Lowest-earning parishes in Louisiana
Americans on the whole were doing well financially heading into 2020, with major markers like unemployment reaching 50-year lows. The pandemic changed all that: During the second quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, our nation’s real GDP fell by a whopping 31.4%, a number that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. Since then the GDP has recovered, the first quarter of 2022 was 11% above the fourth quarter of 2019.
While GDP has recovered since the height of the pandemic, wage growth has not kept pace with inflation. In 2021 average hourly wages increased 4.7% while there was 7% inflation, meaning the worker’s purchasing power dropped by 2.4%.
Where you live can make a big impact on your financial situation. The highest earning county in the U.S. earns $147,111, while the lowest earns $22,292. Stacker compiled a list of the lowest-earning parishes in Louisiana using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Parishes are ranked by the Census’ 2020 5-year estimate median household income.
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#50. East Feliciana Parish
#49. St. James Parish

#48. Calcasieu Parish
#47. Terrebonne Parish
#46. Vermilion Parish
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#45. Grant Parish
#44. LaSalle Parish
#43. Iberia Parish
#42. Vernon Parish
#41. Iberville Parish
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#40. Beauregard Parish
#39. St. Martin Parish
#38. Tangipahoa Parish
#37. Allen Parish
#36. Rapides Parish
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#35. St. Bernard Parish
#34. Union Parish
#33. St. Helena Parish

#32. Ouachita Parish
#31. Assumption Parish
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#30. De Soto Parish
#29. Acadia Parish
#28. Pointe Coupee Parish
#27. Orleans Parish
#26. Jefferson Davis Parish
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#25. West Carroll Parish
#24. Caddo Parish
#23. Jackson Parish
#22. Catahoula Parish
#21. St. Landry Parish
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#20. Caldwell Parish
#19. Richland Parish
#18. St. Mary Parish
#17. Sabine Parish
#16. Washington Parish
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#15. Winn Parish
#14. Lincoln Parish
#13. Concordia Parish
#12. Franklin Parish
#11. Avoyelles Parish
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#10. Red River Parish
#9. Morehouse Parish
#8. Madison Parish
#7. Evangeline Parish
#6. Natchitoches Parish
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#5. Webster Parish
#4. Tensas Parish
#3. Bienville Parish
#2. Claiborne Parish
#1. East Carroll Parish
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