Signature · 13 LILA tracts (39.4% of tracts)
Rapides Parish, LA
Rapides Parish's signature pressure is desert tracts: 13 LILA tracts (39.4% of the book) alongside 40.6% low-access.
- 40.6%
- low-access pop.
- 13
- food-desert tracts
- 19.1%
- on SNAP
- 128K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Rapides Parish, LA
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-SEVERE 40.6% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +18.5 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 13 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.1% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 9.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 39% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: St. John the Baptist Parish ( -1.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Rapides Parish sits in the upper national band (40.6%, #377 of 3,079) with 13 LILA tracts.
- #377
- national by low-access %
- #7
- in LA
- 24
- low-access tracts
- 25K
- 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: 13 LILA tracts (39.4% of tracts) .
How Rapides Parish compares nationally
Rapides Parish sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 40.6% low-access share outpaces 88% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #378 most-affected nationwide.
Rapides Parish's elevated USDA tier split
33 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 13 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Rapides Parish has 20 urban and 13 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.
Rapides 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
- Ascension
Ascension 42.3%
42.3 % low-access
- Rapides
Rapides 40.6%
40.6 % low-access
- St. John the …
St. John the … 39.6%
39.6 % low-access
- Tangipahoa
Tangipahoa 38.8%
38.8 % low-access
- West Feliciana
West Feliciana 38.1%
38.1 % low-access
- Assumption 0.9
Assumption 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 33 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 131,613 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 24 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 13 |
| Low-Access Population | 53,431 |
| Low-Access Share | 40.6%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 25,172 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 127,527 |
| Median Household Income | $54,967 |
| Poverty Rate | 19.9%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 9,348 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.1%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 9.4%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.0% |
Thick SNAP store book in Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish has 116 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 42 locations (36% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 42
- cvs/ pharmacy 5544, pineville
- cvs/ pharmacy 5607, alexandria
- dollar general 0200, lecompte
- dollar general 11163, alexandria
- dollar general 13872, alexandria
- dollar general 13994, deville
- dollar general 14051, forest hill
- dollar general 2820, pineville
- dollar general 2987, ball
- dollar general 4243, alexandria
- dollar general 6643, pineville
- dollar general 6658, hineston
- dollar general 7150, alexandria
- dollar general 7934, pineville
- dollar general 8059, woodworth
- dollar tree 2060, pineville
- dollar general 11719, alexandria
- dollar general 11805, alexandria
- dollar general 12553, boyce
- dollar general 13090, boyce
- dollar general 13419, pineville
- dollar general 15797, boyce
- dollar general 19827, pineville
- dollar general 21454, alexandria
- dollar general 22493, pineville
- dollar general 25832, alexandria
- dollar general 2823, pineville
- dollar general 6611, alexandria
- dollar general 7801, pineville
- dollar general 9134, glenmora
- dollar general 9889, pineville
- dollar tree 2496, alexandria
- dollar tree 6597, alexandria
- family dollar 11788, pineville
- family dollar 12152, glenmora
- family dollar 13548, hineston
- family dollar 13877, boyce
- tom's seafood market, pineville
- walgreens 01657, alexandria
- walgreens 02012, alexandria
- walgreens 09182, pineville
- walgreens 09526, pineville
Convenience Store · 42
- anna's quik pak 1, glenmora
- bolton one stop, alexandria
- chevron food mart, alexandria
- chitown gas and grocery, alexandria
- circle k 2704174, alexandria
- circle k 2707778, louisiana
- circle k stores inc. 2707772, pineville
- circle k stores inc. 2707775, alexandria
- circle k stores, inc 2702843, pineville
- circle k stores, inc 2707769, alexandria
- coleman's grocery, alexandria
- d&d stop & save, alexandria
- duke's one stop shop, alexandria
- flowers bakery outlet 50000223, alexandria
- gas mart, alexandria
- joes grocery, alexandria
- jr lee ray's, pineville
- kountry korner #1, mora
- king city #2, alexandria
- kolin general, pineville
- kwik n easy, alexandria
- love's travel stop 720, boyce
- murphy usa 7469, alexandria
- murphy usa 7552, alexandria
- murphy usa 7749, pineville
- n & a food & gas, alexandria
- pooh's, boyce
- rapides station truck stop, boyce
- rick's #1, pineville
- rubios wag a bag, forest hill
- super zaks, alexandria
- sams grocery, alexandria
- sams pdq mart, alexandria
- save more, alexandria
- smokers paradise plus #15, glenmora
- stuckeys travel center, woodworth
- y not stop 28 east 1090, pineville
- y not stop a 1030, alexandria
- y not stop airpark 900, alexandria
- y not stop deville 800, deville
- y not stop versailles 1050, alexandria
- y-not stop buhlow 1070, pineville
Super Store · 9
- ball foods, ball
- kroger 381, alexandria
- sam's club 8181, alexandria
- target store t167, alexandria
- walmart neighborhood market 3727, alexandria
- walmart neighborhood market 3736, pineville
- walmart supercenter 75, pineville
- walmart supercenter 4295, alexandria
- walmart supercenter 539, alexandria
Supermarket · 7
- albertsons 3215, alexandria
- mac's fresh market 10, pineville
- mac's fresh market 11, pineville
- mac's fresh market 7, alexandria
- super 1 foods 601, alexandria
- super 1 foods 609, pineville
- super 1 foods 620, pineville
Small Grocery Store · 5
- asian market, alexandria
- n & n food mart, alexandria
- the cajun butcher, glenmora
- vietnamese market, alexandria
- water street market, lecompte
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 3
- guillory's specialty meats, pineville
- martin meats inc, alexandria
- town and country meats, alexandria
Medium Grocery Store · 3
- food mart, lecompte
- food town plus #1, alexandria
- jerusalem grocery & meat market, alexandria
Farmers' Market · 2
- alexandria farmers market, alexandria
- boyce farmers market, boyce
Seafood Specialty · 2
- crawfish port, alexandria
- louisiana gulf seafood, pineville
Large Grocery Store · 1
- sams parkside grocery, woodworth
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
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Counties near Rapides Parish's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Rapides 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 (40.6% here).
- Waseca County, MN · 40.6% low-access
- Waseca County, MN · 40.6% low-access
- Nottoway County, VA · 40.6% low-access
- Nottoway County, VA · 40.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside LA (19.1% here).
- Lake County, MI · 19.1% SNAP
- Lake County, MI · 19.1% SNAP
- Grant County, NM · 19.1% SNAP
- Grant County, NM · 19.1% 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.
Rapides Parish inside a higher low-access state context
Rapides 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 Rapides Parish, LA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 22079. 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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