Signature · 5 LILA tracts (50% of tracts)
Lincoln Parish, LA
Lincoln Parish's signature pressure is desert tracts: 5 LILA tracts (50% of the book) alongside 34.1% low-access.
- 34.1%
- low-access pop.
- 5
- food-desert tracts
- 23.9%
- on SNAP
- 48K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Lincoln Parish, LA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 34.1% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +12.0 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 5 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 23.9% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 9.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 50% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Calcasieu Parish (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Lincoln Parish sits in the upper national band (34.1%, #661 of 3,079) with 5 LILA tracts.
- #661
- national by low-access %
- #18
- in LA
- 6
- low-access tracts
- 9K
- 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: 5 LILA tracts (50% of tracts) .
How Lincoln Parish compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Lincoln Parish's 34.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 79% of them and ranked #662 most-affected nationwide.
Lincoln Parish's elevated USDA tier split
10 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 5 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Lincoln Parish has 6 urban and 4 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.
Lincoln 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
- Caddo
Caddo 34.8%
34.8 % low-access
- Lincoln
Lincoln 34.1%
34.1 % low-access
- Calcasieu
Calcasieu 34.1%
34.1 % low-access
- East Carroll
East Carroll 33.6%
33.6 % low-access
- Ouachita
Ouachita 33.1%
33.1 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 10 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 46,735 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 6 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 5 |
| Low-Access Population | 15,956 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.1%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 9,066 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 48,174 |
| Median Household Income | $39,172 |
| Poverty Rate | 31.2%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 4,411 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 23.9%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 9.5%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 9.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish has 47 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 23 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 23
- big bucks, ruston
- circle k stores 2707762, ruston
- circle k stores 7768, ruston
- dixie mart 17279, dubach
- dixie mart 17284, ruston
- e-z mart 4284, ruston
- e-z mart 4285, ruston
- everest mart, ruston
- grab-it 1, ruston
- hills grocery, grambling
- mobil mart, ruston
- murphy usa 7857, ruston
- now save #22, ruston
- quiktrip 7221, ruston
- roger's mini mart, grambling
- ruston subway, ruston
- superior mart #3, grambling
- superior mart 4, ruston
- ta express grambling, grambling
- usa travel plaza 11, ruston
- usa travel plaza 13, ruston
- usa travel plaza-7, ruston
- zz-mart, ruston
Combination Grocery/Other · 16
- dollar general 18585, ruston
- dollar general 8100, ruston
- dollartree 7107, grambling
- dollar general 13029, choudrant
- dollar general 13480, grambling
- dollar general 16047, dubach
- dollar general 31336, ruston
- dollar general 6745, ruston
- dollar tree 3831, ruston
- family dollar 11435, ruston
- family dollar 12171, simsboro
- family dollar 12830, dubach
- family dollar 13875, choudrant
- family dollar store 8007, ruston
- walgreens 13605, ruston
- walgreens 11139, ruston
Supermarket · 3
- shopper's value 9307, ruston
- spring market 728, grambling
- super 1 foods 617, ruston
Medium Grocery Store · 2
- gibson's fresh grocer, ruston
- ruston groceries, ruston
Super Store · 2
- walmart neighborhood market 4577, ruston
- walmart supercenter 23, ruston
Farmers' Market · 1
- north louisiana farm fresh / ruston farmers market, ruston
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 Lincoln Parish vs Acadia Parish → · All Louisiana counties →
Counties near Lincoln Parish's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Lincoln 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 (34.1% here).
- Clinton County, MI · 34.1% low-access
- Clinton County, MI · 34.1% low-access
- Monmouth County, NJ · 34.1% low-access
- Monmouth County, NJ · 34.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside LA (23.9% here).
- Bertie County, NC · 23.9% SNAP
- Bertie County, NC · 23.9% SNAP
- Santa Cruz County, AZ · 23.9% SNAP
- Santa Cruz County, AZ · 23.9% 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.
Lincoln Parish inside a higher low-access state context
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22061. 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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