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Counties With the Highest Household Income in Louisiana (2026)

Ascension has the highest household income of any county in Louisiana, at $91,549, followed by West Baton Rouge and Plaquemines (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in Louisiana

Top 25 of 64 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in Louisiana
RankCountyValue
1Ascension$91,549
2West Baton Rouge$87,299
3Plaquemines$86,315
4St. Tammany$81,202
5St. Charles$80,897
6Livingston$80,122
7West Feliciana$77,452
8Cameron$75,278
9East Feliciana$73,085
10Bossier$69,617
11LaSalle$68,497
12Calcasieu$67,564
13Lafayette$67,451
14St. John the Baptist$66,630
15Pointe Coupee$65,961
16Beauregard$65,944
17St. James$65,531
18Jefferson$65,252
19Terrebonne$64,836
20Grant$64,016
21Lafourche$63,135
22East Baton Rouge$63,071
23St. Bernard$58,651
24Jefferson Davis$57,341
25Vernon$57,270

How this ranking works

This page ranks Louisiana counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For household income, a higher value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the highest. Want to weigh household income against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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