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Counties in Louisiana ranked

5.1%of income goes to home energy in Claiborne Parish, the highest of 64 Louisiana counties

Ascension Parish is lowest at 2.1%, a gap of 2.4 times. The median Louisiana county sits at 3.2%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Louisiana: DOE LEAD 2022.

Louisiana county map

Louisiana counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureLincoln Parish: 2.8%St. John the Baptist Parish: 2.7%Concordia Parish: 5.1%Allen Parish: 3.2%St. James Parish: 2.2%Ouachita Parish: 3.1%Sabine Parish: 4.0%Assumption Parish: 2.8%Bienville Parish: 4.5%Winn Parish: 4.2%St. Bernard Parish: 2.8%Terrebonne Parish: 2.5%Evangeline Parish: 4.2%Calcasieu Parish: 2.5%LaSalle Parish: 2.9%Washington Parish: 3.5%Lafayette Parish: 2.2%Bossier Parish: 2.6%Caddo Parish: 3.2%De Soto Parish: 3.5%St. Martin Parish: 3.2%Natchitoches Parish: 3.5%Madison Parish: 4.3%St. Charles Parish: 2.2%Tensas Parish: 4.4%Plaquemines Parish: 2.2%Vermilion Parish: 3.1%St. Landry Parish: 3.6%Webster Parish: 5.0%East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.7%Jefferson Davis Parish: 2.8%Morehouse Parish: 4.3%Ascension Parish: 2.1%Livingston Parish: 2.8%St. Mary Parish: 4.0%Caldwell Parish: 3.3%Catahoula Parish: 3.7%Franklin Parish: 4.3%St. Tammany Parish: 2.3%Iberia Parish: 3.6%Pointe Coupee Parish: 2.8%Avoyelles Parish: 4.3%West Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5%Acadia Parish: 3.4%Tangipahoa Parish: 2.9%Cameron Parish: 2.4%West Feliciana Parish: 2.9%Iberville Parish: 3.3%East Carroll Parish: 4.6%Claiborne Parish: 5.1%West Carroll Parish: 4.0%Orleans Parish: 2.3%St. Helena Parish: 4.0%Grant Parish: 3.5%Red River Parish: 4.2%Union Parish: 3.5%Lafourche Parish: 2.4%Rapides Parish: 3.3%Beauregard Parish: 2.6%Richland Parish: 3.8%East Feliciana Parish: 3.1%Jefferson Parish: 2.2%Jackson Parish: 3.9%Vernon Parish: 3.1%
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Louisiana counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Louisiana

Claiborne Parish leads Louisiana on burden at 5.1% of income and Concordia Parish follows at 5.1%. For lower-income homes the top is Concordia Parish: 15.5% of income, against 11.4% in the median Louisiana county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Louisiana counties

  • Claiborne Parish5.1
  • Concordia Parish5.1
  • Webster Parish5.0
  • East Carroll Parish4.6
  • Bienville Parish4.5
  • Tensas Parish4.4
  • Morehouse Parish4.3
  • Avoyelles Parish4.3
  • Madison Parish4.3
  • Franklin Parish4.3
  • Louisiana median county3.2
Louisiana counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in LouisianaShare of income (LA)Residents (LA)
Ascension Parish2.1%128,593
Jefferson Parish2.2%432,484
Lafayette Parish2.2%245,075
St. Charles Parish2.2%51,863
Plaquemines Parish2.2%23,070

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Louisiana

NOAA logged 139 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Red River Parish from 2015 to 2025, 1,846 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Louisiana. FEMA scores Jefferson Parish highest at 98.7 (relatively high). In Louisiana these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Louisiana top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Louisianareports 2015-2025 (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
Red River Parish1,8467,5291st
Bienville Parish1,38612,7692nd
Cameron Parish1,3605,2223rd
Caldwell Parish1,3599,5634th
Winn Parish1,16213,5065th
Louisiana top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Louisianascore 0-100 (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
Jefferson Parish98.7432,4841st
Orleans Parish98.3376,0352nd
East Baton Rouge Parish98.0452,8213rd
St. Tammany Parish96.6269,3314th
Calcasieu Parish95.7208,6685th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Louisiana

St. John the Baptist Parish has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Louisiana: 252.2 from 2015 to 2025, against 14.3 in the median Louisiana county. Jefferson Parish has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (64.9%, median county 7.3%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Louisiana top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Louisianaclaims 2015-2025 (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
St. John the Baptist Parish252.241,3421st
Cameron Parish209.95,2222nd
Livingston Parish165.2145,5833rd
Ascension Parish95.4128,5934th
East Baton Rouge Parish91.8452,8215th
Louisiana top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Louisiana% of homes insured (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
Jefferson Parish64.9%432,4841st
St. Bernard Parish56.8%44,1722nd
St. Charles Parish55.7%51,8633rd
Orleans Parish51.8%376,0354th
Plaquemines Parish51.1%23,0705th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Louisiana counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Louisiana median. Most extreme: St. John the Baptist Parish, flood claims per 1,000 homes 252.2 against a median of 14.3.

