Poverty Rate in Ascension Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
10.3%
Rank #869/3,222 · #2 in LA
73th
Ascension 10.3%
LA 18.9% -45.4%
US 12.6% -17.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Ascension Parish's poverty rate of 10.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Ascension Parish for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Poverty Rate
Ascension Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 10.3%, ranking #869 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.9% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #2 of 64. This places it in the 73th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.