About one in five people in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, lives below the poverty line
In Iberville Parish, 21.5% of people lived below the poverty line. That is higher than in 90% of U.S. counties.
More distressed than 80% of U.S. counties.
What drives Iberville Parish's score
In Iberville Parish, late payments on loans weigh most: the score for late payments on loans is 85.7. People with a car or retail loan behind: 8.8%, August 2025, higher than in 87% of U.S. counties. Collections and bankruptcy comes next, at 76.4.
The County Distress Index looks at five parts of household money trouble in Iberville Parish: jobs, late payments on loans, income and the safety net, collections and bankruptcy, and housing costs. Each part is scored from 0 to 100, and a higher score means worse off than other counties.
Iberville Parish does better than most counties on two measures: rent on a two-bedroom as a share of the median income (18.3%, fiscal year 2027) and renters paying half their income or more in rent (15.3%, 2020 to 2024).
A longer bar means more trouble. See how the county score works.
- 85.7 of 100
Late payments
Biggest factorCredit records, August 2025; credit scores, second quarter of 2026
- People with a credit card behind7.8% · August 202582nd percentile
- People with a car or retail loan behind8.8% · August 202587th percentile
- People with a subprime credit score53.1% · second quarter of 202686th percentile
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- 76.4 of 100
Collections and bankruptcy
Credit records, August 2025; bankruptcy filings, 2025
- People with unpaid debt sent to a collector37.3% · August 202590th percentile
- Bankruptcy filings per 100,000 people158.7 · 202562nd percentile
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- 75.1 of 100
Income and safety net
Poverty and income, 2024; disability and insurance, 2020–24 Census survey
- People below the poverty line21.5% · 202491st percentile
- Children below the poverty line28.5% · 202489th percentile
- People with a disability18.0% · 2020 to 202467th percentile
- People without health insurance8.1% · 2020 to 202452nd percentile
- Median household income (lower income, longer bar)$58,450 · 202474th percentile
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- 75.0 of 100
Jobs
Unemployment through Sep 2026; adults not working, 2020–24 Census survey
- Unemployment rate, average over the latest year4.7% · Oct 2025 to Sep 202676th percentile
- Adults 25 to 54 not working25.0% · 2020 to 202473rd percentile
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- 29.1 of 100
Housing costs
Renters, 2020–24 Census survey; HUD's fair market rents, fiscal year 2027
- Renters paying half their income or more in rent15.3% · 2020 to 202433rd percentile
- Rent on a two-bedroom as a share of the median income18.3% · fiscal year 202724th percentile
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Sources: Urban Institute, Debt in America; Equifax via the St. Louis Fed; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Table F-5A; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rents and Census income; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. County Distress Index by American Default Research, from data through Sep 2026.
Where the money in Iberville Parish comes from
Benefit checks are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid paid on people's behalf, veterans' benefits, and food and income support, so a high share usually means an older population, low pay, or both. In Iberville Parish, 17.5% of residents are 65 or older (Census Bureau, 2024), against 17.2% nationally that year.
Cents of every dollar of income, 2024
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- Pay from work
- Investments and rent
- Benefit checks
In Iberville Parish, benefit checks' share of income has doubled since 1969, reaching 26.8% in 2024, but pay from work still brings in twice as much as benefit checks
In Iberville Parish, Louisiana, benefit checks' share of income doubled from 1969 to 2024, reaching 26.8%; pay from work is plotted alongside. Every fifth year and 2024 are shown.
- Benefit checks
- Pay from work
The share of households in Iberville Parish getting SNAP food aid had its largest rise in the last span, from 18.1% in 2023 to 21.1% in 2024.
The share of households in Iberville Parish getting SNAP food aid was at its highest on the chart in 2012 and has since fallen by about a fifth
Low on the chart: 18.1% in 2023. Households getting SNAP, every year; each bar is a five-year survey estimate ending that year, so neighboring bars share most of their data, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
How Iberville Parish has changed
Iberville Parish's population had its largest drop, from 32,306 in 2014 to 30,731 in 2019.
