Poverty Rate in Tensas Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
34.4%
Rank #3,136/3,222 · #62 in LA
3th
Tensas 34.4%
LA 18.9% +81.9%
US 12.6% +173.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Tensas Parish's poverty rate of 34.4% 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 Tensas Parish for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Poverty Rate
Tensas Parish, Louisiana has a poverty rate of 34.4%, ranking #3,136 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 173.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #62 of 64. This places it in the 3th 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.