Median household income in Louisiana

At $59,065, the median household income in Louisiana is 24% below the national figure of $78,067, ranking 48 of 52, with Ascension Parish the highest county at $93,800.

Household income is the base every other money decision sits on: what you can borrow, what you can save, what a house costs you in real terms.

Median household income in Louisiana by county
Rank	County	Typical figure	Context
1	Ascension Parish	$93,800	126,973 residents
2	West Baton Rouge Parish	$80,510	27,377 residents
3	St. Charles Parish	$79,191	52,191 residents
4	Plaquemines Parish	$77,996	23,305 residents
5	Livingston Parish	$77,978	143,425 residents
6	St. Tammany Parish	$76,914	266,168 residents
7	West Feliciana Parish	$71,985	15,358 residents
8	Cameron Parish	$69,847	5,447 residents
9	Beauregard Parish	$68,525	36,553 residents
10	Lafayette Parish	$66,617	243,175 residents
11	St. John the Baptist Parish	$65,114	41,986 residents
12	East Feliciana Parish	$64,709	19,452 residents
13	Bossier Parish	$64,598	128,877 residents
14	Calcasieu Parish	$64,370	210,770 residents
15	Jefferson Parish	$63,257	436,171 residents
16	Terrebonne Parish	$63,088	108,862 residents
17	St. James Parish	$62,946	20,090 residents
18	East Baton Rouge Parish	$62,083	454,369 residents
19	Lafourche Parish	$61,381	97,220 residents
20	LaSalle Parish	$59,926	14,764 residents
21	Iberville Parish	$59,410	30,210 residents
22	Grant Parish	$57,362	22,185 residents
23	Vernon Parish	$56,547	48,452 residents
24	Vermilion Parish	$56,194	57,202 residents
25	St. Bernard Parish	$55,857	44,038 residents
26	Rapides Parish	$55,407	129,536 residents
27	Tangipahoa Parish	$55,274	133,953 residents
28	Iberia Parish	$55,190	69,958 residents
29	Pointe Coupee Parish	$53,045	20,652 residents
30	Allen Parish	$52,755	22,798 residents
31	Jefferson Davis Parish	$52,470	32,277 residents
32	Orleans Parish	$51,116	380,408 residents
33	St. Martin Parish	$50,806	51,856 residents
34	De Soto Parish	$49,807	26,821 residents
35	Ouachita Parish	$49,261	159,585 residents
36	Catahoula Parish	$48,259	8,895 residents
37	Richland Parish	$48,125	20,028 residents
38	Caddo Parish	$47,572	236,259 residents
39	St. Mary Parish	$47,322	49,114 residents
40	Union Parish	$47,068	21,049 residents

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Methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.

The median household income shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.

These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year).

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