Signature · 6.6% low-access (13th pct)
Acadia Parish, LA
Acadia Parish lands in the lower national band on low-access (6.6%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 6.6%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 24.4%
- on SNAP
- 57K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Acadia Parish, LA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ADEQUATE 6.6% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -15.5 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 3 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 24.4% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 25% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: St. Helena Parish ( -0.6 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Acadia Parish lands in the lower national band (6.6%, #2,720 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,720
- national by low-access %
- #58
- in LA
- 3
- low-access tracts
- 2K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 6.6% low-access (13th pct) (-15.5 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Acadia Parish compares nationally
Food access in Acadia Parish compares favorably nationally: its 6.6% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 13% of them (rank #2,726).
Acadia Parish's lower-band USDA tier split
12 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 3 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Acadia Parish has 6 urban and 6 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Acadia Parish vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Louisiana, not a full county-board reprint
- Tensas
Tensas 58.9%
58.9 % low-access
- Caldwell 7.9
Caldwell 7.9%
7.9 % low-access
- Acadia 6.6
Acadia 6.6%
6.6 % low-access
- St. Helena 6
St. Helena 6%
6 % low-access
- Madison 5.7
Madison 5.7%
5.7 % low-access
- Iberville 5.2
Iberville 5.2%
5.2 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 12 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 61,773 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 3 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 3 |
| Low-Access Population | 4,092 |
| Low-Access Share | 6.6%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1,968 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 56,955 |
| Median Household Income | $45,562 |
| Poverty Rate | 25.0%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 5,390 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 24.4%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.5%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Acadia Parish
Acadia Parish has 71 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 28 locations (39% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 28
- dollar general 0610, church point
- dollar general 13950, rayne
- dollar general 3620, rayne
- dollar general 4187, crowley
- dollar general 7755, iota
- dollar general 12783, mermentau
- dollar general 16248, crowley
- dollar general 16296, estherwood
- dollar general 17908, jennings
- dollar general 22608, church point
- dollar general 24682, crowley
- dollar general 24867, morse
- dollar general 30710, rayne
- dollar general 31033, crowley
- dollar general 7323, rayne
- dollar general store 16741, rayne
- dollar tree 1328, crowley
- egan food store, egan
- family dollar 1180, crowley
- family dollar 12386, branch
- family dollar 12727, iota
- family dollar 13468, basile
- family dollar 1543, rayne
- family dollar 2562, church point
- family dollar store 11735, crowley
- uncle joe's seafood, crowley
- walgreens 09862, rayne
- walgreens 10399, crowley
Convenience Store · 23
- acadia food mart, crowley
- circle k 2740371, rayne
- crowley corner express, crowley
- deuces travel plaza, duson
- e-z mart 4299, basile
- fast stop of church point, church point
- k&l grocery, crowley
- korky's food mart, crowley
- love's travel stop 523, duson
- m & m grocery, rayne
- market mendoza, church point
- mm one mart inc, crowley
- more 4 less 99, crowley
- murphy usa 5532, crowley
- queen city, rayne
- raceway, crowley
- rita's quik stop, inc, iota
- ruddocks bakery, crowley
- shoprite 1, crowley
- shoprite 35, rayne
- texaco, church point
- vautrot's mini mart, llc, church point
- venable's grocery & market, rayne
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 4
- coleman's sausage and specialty, iota
- elliott's slaughter house & meat market, morse
- keeper's cajun products, church point
- slm fresh meat market, llc, crowley
Supermarket · 4
- rod's, church point
- super 1 foods 639, crowley
- super 1 foods 644, rayne
- trahan foods, rayne
Large Grocery Store · 3
- champagne, rayne
- foret's, iota
- rice city supermarket, crowley
Medium Grocery Store · 3
- crawfish nest, crowley
- mikey's seafood & specialty meats, estherwood
- mikey's seafood and specialty meats na, crowley
Super Store · 3
- piggly wiggly, church point
- piggly wiggly 6460, rayne
- walmart supercenter 310, crowley
Seafood Specialty · 2
- acadia crawfish co, suite b, crowley
- davis seafood and meats, church point
Small Grocery Store · 1
- morse grocery, morse
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Louisiana
One of 63 counties in Louisiana, 6 are shown here.
Compare Acadia Parish vs Allen Parish → · All Louisiana counties →
Counties near Acadia Parish's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Acadia Parish, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside LA (6.6% here).
- Fleming County, KY · 6.6% low-access
- Fleming County, KY · 6.6% low-access
- Seneca County, NY · 6.6% low-access
- Seneca County, NY · 6.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside LA (24.4% here).
- Vance County, NC · 24.3% SNAP
- Lake County, CA · 24.3% SNAP
- St. Francis County, AR · 24.3% SNAP
- Bell County, KY · 24.5% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Acadia Parish inside a lower low-access state context
Acadia Parish sits inside Louisiana (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Acadia Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22001. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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