County food-access profile · Louisiana
Caddo Parish, LA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Caddo Parish residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 34.8%
- low-access pop.
- 25
- food-desert tracts
- 21.6%
- on SNAP
- 230K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
34.8% of Caddo Parish residents live in a low-access area, and 25 of its 63 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 34
- low-access tracts
- 41K
- food-desert residents
- 9.9%
- households, no vehicle
- 22.4%
- below poverty line
Low access = living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket. Food deserts add a low-income condition (USDA LILA, 1-and-10-mile measure).
USDA data puts Caddo Parish's low-access share at 34.8%, above the national share. 34 of the county's 63 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 88,708 people. 25 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 40,898 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Caddo Parish compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Caddo Parish's 34.8% low-access share is elevated, higher than 81% of them and ranked #602 most-affected nationwide.
Caddo Parish: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 63 census tracts in Caddo Parish, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Caddo Parish vs. other Louisiana counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish, LA
34.8 % low-access
- Acadia Parish 6.6
Acadia Parish, LA
6.6 % low-access
- Allen Parish
Allen Parish, LA
28.1 % low-access
- Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish, LA
42.3 % low-access
- Assumption Parish 0.9
Assumption Parish, LA
0.9 % low-access
- Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish, LA
20.5 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 63 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 254,969 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 34 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 25 |
| Low-Access Population | 88,708 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.8%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 40,898 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 230,004 |
| Median Household Income | $50,705 |
| Poverty Rate | 22.4%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 20,674 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 21.6%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 9.9%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.3% |
About 21.6% of Caddo Parish households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 34.8% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 21.6% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 20,674 households here.
- 9.9% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 25 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Caddo Parish
above the national share
25 of Caddo Parish's 63 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 39.7% of all its tracts.
A further 9 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 34.
An estimated 88,708 residents, roughly 34.8% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 40,898 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 29 tracts (46.0%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish has 210 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 103 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 103
- 70th st food mart, shreveport
- a-1 stop, shreveport
- airport chevron, shreveport
- am pm, shreveport
- c & c grocery & liquor, shreveport
- circle k store 08192, shreveport
- caddo super stop, shreveport
- centenary market, shreveport
- circle k 2703780, shreveport
- circle k 2707751, shreveport
- circle k 2707752, shreveport
- circle k 2708179, shreveport
- circle k 2708187, shreveport
- circle k 2708190, shreveport
- circle k 2740379, shreveport
- circle k 2740381, shreveport
- circle k 2740386, shreveport
- circle k store #2723774 2723774, shreveport
- circle k stores 2707774, shreveport
- circle k stores 2707781, shreveport
- circle k stores 2708197, shreveport
- circle k stores inc. 2708195, shreveport
- cliffs country store, shreveport
- consumers grocery, shreveport
- corner market, shreveport
- derrick express, keithville
- dixie quick mart llc dba valero express mart, shreveport
- downtown super stop, shreveport
- e-z mart 4203, vivian
- e-z mart 4262, oil city
- excel mart, shreveport
- first & last stop, shreveport
- flowers bakery outlet 1066, shreveport
- flowers bakery outlet 339, shreveport
- food mart, shreveport
- g's corner store, shreveport
- gas n go, shreveport
- gmax, shreveport
- h & s grocery & liquor, shreveport
- hollywood ave food mart, shreveport
- hollywood liquor & grocery mart, shreveport
- hollywood mini mart, shreveport
- hy lo grocery & liquor, shreveport
- i-20 easy pass, shreveport
- jewella quick stop, shreveport
- jim's grocery, shreveport
- jimmy's quick stop, shreveport
- king snack & grocery, shreveport
- kings mini mart & vape, shreveport
- kwik stop, shreveport
- lakeshore food mart 122, shreveport
- lakeshore grocery, shreveport
- linwood convenience, shreveport
- little big horn, llc, shreveport
- love's travel stop 854, shreveport
- love's travel stops 209, greenwood
- m & a shell, shreveport
- midway food mart, shreveport
- murphy usa 5673, shreveport
- murphy usa 6629, shreveport
- murphy usa 7482, shreveport