Louisiana outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueLouisiana medianDeviations
St. John the Baptist ParishFlood claims per 1,000 homes252.214.3+17.7
Cameron ParishFlood claims per 1,000 homes209.914.3+14.6
Livingston ParishFlood claims per 1,000 homes165.214.3+11.3
Red River ParishStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,846204+7.7
Jefferson ParishFlood insurance penetration64.9%7.3%+7.1
St. Bernard ParishFlood insurance penetration56.8%7.3%+6.1
Ascension ParishFlood claims per 1,000 homes95.414.3+6.1
St. Charles ParishFlood insurance penetration55.7%7.3%+5.9
East Baton Rouge ParishFlood claims per 1,000 homes91.814.3+5.8
Bienville ParishStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,386204+5.5

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Louisiana

Orleans Parish has the oldest stock: 75% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in St. Martin Parish at 85% of homes, and Rapides Parish lists 5 utilities, the most in Louisiana.

Louisiana top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Louisiana% of homes (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
Orleans Parish75%376,0351st
East Carroll Parish68%7,1952nd
Tensas Parish68%3,9923rd
Claiborne Parish66%14,0194th
Webster Parish63%36,1895th
Louisiana top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Louisiana% of homes (LA)Residents (LA)Rank (LA)
St. Martin Parish85%51,5591st
Cameron Parish83%5,2222nd
West Feliciana Parish81%15,3813rd
Vernon Parish80%47,7644th
Lafayette Parish77%245,0755th

