The United Way has released the latest report on poverty in Louisiana which identifies impoverished and at-risk households.

The report is called ALICE which stands for (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). Louisianians counted in the report are believed to be unable to afford basic household necessities.

The report revealed that 19% of Louisiana households are living in poverty while another 29% are at risk and below the ALICE threshold.

Basic needs for the average Louisianan is believed to be $19,548 or $53,988 for a small family.

Between 2010 and 2016, Louisiana households increased 3% but the number of ALICE households increased by a stunning 21%.

66% of the state population makes less than $20 per hour with 29% making $20-40 per hour and just 4% making $40-60 per hour.

Some of the parish numbers are alarming while others fare better:

East Carroll Parish – 75% living in poverty

Madison – 66% living in poverty

Tensas- 66% living in poverty

Claiborne – 61% living in poverty

Caldwell – 60% living in poverty

Orleans Parish – 53% living in poverty

Caddo Parish – 53% living in poverty

East Baton Rouge – 47% living in poverty

Jefferson Parish – 46% living in poverty

Bossier Parish – 46% living in poverty

Lafayette Parish- 44% living in poverty

West Baston Rouge Parish – 41% living in poverty

Ascension – 34% living in poverty

Cameron Parish – 27% living in poverty

The full list of poverty percentages by Parish can be seen below:

Acadia – 47%
Allen – 57%
Ascension – 34%
Assumption – 43%
Avoyelles – 53%
Beauregard – 43%
Bienville – 48%
Bossier – 46%
Caddo – 53%
Calcasieu – 46%
Caldwell – 60%
Cameron – 27%
Catahoula – 54%
Claiborne – 61%
Concordia – 58%
De Soto – 46%
East Baton Rouge – 47%
East Carroll – 75%
East Feliciana – 48%
Evangeline – 55%
Franklin – 54%
Grant – 52%
Iberia – 50%
Iberville – 47%
Jackson – 48%
Jefferson – 46%
Jefferson Davis – 50%
Lafayette – 44%
Lafourche – 45%
LaSalle – 52%
Lincoln – 56%
Livingston – 40%
Madison – 66%
Morehouse – 59%
Natchitoches – 59%
Orleans – 53%
Ouachita – 58%
Plaquemines – 48%
Pointe Coupee – 46%
Rapides – 47%
Red River – 49%
Richland – 51%
Sabine – 50%
St. Bernard – 52%
St. Charles – 37%
St. Helena – 57%
St. James – 36%
St. John the Baptist – 45%
St. Landry – 57%
St. Martin – 49%
St. Mary – 50%
St. Tammany – 36%
Tangipahoa – 48%
Tensas – 66%
Terrebonne – 48%
Union – 55%
Vermilion – 44%
Vernon – 51%
Washington – 58%
Webster – 56%
West Baton Rouge – 41%
West Carroll – 49%
West Feliciana – 49%
Winn – 57%

The full report can be seen here.