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Health and Seniors

Black residents without health insurance in Louisiana

Louisiana ranks 15th of 38 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Louisiana, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Black residents without health insurance
Louisiana7.6%
plus or minus 0.3 points
United States9.3%
plus or minus 0.1 points
All residents in Louisiana: 7.8% (plus or minus 0.2 points). Black seniors 65 and older living below poverty in Louisiana: 24.7% (plus or minus 0.8 points). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best East Carroll Parish 1.6%, plus or minus 1.6 points. Ranked 1st of 56 counties. What is East Carroll Parish doing that works? Furthest to go: Union Parish, 15.6%. See East Carroll Parish ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Louisiana

56 ranked of 64
Margin of error
1 East Carroll Parish 1.6% plus or minus 1.6 points 4%
2 Allen Parish 1.9% plus or minus 3.8 points 7.2%
3 Winn Parish 3.2% plus or minus 3.4 points 6.5%
4 Webster Parish 3.3% plus or minus 1.1 points 5.2%
5 Claiborne Parish 3.7% plus or minus 2.7 points 3.7%
6 St. Bernard Parish 3.8% plus or minus 1.5 points 7.8%
7 Beauregard Parish 4.5% plus or minus 2.1 points 8.5%
8 Morehouse Parish 4.8% plus or minus 1.8 points 5.6%
9 St. Martin Parish 4.8% plus or minus 1.8 points 6.1%
10 Vernon Parish 5.2% plus or minus 1.8 points 6.8%
11 Livingston Parish 5.4% plus or minus 2.9 points 8.6%
12 St. Helena Parish 5.4% plus or minus 3.1 points 6.7%
13 Avoyelles Parish 5.6% plus or minus 2.1 points 7.3%
14 Jackson Parish 5.6% plus or minus 3.7 points 7.7%
15 Lincoln Parish 5.7% plus or minus 1.8 points 5.4%
16 Tangipahoa Parish 5.7% plus or minus 1.4 points 7.3%
17 Iberia Parish 5.9% plus or minus 1.4 points 6.6%
18 St. James Parish 6.1% plus or minus 2.2 points 4.7%
19 Terrebonne Parish 6.1% plus or minus 1.7 points 7.8%
20 Madison Parish 6.2% plus or minus 2 points 8.8%
21 St. Mary Parish 6.3% plus or minus 1.9 points 8.5%
22 Ascension Parish 6.4% plus or minus 1.9 points 6.2%
23 De Soto Parish 6.5% plus or minus 2.4 points 5.2%
24 Franklin Parish 6.5% plus or minus 2.9 points 7.7%
25 Lafourche Parish 6.5% plus or minus 3.1 points 5.7%
26 Jefferson Davis Parish 6.6% plus or minus 3 points 5.8%
27 East Feliciana Parish 6.8% plus or minus 3.4 points 4.8%
28 Pointe Coupee Parish 6.9% plus or minus 3.6 points 7.1%
29 St. John the Baptist Parish 6.9% plus or minus 1.7 points 6.7%
30 Washington Parish 6.9% plus or minus 2.6 points 6.2%
31 West Baton Rouge Parish 6.9% plus or minus 2.6 points 4.7%
32 St. Tammany Parish 7.1% plus or minus 1.8 points 6.8%
33 Bienville Parish 7.3% plus or minus 2.7 points 8.6%
34 St. Landry Parish 7.3% plus or minus 2 points 7.2%
35 Natchitoches Parish 7.4% plus or minus 1.6 points 6.7%
36 St. Charles Parish 7.6% plus or minus 2.1 points 7%
37 Caddo Parish 7.7% plus or minus 0.9 points 7.4%
38 Orleans Parish 7.7% plus or minus 0.6 points 8.1%
39 Vermilion Parish 7.7% plus or minus 2.8 points 7.5%
40 Bossier Parish 7.8% plus or minus 1.6 points 9.5%
41 East Baton Rouge Parish 7.9% plus or minus 0.8 points 8.2%
42 Iberville Parish 7.9% plus or minus 3.1 points 8.1%
43 Plaquemines Parish 8.1% plus or minus 3.3 points 6.5%
44 Ouachita Parish 8.2% plus or minus 1.6 points 7.4%
45 Rapides Parish 8.2% plus or minus 1.3 points 8.1%
46 Calcasieu Parish 8.3% plus or minus 1.8 points 7.6%
47 Acadia Parish 8.5% plus or minus 3.2 points 6.4%
48 Sabine Parish 8.6% plus or minus 3.6 points 7.2%
49 Jefferson Parish 8.7% plus or minus 0.9 points 11.4%
50 Red River Parish 8.8% plus or minus 3.9 points 8.1%
51 Concordia Parish 9.8% plus or minus 3.5 points 9.8%
52 Richland Parish 10% plus or minus 3.4 points 6.8%
53 Lafayette Parish 10.7% plus or minus 1.7 points 8.7%
54 Assumption Parish 11.9% plus or minus 4 points 8.6%
55 Evangeline Parish 14.4% plus or minus 4.1 points 8.5%
56 Union Parish 15.6% plus or minus 6 points 9.9%
Not ranked Caldwell Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6%
Not ranked Cameron Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 2.4%
Not ranked Catahoula Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6.8%
Not ranked Grant Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.1%
Not ranked LaSalle Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 3.6%
Not ranked Tensas Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.6%
Not ranked West Carroll Parish Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.9%
Not ranked West Feliciana Parish 8.3% Wide margin of error plus or minus 10.6 points 5.5%

Ranked: the 56 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 2,500 Black residents and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Check your coverage, help an elder apply for the benefits they have earned, and know where the nearest clinic is.

    Ask: Who in my family is without coverage right now?

  2. Your county commission Funds the health department, clinics and ambulance service.

    Ask: How far is the nearest clinic that takes Medicaid, and is it open in the evening?

  3. Your state legislators and governor Decide who qualifies for Medicaid and fund public health.

    Ask: How many people here would gain coverage if our state changed who qualifies for Medicaid?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund Medicare, Medicaid and community health centers.

    Ask: How did you vote on Medicaid and Medicare funding?

What you can do

  1. This weekCheck that everyone in your home has coverage, and that the elders in your family have applied for every benefit they have earned.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next open enrollment period for health coverage.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Black residents without health insurance. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.