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64 Louisiana counties, all measures
Acadia Parish57,2183.4%11.0%11788.652%70%331.89.2%67
Allen Parish22,5523.2%10.6%25350.751%66%414.33.3%57
Ascension Parish128,5932.1%10.0%7992.119%64%295.428.9%102
Assumption Parish20,7202.8%9.1%18370.346%68%38.011.8%38
Avoyelles Parish39,1764.3%13.3%14373.051%53%310.14.6%56
Beauregard Parish36,6462.6%9.9%23255.634%76%36.81.9%85
Bienville Parish12,7694.5%11.9%1,38628.752%60%31.00.1%177
Bossier Parish129,1342.6%10.4%18782.537%56%29.49.3%241
Caddo Parish232,9733.2%12.2%18292.659%55%24.84.3%425
Calcasieu Parish208,6682.5%10.0%6195.742%69%462.816.9%128
Caldwell Parish9,5633.3%11.1%1,35910.536%72%221.28.2%130
Cameron Parish5,2222.4%7.8%1,36033.713%83%3209.930.1%71
Catahoula Parish8,7383.7%12.0%84717.053%57%349.913.3%74
Claiborne Parish14,0195.1%12.6%99941.766%48%27.21.3%140
Concordia Parish18,3255.1%15.5%33831.656%50%27.08.8%62
De Soto Parish26,8973.5%11.4%70642.037%68%30.90.7%190
East Baton Rouge Parish452,8212.7%12.3%3398.044%64%291.824.0%149
East Carroll Parish7,1954.6%14.0%79221.668%45%28.35.8%57
East Feliciana Parish19,3783.1%12.6%26356.438%69%24.21.7%51
Evangeline Parish32,1624.2%11.8%11575.950%73%314.23.9%37
Franklin Parish19,5904.3%13.3%37835.956%62%34.23.1%74
Grant Parish22,1233.5%11.5%66429.635%72%410.71.9%147
Iberia Parish69,1943.6%12.2%5190.648%67%326.711.6%35
Iberville Parish29,9503.3%14.1%17073.743%60%216.810.2%51
Jackson Parish14,9393.9%10.7%91726.253%59%1no data0.4%137
Jefferson Davis Parish32,0832.8%9.5%10974.349%72%414.47.1%35
Jefferson Parish432,4842.2%9.1%2498.763%55%149.564.9%104
LaSalle Parish14,8042.9%11.1%85112.251%70%311.41.4%126
Lafayette Parish245,0752.2%10.0%2295.236%77%340.819.0%53
Lafourche Parish96,6702.4%9.5%2291.348%67%228.423.0%21
Lincoln Parish48,1602.8%8.5%32264.339%54%30.80.6%155
Livingston Parish145,5832.8%11.4%9594.519%73%2165.226.6%138
Madison Parish9,7574.3%13.7%69732.458%49%212.56.9%68
Morehouse Parish24,9674.3%13.3%41755.358%59%210.61.4%104
Natchitoches Parish37,0473.5%11.5%61856.445%65%410.33.3%229
Orleans Parish376,0352.3%11.4%3098.375%62%245.551.8%113
Ouachita Parish158,9163.1%12.9%14087.546%67%234.97.5%222
Plaquemines Parish23,0702.2%9.1%28672.929%63%160.751.1%66
Pointe Coupee Parish20,4382.8%13.9%31363.139%54%226.711.2%64
Rapides Parish128,4703.3%11.4%8884.351%70%515.85.1%113
Red River Parish7,5294.2%13.1%1,84616.750%60%31.50.9%139
Richland Parish19,9083.8%13.0%38736.751%69%219.15.8%77
Sabine Parish22,0854.0%12.5%64361.039%74%31.60.8%142
St. Bernard Parish44,1722.8%10.4%20475.650%53%219.856.8%90
St. Charles Parish51,8632.2%7.5%6285.136%59%185.955.7%32
St. Helena Parish10,8494.0%11.5%48936.336%75%27.51.5%53
St. James Parish19,7972.2%7.9%23271.043%61%113.311.3%46
St. John the Baptist Parish41,3422.7%8.3%13181.546%73%1252.234.2%54
St. Landry Parish82,1283.6%11.4%9988.252%70%310.46.3%81
St. Martin Parish51,5593.2%10.6%9187.341%85%425.29.9%47
St. Mary Parish48,4554.0%13.2%5688.958%66%216.312.4%27
St. Tammany Parish269,3312.3%9.7%8396.623%62%347.340.5%224
Tangipahoa Parish135,2182.9%10.2%13093.331%73%362.815.1%176
Tensas Parish3,9924.4%11.3%under 5,000 residents14.568%55%3no data8.1%46
Terrebonne Parish107,3622.5%9.5%2794.248%65%322.932.1%29
Union Parish20,9143.5%12.5%1,14349.735%66%216.82.7%239
Vermilion Parish57,0313.1%10.9%6084.846%75%471.225.3%34
Vernon Parish47,7643.1%10.4%14768.938%80%49.81.7%70
Washington Parish45,2383.5%10.1%14685.550%68%312.92.5%66
Webster Parish36,1895.0%13.7%54269.563%49%34.00.6%196
West Baton Rouge Parish27,6662.5%10.9%15531.834%65%210.012.2%43
West Carroll Parish9,6224.0%12.7%72715.454%62%25.91.8%70
West Feliciana Parish15,3812.9%10.8%39034.730%81%212.12.0%60
Winn Parish13,5064.2%13.8%1,16229.554%65%23.90.7%157

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Sources

Louisiana sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (LA)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (LA)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (LA)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (LA)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (LA)20241 Oct 2026

Louisiana LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Louisiana county has the highest home energy burden?

Claiborne Parish: 5.1% of income, against 3.2% for the median Louisiana county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Louisiana county has the lowest energy burden?

Ascension Parish at 2.1% of income.

How does Louisiana compare with the whole country?

The median Louisiana county has a burden of 3.2% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 64 Louisiana counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Louisiana?

Red River Parish has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 1,846 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Louisiana county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Jefferson Parish: 98.7, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Louisiana?

Orleans Parish: 75% of homes were built before 1980; the median Louisiana county is at 47% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Louisiana county relies most on electric heat?

St. Martin Parish: 85% of homes heat with electricity, against 66% in the median county.

Which Louisiana county has the most flood claims per home?

St. John the Baptist Parish: 252.2 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Louisiana county has 14.3 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Louisiana?

No: in Louisiana they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Louisiana households get help with bills?

See the Louisiana help page. Highest burden: Claiborne Parish.

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5.1% of income goes to home energy in Claiborne Parish, the highest of 64 Louisiana counties