Poverty Rate in Orleans Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
22.6%
Rank #2,876/3,222 · #36 in LA
11th
Orleans 22.6%
LA 18.9% +19.4%
US 12.6% +79.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Orleans Parish's poverty rate of 22.6% 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 Orleans Parish for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Poverty Rate
Orleans Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 22.6%, ranking #2,876 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 79.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #36 of 64. This places it in the 11th 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.