Parish
7.4%
Louisiana Average
7.4%
Rank #1 of 64 in state
National
12.6%
40.9% below

National Distribution

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

1.4% 63.6%

■ Cameron Parish: 7.4%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#267 Johnson County, IN 7.4%
#268 Cimarron County, OK 7.4%
#269 Carson County, TX 7.4%
#270 Cameron Parish, LA 7.4%
#271 Montgomery County, MD 7.5%
#272 Isanti County, MN 7.5%
#273 Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT 7.5%
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Poverty Rate in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Cameron Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 7.4%, which ranks #270 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 40.9% below the national value of 12.6%.

Within Louisiana, Cameron Parish ranks #1 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 92th 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.