- murphy usa 7648, shreveport
- murphy usa 7821, shreveport
- nlb grocery, shreveport
- north market kwik stop, shreveport
- p&s pantry exxon 1, shreveport
- pel state fina, shreveport
- petro stopping center 308, shreveport
- pilot travel center 665, greenwood
- pines road quick stop, shreveport
- quick pack grocery, shreveport
- quiktrip 7220, shreveport
- r & r petro mart inc, shreveport
- raceway # 6733, shreveport
- raceway 6732, shreveport
- raceway 6802, shreveport
- raceway 6942, shreveport
- rj's corner store, shreveport
- rouls enterprises inc, shreveport
- s & a truck stop, keithville
- s & q stop, shreveport
- sams grocery, shreveport
- sams grocery 2, shreveport
- shreveport citgo, shreveport
- sonnys corner store, keithville
- souther ave grocery, shreveport
- southern hills in & out, shreveport
- stop n get grocery, shreveport
- sunshine citgo, shreveport
- super s, shreveport
- super s crawdaddys, keithville
- super s travel plaza, ida
- super s triangle, mooringsport
- super save 10, shreveport
- ta hosston, hosston
- the liquor store, shreveport
- tonys quick stop, shreveport
- travelcenters of america 237, greenwood
- us petro & food mart, shreveport
- village food, shreveport
- werner park grocery, shreveport
- y & j grocery & deli, shreveport
- zikos food mart, shreveport
Combination Grocery/Other · 66
- bao bao food market, shreveport
- cvs 5329, shreveport
- cvs pharmacy inc 5325, shreveport
- cvs pharmacy 10941, shreveport
- cvs/ pharmacy 4743, shreveport
- cvs/ pharmacy 5360, shreveport
- dollar general 10759, shreveport
- dollar general 2546, vivian
- dollar general 9230, shreveport
- dollar general 9277, shreveport
- dollar general 9760, greenwood
- dollartree 9650, cookeville
- dollartree 9914, shreveport
- dollar general 11553, shreveport
- dollar general 12209, oil city
- dollar general 12560, shreveport
- dollar general 12636, shreveport
- dollar general 12768, shreveport
- dollar general 13512, spring ridge
- dollar general 23266, shreveport
- dollar general 30179, shreveport
- dollar general 30542, mooringsport
- dollar general 30983, shreveport
- dollar general 31067, rodessa
- dollar general 4947, blanchard
- dollar general store 16902, shreveport
- dollar general store 17346, shreveport
- dollar tree 1493, shreveport
- dollar tree 2543, shreveport
- dollar tree 4582, shreveport
- dollar tree 6653, shreveport
- dollar tree 7405, shreveport
- dollar tree 8269, shreveport
- dollar tree 852, shreveport
- family dollar 11117, shreveport
- family dollar 11438, keithville
- family dollar 11468, shreveport
- family dollar 11471, shreveport
- family dollar 1153, shreveport
- family dollar 11883, shreveport
- family dollar 11991, shreveport
- family dollar 1390, shreveport
- family dollar 1412, shreveport
- family dollar 3483, shreveport
- family dollar 4064, shreveport
- family dollar 4157, shreveport
- family dollar 4913, shreveport
- family dollar 5005, shreveport
- family dollar 5140, shreveport
- family dollar 5253, shreveport
- family dollar 5746, vivian
- family dollar 6266, shreveport
- family dollar 6340, shreveport
- family dollar 8216, shreveport
- family dollar store 10625, shreveport
- family dollar store 11073, shreveport
- family dollar store 4699, shreveport
- family dollar store 7913, shreveport
- farmers seafood market - jewella jewella, shreveport
- walgreens 05992, shreveport
- walgreens 4998, shreveport
- walgreens 5163, shreveport
- walgreens 5181, shreveport
- walgreens 7595, shreveport
- walgreens 09492, shreveport
- walgreens 17338, shreveport
Supermarket · 17
- aldi 75103, shreveport
- albertsons 0218, shreveport
- brookshire food store 67, shreveport
- brookshire food store 18, shreveport
- brookshire food store 24, shreveport
- brookshire food store 25, shreveport
- brookshire food store 37, shreveport
- brookshire food store 49, shreveport
- brookshire food store 78, shreveport
- piggly wiggly cost plus 4911, shreveport
- super 1 foods 608, shreveport
- super 1 foods 626, shreveport
- super 1 foods 633, shreveport
- shopper's value 9334, shreveport
- southern market 383, shreveport
- spring market 731, blanchard
- supervalue/iga 7435, vivian
Super Store · 15
- kroger 427, shreveport
- kroger 539, shreveport
- kroger 533, shreveport
- sam's club 8273, shreveport
- shopper's value 9318, shreveport
- shopper's value 9319, shreveport
- target store t 1347, shreveport
- walmart 116, vivian
- walmart 3868, shreveport
- walmart neighborhood market 3746, shreveport
- walmart supercenter 448, shreveport
- walmart supercenter 450, shreveport
- walmart supercenter 278, shreveport
- walmart supercenter 6932, shreveport
- whole foods market 10575, shreveport
Farmers' Market · 2
- shreveport farmers' market, shreveport
- the market at nhumc, shreveport
Medium Grocery Store · 2
- la ranchera meat market, shreveport
- world food & meat market, shreveport
Small Grocery Store · 2
- asiana market 0, shreveport
- saigon international market, shreveport
Bakery Specialty · 1
- papa murphy's la012, shreveport
Large Grocery Store · 1
- cottens grocery, shreveport
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- the louisiana meat store, shreveport
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Louisiana
Compare Caddo Parish vs Acadia Parish → · All Louisiana counties →
Food access nationally, Louisiana in context
Caddo Parish sits inside Louisiana (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.