Signature · 14.1% SNAP (16th pct in LA)
Jefferson Parish, LA
Jefferson Parish lands in the lower national band on low-access (13.2%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 13.2%
- low-access pop.
- 15
- food-desert tracts
- 14.1%
- on SNAP
- 431K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Jefferson Parish, LA
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 13.2% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -8.9 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 15 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 14.1% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 7.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 12% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Richland Parish ( -1.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Jefferson Parish lands in the lower national band (13.2%, #2,256 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,256
- national by low-access %
- #51
- in LA
- 29
- low-access tracts
- 21K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 14.1% SNAP (16th pct in LA) (+2 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Jefferson Parish compares nationally
Jefferson Parish lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 13.2% low-access share that beats 28% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,259).
Jefferson Parish's lower-band USDA tier split
124 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 15 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Jefferson Parish has 122 urban and 2 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.
Jefferson 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
- Iberia 15.5
Iberia 15.5%
15.5 % low-access
- St. Martin 14.7
St. Martin 14.7%
14.7 % low-access
- Jefferson 13.2
Jefferson 13.2%
13.2 % low-access
- Richland 12
Richland 12%
12 % low-access
- Red River 11.9
Red River 11.9%
11.9 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 124 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 432,552 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 29 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 15 |
| Low-Access Population | 57,036 |
| Low-Access Share | 13.2%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 20,897 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 430,920 |
| Median Household Income | $65,252 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.6%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 24,876 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.1%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.4%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish has 330 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 115 locations (35% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 115
- 24-7 discount inc, new orleans
- airline fuel discount, metairie
- airline quick save, kenner
- airport shell air, kenner
- ali & sons food store, marrero
- bg mart, harvey
- behrman 158, gretna
- betel latin market, westwego
- birdies food and fuel 18 18, metairie
- birdies valero, metairie
- brothers, kenner
- brothers food mart 126 126, metairie
- circle k 2707238, kenner
- carol sue food store, gretna
- centroamericana market llc, metairie
- chateau supermarket, kenner
- circle k 2707664, kenner
- circle k 2707665, kenner
- circle k 2707668, metairie
- circle k 2707670, metairie
- circle k 2708294, kenner
- circle k 2708295, harvey
- circle k stores inc. 2707667, marrero
- circle k stores, inc 2700467, metairie
- circle k stores, inc 2707669, metairie
- circle k stores, inc 2707671, metairie
- clearview brothers, metairie
- clearview park shell cvp, metairie
- cousins fuelmart cfm, marrero
- cousins petro, metairie
- day and night, gretna
- diaz market driftwood, kenner
- diaz west metairie dwm, metairie
- discount center, new orleans
- discount depot#4, gretna
- discount zone, metairie
- discount zone, kenner
- discount zone, kenner
- discount zone, marrero
- discount zone, marrero
- discount zone, metairie
- discount zone 1199, metairie
- e corner store, westwego
- e-z stop, marrero
- easy stop, metairie
- el encanto, metairie
- el pulgarcito grocery and deli, new orleans
- envios express & mas tienda latina 2, new orleans
- exxon belle chasse 178, terrytown
- exxon causeway, metairie
- fast fuel mart, gretna
- fast stop, new orleans
- fast stop 137 137, marrero
- fast stop 2210, kenner
- fast stop of williams llc 3940, kenner
- flowers bakery outlet 50000200, gretna
- gasco, marrero
- ghazool express, metairie
- greg's food mart #3, marrero
- greg's food mart ii, marrero
- guajiro grocery & fruit, kenner
- gulf coast c stores, metairie
- hickory dickory dock quick stop, new orleans
- hickory shell hic, new orleans
- jk discount store inc, gretna
- jeff, new orleans
- kenner airport chevron 300, kenner
- kenner express llc, kenner
- kenner meat market, kenner
- kent kwik 989, kenner
- key fuel, gretna
- kwicky stop, kenner
- kwik e mart, westwego
- lake avenue discount, metairie
- lapalco one stop, marrero
- latino multi center llc, kenner
- los aleros supermarket 2, kenner
- lucky's, kenner
- m&j discount, gretna
- manhattan express, harvey
- manhattan food store, harvey
- mia's latin grocery, new orleans
- murphy usa 6906, marrero
- murphy usa 7942, new orleans
- nathan discount, gretna
- nola discount, marrero
- old metairie ii shell oii, metairie
- ormond birdies, gretna
- quick & karry, westwego
- quick timer market, kenner
- race trac 2493, new orleans
- racetrac 2366, terrytown
- racetrac 2430, harahan
- racetrac 2469, merraro
- racetrac 645, avondale
- racetrac 139, gretna
- racetrac 92, kenner
- ralphs on williams, kenner
- ryans true discount, marrero
- sam's mini mart 1, harvey
- save a dollar, gretna
- shell avondale, westwego
- shell barataria, marrero
- shell carol sue 174, gretna
- shell jefferson, new orleans
- shell lapalco 173, harvey
