Poverty Rate in Tensas Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Tensas Parish Compares
National Distribution
Where Tensas Parish falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for poverty rate.
■ Tensas Parish: 34.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #3,133 | Zavala County, TX | 33.9% |
| #3,134 | McDowell County, WV | 34.2% |
| #3,135 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 34.3% |
| #3,136 | Tensas Parish, LA | 34.4% |
| #3,137 | Madison Parish, LA | 34.5% |
| #3,138 | Juncos Municipio, PR | 34.6% |
| #3,139 | Cidra Municipio, PR | 34.7% |
Poverty Rate in Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Tensas Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 34.4%, which ranks #3,136 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 173.3% above the national value of 12.6%.
Within Louisiana, Tensas Parish ranks #62 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 3th 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.