Poverty Rate in Orleans Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Orleans Parish Compares
National Distribution
Where Orleans Parish falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for poverty rate.
■ Orleans Parish: 22.6%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,873 | Pocahontas County, WV | 22.5% |
| #2,874 | Wyoming County, WV | 22.6% |
| #2,875 | Fulton County, KY | 22.6% |
| #2,876 | Orleans Parish, LA | 22.6% |
| #2,877 | Payne County, OK | 22.6% |
| #2,878 | Laurens County, GA | 22.6% |
| #2,879 | Union County, SC | 22.6% |
Poverty Rate in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Orleans Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 22.6%, which ranks #2,876 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 79.4% above the national value of 12.6%.
Within Louisiana, Orleans Parish ranks #36 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 11th 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.