- sonny ryans convenience store, harvey
- stop n go llc, marrero
- super serve 7, kenner
- tarule latin store, kenner
- three j's, llc, terrytown
- time saver gretna, gretna
- time saver gretna llc, gretna
- west metairie discount zone, metairie
- westwood truck stop, marrero
Combination Grocery/Other · 99
- asher african market, new orleans
- cvs 10145, metairie
- cvs pharmacy 11426, terrytown
- cvs pharmacy 11427, marrero
- cvs pharmacy 5543, westwego
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 1939, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 2242, kenner
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 4752, westwego
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5342, metairie
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5349, kenner
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5383, metairie
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5441, metairie
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8921, gretna
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8999, metarie
- cvs/pharmacy 5340, new orleans
- captain jonathan seafood, westwego
- dollar general 10414, metairie
- dollar general 10588, harvey
- dollar general 10603, metairie
- dollar general 13841, kenner
- dollar general 14037, harvey
- dollar general 14836, gretna
- dollar general 15201, westwego
- dollar general 24085, gretna
- dollar general 8438, river ridge
- dollar general 9777, metairie
- dollartree 10639, harahan
- dollartree 11016, metairie
- dollartree 459, metairie
- dollar general 11476, metairie
- dollar general 11751, new orleans
- dollar general 12352, gretna
- dollar general 12396, lafitte
- dollar general 12970, avondale
- dollar general 14905, gretna
- dollar general 15222, marrero
- dollar general 24071, westwego
- dollar general 24082, metairie
- dollar general 25241, kenner
- dollar general 6825, marrero
- dollar tree 0396, harahan
- dollar tree 1953, kenner
- dollar tree 1985, marrero
- dollar tree 2710, terrytown
- dollar tree 389, kenner
- dollar tree 390, gretna
- dollar tree 4853, metairie
- dollar tree 4907, marrero
- dollar tree 5334, metairie
- dollar tree 6686, harvey
- dollar tree 7685, harvey
- dorignac's food center no, metairie
- family dollar store 10569, gretna
- family dollar 11568, harvey
- family dollar 12094, westwego
- family dollar 12354, gretna
- family dollar 12396, kenner
- family dollar 1512, marrero
- family dollar 2173, westwego
- family dollar 2194, jefferson
- family dollar 4428, harvey
- family dollar 4431, gretna
- family dollar 4909, kenner
- family dollar 6910, metairie
- family dollar 7028, marrero
- family dollar 754, westwego
- family dollar 8192, marrero
- family dollar 8318, kenner
- family dollar 8718, marrero
- family dollar 8793, westwego
- family dollar 958, gretna
- family dollar store 10608, marrero
- golden city asian market, metairie
- ideal market 10, kenner
- ideal market 6, metairie
- international market, metairie
- market wego, westwego
- tewelde's piggly wiggly, lafitte
- walgreens 05516, marrero
- walgreens 13658, new orleans
- walgreens 13679, metairie
- walgreens 15067, metairie
- walgreens 15109, new orleans
- walgreens 15571, metairie
- walgreens 3156, harvey
- walgreens 5230, westwego
- walgreens 6506, gretna
- walgreens 01799, metairie
- walgreens 02468, metairie
- walgreens 02469, kenner
- walgreens 06672, metairie
- walgreens 07261, gretna
- walgreens 12924, kenner
- walgreens 15200, terrytown
- walgreens 15533, metairie
- walgreens 17110, metairie
- walgreens 3199, marrero
- walgreens 5472, kenner
- walgreens 5633, marrero
Medium Grocery Store · 21
- cedar market, metairie
- dongyang market, metairie
- ideal market #14 14, kenner
- jabarays food store, harvey
- la despensa grocery, metairie
- latino express grocery, gretna
- latino express grocery 2, gretna
- manhattan seafood and meat market, harvey
- mercadito la pulguita, harvey
- mercado, kenner
- mikes meat market 1, marrero
- norma's international market and bakery, kenner
- quick save, kenner
- quickstop cajun seafood, marrero
- rotolo-martin supermarket, harvey
- sal's super meat market, gretna
- sufyaan, llc, metairie
- super stop supermarket, westwego
- the ultimate meat, kenner
- unica latino supermarket, kenner
- yaz & aj, marrero
Large Grocery Store · 8
- 88 supermarket, marrero
- al nour supermarket, harvey
- crescent international supermarket, gretna
- dong khanh, harvey
- hong kong food market, gretna
- island dollar supermarket, grand isle
- kien giang supermarket, gretna
- wegos meat market, westwego
Seafood Specialty · 6
- amy's seafood, westwego
- aprils seafood, westwego
- cajun corner seafood, gretna
- dee's seafood, westwego
- fisherman's cove seafood, kenner
- jerri's seafood, westwego
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- gourmet butcher block, inc., gretna
Showing 250 of 330 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
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.
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Counties near Jefferson Parish's lower low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Jefferson Parish (14.1%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Louisiana.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside LA (13.2% here).
- Marshall County, IL · 13.2% low-access
- Marshall County, IL · 13.2% low-access
- Sebastian County, AR · 13.2% low-access
- Sebastian County, AR · 13.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside LA (14.1% here).
- Allen County, KY · 14.1% SNAP
- Allen County, KY · 14.1% SNAP
- Fayette County, IN · 14.1% SNAP
- Fayette County, IN · 14.1% 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.
Jefferson Parish inside a lower low-access state context
Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22051. 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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