Signature · 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts)
Catahoula Parish, LA
Catahoula Parish's signature pressure is desert tracts: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of the book) alongside 35.3% low-access.
- 35.3%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 19.3%
- on SNAP
- 9K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Catahoula Parish, LA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 35.3% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +13.2 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.3% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.2% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 33% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Bienville Parish (+ 0.3 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Catahoula Parish sits in the upper national band (35.3%, #575 of 3,079) with 1 LILA tracts.
- #575
- national by low-access %
- #15
- in LA
- 2
- low-access tracts
- 1K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts) .
How Catahoula Parish compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Catahoula Parish's 35.3% low-access share is elevated, higher than 81% of them and ranked #580 most-affected nationwide.
Catahoula Parish's elevated USDA tier split
3 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Catahoula Parish has 0 urban and 3 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.
Catahoula Parish vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Louisiana, not a full county-board reprint
- Tensas
Tensas 58.9%
58.9 % low-access
- Bienville
Bienville 35.6%
35.6 % low-access
- St. Bernard
St. Bernard 35.6%
35.6 % low-access
- Catahoula
Catahoula 35.3%
35.3 % low-access
- Caddo
Caddo 34.8%
34.8 % low-access
- Calcasieu
Calcasieu 34.1%
34.1 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 3 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 10,407 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 2 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 3,669 |
| Low-Access Share | 35.3%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1,416 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 8,583 |
| Median Household Income | $50,275 |
| Poverty Rate | 24.3%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 617 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.3%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.2%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 11.8% |
SNAP retailers in Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish has 12 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 4 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 6 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 6
- easy e's beer & bait, jonesville
- ford's leland grocery, sicily island
- hot spot jonesville, jonesville
- shell t towne, jonesville
- xpressmart sandy lake, jonesville
- y not stop jonesville 1020, jonesville
Combination Grocery/Other · 4
- dollar general 20366, sicily island
- dollar general 3264, jonesville
- family dollar 12194, harrisonburg
- family dollar 650, jonesville
Seafood Specialty · 1
- kings fish market, jonesville
Super Store · 1
- ford's food center, jonesville
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 Catahoula Parish vs Acadia Parish → · All Louisiana counties →
Catahoula Parish inside a higher low-access state context
Catahoula 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 Catahoula Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22025. 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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