Signature · 255 SNAP-authorized stores
Orleans Parish, LA
Orleans Parish's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 17.6%
- low-access pop.
- 22
- food-desert tracts
- 18.5%
- on SNAP
- 372K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Orleans Parish, LA
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 17.6% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -4.5 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 22 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 18.5% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 17.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 13% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Claiborne Parish ( -0.3 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Orleans Parish ranks #1,903 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #45 of 64 counties in LA (17.6% low-access; 22 food-desert tracts).
- #1,903
- national by low-access %
- #45
- in LA
- 32
- low-access tracts
- 30K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 255 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Orleans Parish compares nationally
Orleans Parish lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 17.6% low-access share that beats 39% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,907).
Orleans Parish: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
175 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 22 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Orleans Parish has 172 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.
Orleans Parish low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Louisiana, not a full county-board reprint
- Tensas
Tensas 58.9%
58.9 % low-access
- Grant 19.5
Grant 19.5%
19.5 % low-access
- West Baton Ro… 18.9
West Baton Ro… 18.9%
18.9 % low-access
- Orleans 17.6
Orleans 17.6%
17.6 % low-access
- Claiborne 17.3
Claiborne 17.3%
17.3 % low-access
- Jefferson Dav… 15.6
Jefferson Dav… 15.6%
15.6 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 175 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 343,829 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 32 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 22 |
| Low-Access Population | 60,346 |
| Low-Access Share | 17.6%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 30,198 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 371,853 |
| Median Household Income | $56,631 |
| Poverty Rate | 22.6%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 28,835 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 18.5%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 17.4%well above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish has 255 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 11 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 97 locations (38% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 97
- 2150 claiborne shell, new orleans
- 510 discount zone, new orleans
- a & j's mart, new orleans
- a & m food store, new orleans
- adams food store #3, new orleans
- az express, new orleans
- adams street grocery & deli, new orleans
- algiers discount food store inc, new orleans
- algiers fuel discount, new orleans
- alzara inc, new orleans
- birdie's, new orleans
- birdies on broad, new orleans
- broadway food store, new orleans
- brooks grocery, new orleans
- brother food mart no 127, new orleans
- brothers food mart 109 109, new orleans
- brothers morrison, new orleans
- brothers read, new orleans
- brown derby #3, new orleans
- brown derby fuel mart, new orleans
- brown derby superstore, new orleans
- bullard chevron, new orleans
- castellon pharmacy, new orleans
- chef chevron, new orleans
- chef fuel, new orleans
- circle k 2707672, new orleans
- circle k stores inc. 2707673, new orleans
- ck's hot shoppe, new orleans
- crowder chevron 1, new orleans
- danny food store, new orleans
- day & night discount #2, new orleans
- delta fuel plus, new orleans
- discount broad center 1, new orleans
- discount corner, new orleans
- discount n out, new orleans
- discount zone, new orleans
- downman fuel, new orleans
- elysian 167, new orleans
- ez stop market, new orleans
- friendly supermarket, new orleans
- fair zone food store 2, new orleans
- flowers bakery outlet 50000201, new orleans
- franklin food mart, new orleans
- franklin shell, new orleans
- fresh market on st claude, new orleans
- fuel express mart, new orleans
- fuel n mart n/a, new orleans
- fuel zone, new orleans
- gentilly market, new orleans
- gentilly shell, new orleans
- gloria's grocery, new orleans
- happy discount, new orleans
- haynes supermarket, new orleans
- jakes uptown, new orleans
- key's fuel mart 3, new orleans
- keys fuel mart, new orleans
- king food store, new orleans
- kwik pik, new orleans
- lakeview food and gas, new orleans
- magnolia meat market, new orleans
- magazine discount zone, new orleans
- magnolia discount, new orleans
- market on magazine, new orleans
- mckenzie food store, new orleans
- murphy usa 7138, new orleans
- nicks supermarket, new orleans
- nola village market, new orleans
- olympia food store, new orleans
- om carrollton oil inc, new orleans
- on the fly, new orleans
- orleans ave market llc, new orleans
- paris avenue superette, new orleans
- petro save, new orleans
- prytania mart, new orleans
- quarter grocery & deli, new orleans
- quick trip discount, new orleans
- racetrac 2383, new orleans
- rainbow grocery, new orleans
- read discount, new orleans
- rocheblave food store, new orleans
- saba food mart 3, new orleans
- savers, new orleans
- savers discount, new orleans
- spur general meyer, new orleans
- st bernard drugs, new orleans
- st charles 155 155, new orleans
- st charles c store 1216, new orleans
- st claude discount, new orleans
- sunshine food market, new orleans
- super discount gas, new orleans
- t and m food mart, new orleans
- tex mart, new orleans
- the market, new orleans
- tigar mart 1, new orleans
- triangle deli, new orleans
- two guys with gas, new orleans
- wagner's meat, new orleans
Combination Grocery/Other · 60
- afro mart, new orleans
- cvs 10058, new orleans
- cvs 10108, new orleans
- cvs 10483, new orleans
- cvs pharmacy inc 5387, new orleans
- cvs pharmacy 10559, new orleans
- cvs pharmacy 10594, new orleans
- cvs pharmacy 763, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy 167, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy 8266, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 2728, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 3730, new orleans
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5503, new orleans
- chris's specialty foods, new orleans
- dollar general 24410, new orleans
- dollartree 9236, new orleans
- dollar general 11260, new orleans
- dollar general 11423, new orleans
- dollar general 11478, new orleans
- dollar general 12690, new orleans
- dollar tree 4569, new orleans
- dollar tree 4948, new orleans
- dollar tree 5347, new orleans
- dollar tree 5751, new orleans
- dollar tree 6277, new orleans
- dollar tree 6333, new orleans
- dollar tree 7923, new orleans
- dollar tree plus 6987, new orleans
- family dollar 11603, new orleans
- family dollar 11949, new orleans
- family dollar 1230, new orleans
- family dollar 5398, new orleans
- family dollar 6689, new orleans
- family dollar 6797, new orleans
- family dollar 8019, new orleans
- family dollar 858, new orleans
- family dollar store 1505, new orleans
- la favorita market, new orleans
- lakeview grocery 129, new orleans
- morenita plus produce and meat 2, new orleans
- terranova's meats, new orleans
- walgreens 11414, new orleans
- walgreens 2262, new orleans
- walgreens 2640, new orleans
- walgreens 4305, new orleans
- walgreens 4451, new orleans
- walgreens 5040, new orleans
- walgreens 03139, new orleans
- walgreens 03889, new orleans
- walgreens 04450, new orleans
- walgreens 09063, new orleans
- walgreens 10316, new orleans
- walgreens 11496, new orleans
- walgreens 15199, new orleans
- walgreens 15615, new orleans
- walgreens 16312, new orleans
- walgreens 17089, new orleans
- walgreens 3558, new orleans
- walgreens 5358, new orleans
- walgreens 5866, new orleans
Medium Grocery Store · 36
- algiers central market, new orleans
- algiers meat and more, new orleans
- algiers supermarket, new orleans
- brothers discount market, new orleans
- back on the avenue, new orleans
- behrman cajun seafood, new orleans
- brothers brown derby, new orleans
- downman super market, new orleans
- east side cash & carry, new orleans
- evergreen supermarket, new orleans
- east over market, new orleans
- family ranch market, new orleans
- fast stop 3, new orleans
- fish and seafood market, new orleans
- franklin discount, new orleans
- habibi grocery, new orleans
- ideal food store, new orleans
- j & p supermarket, new orleans
- key food store, new orleans
- king supermarket, new orleans
- louisiana super saver, new orleans
- ly's supermarket none, new orleans
- magnolia supermarket, new orleans
- magnolia supermarket, new orleans
- monas cafe 1, new orleans
- newton discount market, new orleans
- norma's sweets bakery 2, new orleans
- orleans center market, new orleans
- project food store #2, new orleans
- richards food store, new orleans
- read supermarket, new orleans
- river fine foods, new orleans
- sam's food and liquor, new orleans
- sam's meat market, new orleans
- speed racer, new orleans
- viet my supermarket, new orleans
Super Store · 18
- canseco's carrollton market, new orleans
- costco 1147, new orleans
- ideal discount market 2, new orleans
- robert fresh market #124, new orleans
- robert fresh market 134, new orleans
- rouses market 26, new orleans
- rouses market 29, new orleans
- rouses market 30, new orleans
- rouses market 35, new orleans
- rouses market 36, new orleans
- rouses market 46, new orleans
- rouses market 83, new orleans
- walmart 1163, new orleans
- walmart supercenter 3167, new orleans
- walmart supercenter 5022, new orleans
- walmart supercenter 912, new orleans
- whole foods market 10143, new orleans
- whole foods market 10522, new orleans
Small Grocery Store · 13
- chippewa food store, new orleans
- chef discount, new orleans
- crowder center, new orleans
- discount city, new orleans
- dons food mart, new orleans
- fast stop 102, new orleans
- g & c meat market llc, new orleans
- k & t food store, new orleans
- la consentida 2, new orleans
- mini market don villa, new orleans
- mini market la consentida 3, new orleans
- sohana grocery store, new orleans
- spiders meat market, new orleans
Large Grocery Store · 9
- aerens supermarket, new orleans
- banks meat market, new orleans
- brothers franklin, new orleans
- cansecos explanade market, new orleans
- minh canh supermarket, new orleans
- new orleans food co-op, new orleans
- quickys discount, new orleans
- seafood & chicken market, new orleans
- zara's lilgiant supermarket inc, new orleans
Supermarket · 7
- aldi 82146, new orleans
- bayou fresh, new orleans
- breaux mart supermarket, new orleans
- cansecos elysian field market, new orleans
- circle food market, new orleans
- langenstein's, new orleans
- seafood & chicken market, new orleans
Farmers' Market · 5
- community farmer's market, new orleans
- crescent city farmers market city park, new orleans
- crescent city farmers market greenway, new orleans
- crescent city farmers market uptown, new orleans
- sankofa farmers market, new orleans
Seafood Specialty · 3
- captain sals seafood & chicken, new orleans
- eddie pinto's marina, new orleans
- whoooaanah marketplace, new orleans
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 1
- barcelo gardens fresh market, new orleans
Military Commissary · 1
- new orleans commissary 137, belle chasse
Showing 250 of 255 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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Nationwide peers for Orleans Parish's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Orleans 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 (17.6% here).
- Mason County, KY · 17.6% low-access
- Mason County, KY · 17.6% low-access
- Randolph County, IN · 17.6% low-access
- Randolph County, IN · 17.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside LA (18.5% here).
- Jackson County, IL · 18.5% SNAP
- Jackson County, IL · 18.5% SNAP
- Clay County, IL · 18.5% SNAP
- Clay County, IL · 18.5% 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.
Food access nationally, Louisiana in context
Orleans 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 Orleans Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22071. 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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