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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Louisiana

Louisiana's senior poverty rate is 14.1%, and 29.4% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 64 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

14.1%

Senior poverty (65+)

29.4%

Seniors living alone

33.3%

Senior SNAP take-up

$45,349

Senior median income

Louisiana by county

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Louisiana at a glance

Seniors in poverty

104K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

14.1%

Ages 65+

Living alone

29.4%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

33.3%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$45,349

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.51

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 64 counties in Louisiana.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 East Carroll 26.8%
  2. 2 St. Landry 24.5%
  3. 3 Tensas 24.1%
  4. 4 Claiborne 22.8%
  5. 5 Pointe Coupee 22.5%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Bienville 42.0%
  2. 2 St. Helena 38.3%
  3. 3 Claiborne 36.3%
  4. 4 Orleans 35.5%
  5. 5 Lincoln 35.1%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Jefferson 77K
  2. 2 East Baton Rouge 66K
  3. 3 Orleans 60K
  4. 4 St. Tammany 48K
  5. 5 Caddo 41K

Every county in Louisiana

All 64 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Acadia 16.2% 29.9% 37.6% $33,826 8,747 0.57
Allen 16.1% 29.3% 30.0% $36,076 2,954 0.55
Ascension 7.7% 22.8% 35.5% $57,095 16,125 0.22
Assumption 11.3% 26.0% 36.1% $38,970 4,113 0.37
Avoyelles 20.6% 30.7% 28.5% $30,528 6,219 0.69
Beauregard 9.7% 25.7% 33.5% $47,614 5,720 0.33
Bienville 16.4% 42.0% 24.7% $32,944 2,508 0.80
Bossier 9.5% 27.2% 25.4% $47,174 18,771 0.36
Caddo 14.6% 32.8% 32.4% $44,068 41,119 0.60
Calcasieu 13.1% 26.8% 36.1% $47,335 32,023 0.43
Caldwell 16.1% 21.3% 31.9% $43,040 1,657 0.37
Cameron 9.3% 25.2% 46.4% $44,837 924 0.31
Catahoula 19.2% 25.1% 22.5% $32,031 1,508 0.53
Claiborne 22.8% 36.3% 41.6% $28,398 2,741 0.87
Concordia 16.8% 30.5% 34.4% $34,771 3,391 0.60
De Soto 17.9% 29.9% 32.4% $32,111 4,893 0.61
East Baton Rouge 11.0% 30.9% 31.7% $55,266 65,764 0.47
East Carroll 26.8% 32.6% 29.4% $24,271 1,229 0.83
East Feliciana 13.0% 34.4% 55.2% $51,250 3,510 0.60
Evangeline 16.7% 33.1% 31.8% $27,642 4,816 0.66
Franklin 20.0% 29.4% 34.0% $38,646 3,614 0.64
Grant 20.4% 27.7% 34.7% $37,096 3,272 0.62
Iberia 13.6% 26.9% 32.1% $39,485 10,936 0.44
Iberville 15.2% 23.8% 44.5% $40,532 4,858 0.41
Jackson 10.8% 28.6% 28.4% $37,356 2,901 0.42
Jefferson 11.5% 30.6% 35.7% $53,244 77,250 0.48
Jefferson Davis 12.9% 32.1% 29.5% $32,415 4,991 0.55
Lafayette 14.2% 29.4% 30.1% $48,292 34,204 0.51
Lafourche 13.0% 27.2% 30.7% $42,990 15,298 0.44
LaSalle 11.8% 25.7% 37.5% $47,232 2,186 0.38
Lincoln 12.3% 35.1% 20.7% $45,635 6,491 0.60
Livingston 10.4% 24.2% 30.3% $48,255 19,442 0.31
Madison 22.3% 27.8% 27.5% $36,481 1,571 0.66
Morehouse 22.1% 30.8% 31.8% $34,004 4,625 0.73
Natchitoches 14.6% 33.2% 35.6% $44,141 6,043 0.61
Orleans 20.7% 35.5% 40.5% $40,504 60,270 0.80
Ouachita 17.0% 30.0% 27.5% $43,745 23,981 0.59
Plaquemines 8.3% 19.4% 34.3% $60,122 3,120 0.15
Pointe Coupee 22.5% 29.9% 43.2% $40,642 4,351 0.71
Rapides 13.4% 31.9% 27.0% $44,368 20,846 0.55
Red River 20.5% 23.4% 44.6% $42,835 1,359 0.52
Richland 16.1% 23.6% 31.5% $39,242 3,441 0.42
Sabine 16.1% 27.2% 34.7% $40,579 4,455 0.51
St. Bernard 16.9% 31.2% 33.9% $38,688 5,608 0.62
St. Charles 10.6% 22.7% 38.3% $63,105 7,616 0.28
St. Helena 20.5% 38.3% 32.0% $41,250 2,188 0.86
St. James 10.8% 20.6% 34.3% $52,500 3,699 0.24
St. John the Baptist 11.5% 28.4% 38.0% $55,373 6,103 0.43
St. Landry 24.5% 30.3% 26.1% $34,408 13,089 0.77
St. Martin 16.6% 28.4% 38.1% $35,448 8,415 0.55
St. Mary 19.9% 27.3% 35.2% $42,468 8,473 0.60
St. Tammany 8.9% 25.0% 33.2% $54,420 47,780 0.29
Tangipahoa 14.0% 28.1% 36.7% $42,913 19,798 0.48
Tensas 24.1% 30.9% 51.2% $29,013 1,081 0.77
Terrebonne 14.5% 27.1% 31.3% $43,379 16,235 0.47
Union 22.4% 27.4% 25.9% $36,887 4,425 0.65
Vermilion 14.0% 26.9% 34.3% $43,134 8,778 0.45
Vernon 17.1% 24.9% 34.6% $40,896 6,314 0.48
Washington 16.7% 32.0% 33.6% $37,921 8,183 0.63
Webster 16.0% 31.8% 27.2% $34,375 7,094 0.61
West Baton Rouge 15.2% 21.5% 35.4% $58,023 3,965 0.36
West Carroll 12.0% 34.2% 36.3% $38,043 1,977 0.57
West Feliciana 8.1% 19.1% 25.7% $62,038 1,786 0.14
Winn 21.2% 32.7% 37.2% $36,784 2,447 0.75

Senior food help in Louisiana

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Louisiana senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Louisiana, and benefit amounts.

Louisiana SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Louisiana's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Louisiana food pantries