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Louisiana property tax by county

The median Louisiana homeowner pays $1,146 a year in property tax on a home worth $208,700, an effective rate of 0.55%. That ranks Louisiana #40 of 51 states, against a national 0.98%.

Effective rate 0.55% #40 of 51 states
Median bill $1,146 U.S. $2,969
Median home $208,700 #41 most expensive
Counties covered 63 over 5,000 people

Why the county matters more than the state

Orleans Parish charges an effective 0.82% and East Feliciana Parish 0.15%, a spread of 0.67 points inside one state. Property tax in the United States is set by counties, cities, school districts and special districts, not by states. A statewide figure is a weighted average of thousands of separate decisions, and it can be a poor guide to any particular address.

Louisiana sits 0.43 points below the national effective rate. A low rate is not the same as a low bill: on an expensive home it can still produce a large one. House prices in the state moved +1.6% over the year to 2026 Q2, which changes the denominator of this rate over time.

Every county ranked

Louisiana counties by effective property tax rate, ACS 2023 five-year estimates
# County Rate Median bill Home value Rent Income
1 Orleans Parish 0.82% $2,428 $296,400 $1,211 $55,339
2 St. Tammany Parish 0.74% $2,005 $272,200 $1,305 $79,277
3 East Baton Rouge Parish 0.64% $1,547 $241,800 $1,121 $63,075
4 Bossier Parish 0.64% $1,380 $215,100 $1,168 $66,336
5 Grant Parish 0.64% $864 $135,900 $806 $61,112
6 Caddo Parish 0.61% $1,081 $175,900 $962 $50,067
7 West Baton Rouge Parish 0.59% $1,336 $225,900 $1,021 $87,320
8 Lafayette Parish 0.57% $1,329 $234,200 $1,022 $67,660
9 Rapides Parish 0.57% $1,024 $179,100 $942 $55,946
10 St. Charles Parish 0.57% $1,475 $256,800 $1,144 $82,172
11 Ouachita Parish 0.56% $1,016 $183,000 $923 $51,241
12 Vernon Parish 0.54% $776 $143,500 $1,038 $58,281
13 Red River Parish 0.54% $555 $103,200 $731 $44,539
14 Ascension Parish 0.53% $1,419 $265,300 $1,283 $92,266
15 St. James Parish 0.53% $1,043 $197,800 $821 $64,536
16 Jefferson Parish 0.52% $1,265 $243,500 $1,162 $65,246
17 West Feliciana Parish 0.52% $1,359 $263,200 $998 $74,277
18 St. Bernard Parish 0.51% $976 $192,100 $1,083 $57,638
19 Lafourche Parish 0.50% $951 $190,800 $933 $63,439
20 Lincoln Parish 0.50% $975 $195,500 $821 $38,035
21 Livingston Parish 0.49% $1,079 $218,900 $1,102 $78,617
22 Natchitoches Parish 0.47% $766 $163,000 $767 $46,798
23 Plaquemines Parish 0.46% $1,275 $275,800 $1,611 $82,874
24 Terrebonne Parish 0.45% $852 $189,100 $1,010 $64,819
25 St. John the Baptist Parish 0.45% $829 $184,000 $1,118 $67,418
26 Calcasieu Parish 0.44% $926 $208,500 $1,096 $67,849
27 Cameron Parish 0.44% $814 $183,300 not reported $72,500
28 Tangipahoa Parish 0.43% $887 $204,600 $974 $57,256
29 Morehouse Parish 0.43% $467 $108,700 $795 $36,981
30 Assumption Parish 0.43% $609 $141,200 $801 $52,546
31 LaSalle Parish 0.42% $578 $137,200 $576 $67,077
32 St. Helena Parish 0.42% $448 $106,400 $802 $50,193
33 Union Parish 0.41% $470 $115,400 $758 $45,743
34 St. Martin Parish 0.40% $610 $151,000 $865 $53,394
35 St. Mary Parish 0.40% $515 $128,000 $839 $51,768
36 Webster Parish 0.38% $402 $105,600 $777 $37,396
37 Sabine Parish 0.38% $495 $129,400 $664 $52,047
38 Concordia Parish 0.38% $393 $102,400 $774 $37,349
39 Claiborne Parish 0.37% $304 $82,400 $619 $31,784
40 Iberia Parish 0.35% $547 $156,000 $891 $57,811
41 Washington Parish 0.35% $488 $139,400 $772 $42,776
42 Richland Parish 0.35% $438 $124,500 $836 $52,960
43 Vermilion Parish 0.34% $538 $159,700 $802 $57,537
44 Beauregard Parish 0.33% $544 $164,500 $882 $64,995
45 Iberville Parish 0.33% $581 $177,100 $817 $57,459
46 Jackson Parish 0.33% $354 $107,400 $719 $43,345
47 Franklin Parish 0.32% $378 $117,200 $719 $44,103
48 Bienville Parish 0.32% $299 $93,600 $600 $34,992
49 Caldwell Parish 0.32% $341 $106,000 $756 $44,957
50 De Soto Parish 0.31% $467 $150,700 $719 $46,077
51 Winn Parish 0.31% $323 $102,600 $640 $46,368
52 St. Landry Parish 0.30% $425 $142,900 $742 $45,637
53 Acadia Parish 0.30% $446 $146,900 $725 $45,266
54 Catahoula Parish 0.29% $257 $88,000 $724 $47,753
55 East Carroll Parish 0.29% $251 $87,400 $767 $28,321
56 Jefferson Davis Parish 0.28% $409 $145,000 $847 $56,500
57 Pointe Coupee Parish 0.28% $491 $174,500 $794 $59,351
58 Evangeline Parish 0.27% $323 $118,500 $663 $42,273
59 Madison Parish 0.23% $208 $90,600 $625 $37,267
60 Avoyelles Parish 0.20% $244 $120,200 $739 $39,439
61 West Carroll Parish 0.20% $199 $97,600 $692 $48,514
62 Allen Parish 0.18% $199 $110,800 $739 $51,138
63 East Feliciana Parish 0.15% $328 $213,700 $745 $72,899

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates. The effective property tax rate is median taxes paid divided by median home value. The two medians come from different distributions, so it approximates the typical rate rather than describing any one household.