Louisiana County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 64 counties in Louisiana, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Louisiana county scores 83.7. 52 counties score high, very high, or extreme.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
Louisiana Snapshot
64 Counties Scored
83.7 Mean Score
87.8 Median Score
99 East Carroll Parish Most Distressed
37 Ascension Parish Least Distressed
30 extreme county distress15 very high county distress7 high county distress6 moderate-high county distress4 moderate county distress2 low-moderate county distress
Score Label Distribution Louisiana County Map
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Low county distress Moderate-low county distress Moderate county distress High county distress Extreme county distress
All 64 Louisiana counties colored by county distress score range. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
Most & Least Distressed
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Score Distribution
How Louisiana's 64 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Louisiana Counties
64 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | East Carroll Parish | 99 | extreme county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 2 | 17 | Concordia Parish | 99 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 3 | 28 | Madison Parish | 99 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 4 | 31 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 99 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 5 | 33 | Morehouse Parish | 98 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 6 | 55 | Claiborne Parish | 98 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 7 | 59 | Webster Parish | 98 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 8 | 61 | Caddo Parish | 98 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 9 | 70 | St. Bernard Parish | 97 | extreme county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 10 | 71 | Natchitoches Parish | 97 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 11 | 76 | Tensas Parish | 97 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 12 | 93 | Avoyelles Parish | 97 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 13 | 95 | Orleans Parish | 97 | extreme county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 14 | — | Catahoula Parish | 96 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 15 | — | Richland Parish | 96 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 16 | — | St. Landry Parish | 96 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 17 | — | Bienville Parish | 96 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 18 | — | St. Helena Parish | 95 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 19 | — | Caldwell Parish | 95 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 20 | — | St. Mary Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 21 | — | Tangipahoa Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 22 | — | Allen Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 23 | — | Red River Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 24 | — | Washington Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Delinquency |
| 25 | — | Iberia Parish | 94 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 26 | — | Franklin Parish | 92 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 27 | — | Winn Parish | 92 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 28 | — | Evangeline Parish | 91 | extreme county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 29 | — | Ouachita Parish | 91 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 30 | — | Rapides Parish | 90 | extreme county distress | Default & Legal |
| 31 | — | De Soto Parish | 88 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 32 | — | Jefferson Parish | 88 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 33 | — | Lincoln Parish | 87 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 34 | — | Union Parish | 86 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 35 | — | Calcasieu Parish | 86 | very high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 36 | — | Sabine Parish | 86 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 37 | — | East Baton Rouge Parish | 86 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 38 | — | Pointe Coupee Parish | 85 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 39 | — | Acadia Parish | 85 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 40 | — | Jackson Parish | 85 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 41 | — | Assumption Parish | 83 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 42 | — | Vernon Parish | 82 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 43 | — | Iberville Parish | 81 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 44 | — | Terrebonne Parish | 80 | very high county distress | Delinquency |
| 45 | — | West Carroll Parish | 80 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 46 | — | Grant Parish | 79 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 47 | — | St. James Parish | 78 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 48 | — | St. Martin Parish | 77 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 49 | — | Vermilion Parish | 74 | high county distress | Delinquency |
| 50 | — | Bossier Parish | 74 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 51 | — | Jefferson Davis Parish | 70 | high county distress | Labor |
| 52 | — | Beauregard Parish | 70 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 53 | — | Lafayette Parish | 66 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 54 | — | East Feliciana Parish | 64 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 55 | — | St. Charles Parish | 64 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 56 | — | Lafourche Parish | 64 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 57 | — | West Baton Rouge Parish | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Delinquency |
| 58 | — | Livingston Parish | 60 | moderate-high county distress | Delinquency |
| 59 | — | Plaquemines Parish | 59 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 60 | — | West Feliciana Parish | 53 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 61 | — | St. Tammany Parish | 53 | moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 62 | — | LaSalle Parish | 52 | moderate county distress | Delinquency |
| 63 | — | Cameron Parish | 37 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 64 | — | Ascension Parish | 37 | low-moderate county distress | Delinquency |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.
extreme county distress — 30 Louisiana counties
very high county distress — 15 Louisiana counties
high county distress — 7 Louisiana counties
moderate-high county distress — 6 Louisiana counties
moderate county distress — 4 Louisiana counties
moderate-low county distress — 0 Louisiana counties
low-moderate county distress — 2 Louisiana counties
low county distress — 0 Louisiana counties
very low county distress — 0 Louisiana counties
exceptionally low county distress — 0 Louisiana counties