Iberville Parish's population was at its highest on the chart in 2009 and is down 11% since
High on the chart: 33,393 in 2009. Residents, yearly estimate, every fifth year and 2024, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
The jobs count covers work located in the county; the population count covers residents.
The number of jobs located in Iberville Parish rose by about a quarter to 16,383, the highest on the chart, with most of the change between 1995 and 2000
Biggest rise: 1995 to 2000, reaching 15,320. Yearly average of jobs covered by unemployment insurance, every fifth year and 2025, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
| Measure | Then | Now |
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| Unemployment rateBLS LAUS | 1990 8.0% | 2025 5.0% |
| People below the poverty lineCensus SAIPE | 1989 26.0% | 2024 21.5% |
| Median household incomeCensus SAIPE | 1989 $19,660 | 2024 $58,450 |
The table uses 5.0% for 2025; the score uses 4.7% for the latest year (Oct 2025 to Sep 2026), both from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Figures are as each agency published them, not adjusted for prices.
Dated events in Iberville Parish's history
1807
Formed in 1807. Wikipedia
1989
A tornado in June 1989 did $2.5 million in property damage and killed two people. NOAA Storm Events Database
2008
A thunderstorm in May 2008 killed one person. NOAA Storm Events Database
2010
The county's largest recorded population was the 2010 Census count of 33,387. The 2020 Census counted 30,241, 91% of the peak. Census Bureau
2016
A flood in August 2016 did $6.47 million in property damage. NOAA Storm Events Database
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Since 1965
47 federal disaster and emergency declarations have covered Iberville Parish, 13 of them for flooding. FEMA
Iberville Parish beside its neighbors
Of the seven counties that border Iberville Parish, four score higher. For the share of income from benefit checks, Iberville Parish ranks 3rd of the eight; Iberia Parish is highest, at 32.2%.
| County | Score | Poverty | Benefit checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia Parish, LA | 93 | 22.6% | 32.2% |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 85 | 22.2% | 18.9% |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 84 | 17.2% | 26.0% |
| Assumption Parish, LA | 82 | 20.1% | 23.3% |
| Iberville Parish, LA | 80 | 21.5% | 26.8% |
| St. Martin Parish, LA | 77 | 16.7% | 29.2% |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 60 | 12.1% | 21.0% |
| Ascension Parish, LA | 34 | 9.5% | 16.6% |
Distress score: American Default Research, County Distress Index, data through Sep 2026; each county scored against all 3,144. Poverty rate: Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024. Benefit checks: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. Neighbors share a border, from Census county maps.
Is Iberville Parish the poorest county in Louisiana?
No, Iberville Parish's poverty rate was 21.5% in 2024, 27th highest of 64 in Louisiana (U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). By that measure the poorest county in the state is East Carroll Parish, at 44.4%. On our distress index, which counts more than poverty, Iberville Parish ranks 44th of 64 in the state.
If you're behind on your mortgage in Iberville Parish
Housing counselors approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development work at nonprofit agencies. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describes free foreclosure-avoidance counseling, including help with mortgage-company conversations and available options Source CFPB.
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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Legal aid
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HUD-approved housing counselors
Our help directory lists 1,010 agencies approved for foreclosure counseling, by state.
The score, its 14 measures and their sources, in one file. Free to use with credit to American Default Research.
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Sources and method
- American Default Research · County Distress Index Data through Sep 2026, built from Urban Institute, Debt in America; Equifax via the St. Louis Fed; U.S. Courts, Table F-5A; Census Bureau, American Community Survey; HUD Fair Market Rents and Census income; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. The County Distress Index is American Default Research's own calculation; the Urban Institute does not produce or endorse it. Our methodology
- Urban Institute · Debt in America Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Samantha Atherton, and Kassandra Martinchek, "Debt in America," last updated November 20, 2025, https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/debt-america-2025. Licensed under ODC-By 1.0.
- Rent on a two-bedroom and household income The rent share compares HUD fair market rent for fiscal year 2027 with Census Bureau median household income for 2024. The page calls this the typical household's income.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts (CAINC4) · income shares Where the money in Iberville Parish comes from, 2024.
- History The agencies named in each row and the linked records above.