What is the 2026 poverty guideline for four people in Louisiana?

The 2026 HHS poverty guideline for a household of four in Louisiana is $33,000.

Louisiana

A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Louisiana has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 88.2.

Sales tax: 10.1%
Wage income tax: Yes
Property tax: 0.53%

Benefit pages

Each program has its own page for Louisiana. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.

SNAP eligibility · unlikely
Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
WIC eligibility · likely
School meals eligibility · likely
LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
SSI eligibility · unlikely
State programs eligibility · maybe

Counties

Acadia Parish · 2-bed $902
Allen Parish · 2-bed $910
Ascension Parish · 2-bed $1,149
Assumption Parish · 2-bed $932
Avoyelles Parish · 2-bed $902
Beauregard Parish · 2-bed $1,023
Bienville Parish · 2-bed $892
Bossier Parish · 2-bed $1,045
Caddo Parish · 2-bed $1,045
Calcasieu Parish · 2-bed $1,231
Caldwell Parish · 2-bed $892
Catahoula Parish · 2-bed $892
Claiborne Parish · 2-bed $892
Concordia Parish · 2-bed $893
De Soto Parish · 2-bed $1,045
East Baton Rouge Parish · 2-bed $1,149
East Carroll Parish · 2-bed $892
East Feliciana Parish · 2-bed $1,149
Evangeline Parish · 2-bed $892
Franklin Parish · 2-bed $892
Grant Parish · 2-bed $995
Iberia Parish · 2-bed $981
Iberville Parish · 2-bed $892
Jackson Parish · 2-bed $892
Jefferson Davis Parish · 2-bed $921
Jefferson Parish · 2-bed $1,480
LaSalle Parish · 2-bed $892
Lafayette Parish · 2-bed $1,092
Lafourche Parish · 2-bed $1,098
Lincoln Parish · 2-bed $892
Livingston Parish · 2-bed $1,149
Madison Parish · 2-bed $892
Morehouse Parish · 2-bed $892
Natchitoches Parish · 2-bed $892
Orleans Parish · 2-bed $1,480
Ouachita Parish · 2-bed $1,017
Plaquemines Parish · 2-bed $1,480
Pointe Coupee Parish · 2-bed $1,149
Rapides Parish · 2-bed $995
Red River Parish · 2-bed $929
Richland Parish · 2-bed $975
Sabine Parish · 2-bed $892
St. Bernard Parish · 2-bed $1,480
St. Charles Parish · 2-bed $1,480
St. James Parish · 2-bed $1,165
St. John the Baptist Parish · 2-bed $1,480
St. Landry Parish · 2-bed $892
St. Martin Parish · 2-bed $1,092
St. Mary Parish · 2-bed $997
St. Tammany Parish · 2-bed $1,354
Tangipahoa Parish · 2-bed $1,097
Terrebonne Parish · 2-bed $1,098
Union Parish · 2-bed $1,017
Vermilion Parish · 2-bed $899
Vernon Parish · 2-bed $1,102
Washington Parish · 2-bed $892
Webster Parish · 2-bed $922
West Baton Rouge Parish · 2-bed $1,149
West Carroll Parish · 2-bed $892
West Feliciana Parish · 2-bed $1,149
Winn Parish · 2-bed $892

Towns

260 places in Louisiana have a cost page and a benefits page.

Metros in this ranking

New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA