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Ascension Parish ranked first in Louisiana for resident earnings in 2018

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Ascension Parish ranked first among counties in Louisiana by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Ascension Parish residents was $37,199 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 42,649 households with a population of 121,176.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Tensas Parish with $14,775 per year after adjusting for inflation – $22,424 less than Ascension Parish. It had 1,825 households with a population of 4,666.

Louisiana counties by earnings per resident (2018)

RankCountyEarnings per resident
1Ascension Parish$37,199
2St. Charles Parish$34,099
3St. Tammany Parish$31,040
4Livingston Parish$30,965
5Cameron Parish$30,819
6West Baton Rouge Parish$30,744
7Bossier Parish$28,901
8Jefferson Parish$28,639
9Lafayette Parish$27,918
10East Baton Rouge Parish$27,374
11Plaquemines Parish$26,982
12St. James Parish$26,928
13St. John the Baptist Parish$26,903
14Lafourche Parish$26,478
15Calcasieu Parish$26,193
16Vernon Parish$25,695
17Orleans Parish$25,461
18St. Bernard Parish$25,423
19Terrebonne Parish$25,342
20St. Martin Parish$25,313
21Vermilion Parish$25,239
22De Soto Parish$25,047
23Beauregard Parish$24,802
24Iberville Parish$24,560
25Ouachita Parish$24,547
26West Feliciana Parish$24,460
27Assumption Parish$24,395
28Pointe Coupee Parish$24,394
29Union Parish$24,240
30Rapides Parish$24,201
31St. Mary Parish$23,877
32Iberia Parish$23,751
33East Feliciana Parish$23,690
34Caddo Parish$23,537
35Tangipahoa Parish$23,519
36Catahoula Parish$23,268
37Acadia Parish$22,095
38Allen Parish$21,799
39Jefferson Davis Parish$21,245
40Avoyelles Parish$21,195
41LaSalle Parish$21,170
42Jackson Parish$21,048
43West Carroll Parish$20,923
44Morehouse Parish$20,856
45Concordia Parish$20,620
46Sabine Parish$20,572
47St. Helena Parish$20,443
48Winn Parish$20,437
49Franklin Parish$19,990
50Grant Parish$19,852
51Bienville Parish$19,763
52St. Landry Parish$19,509
53Red River Parish$19,456
54Richland Parish$19,321
55Lincoln Parish$19,312
56Evangeline Parish$18,797
57Caldwell Parish$18,400
58Washington Parish$18,139
59Webster Parish$18,036
60Natchitoches Parish$17,441
61East Carroll Parish$17,422
62Madison Parish$17,411
63Claiborne Parish$16,355
64Tensas Parish$14,775

* All values are inflation-adjusted

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