Louisiana Aging Needs Dashboard

Areas of greatest need

Indicators where this area is at least 10% worse than Louisiana overall, worst first. Use these as a starting point for the area plan’s needs section.

Map of planning and service areas

Each parish is shaded by its PSA’s figure for the measure picked below. Click a parish to open its PSA.

Parishes in this PSA

Key figures for each parish the agency serves. “Need flags” counts indicators at least 10% worse than the state.

Top needs residents named

2026 Statewide Needs Assessment: share rating each service “very important.” Full results are on the What residents said tab.

Who older adults are

Share of people 60 and older, unless noted. Census ACS 2020–2024.

Living situation & caregiving

Census ACS 2020–2024.

Economic security

Census figures are for people or households 60+; CDC figures are for all adults.

Housing costs & stability

Census figures are for homes with a householder 60+; CDC figures are for all adults.

Disability & independence

CDC PLACES estimates for all adults 18+, and Census disability for people 60+.

Health conditions & care

CDC PLACES 2025 release (2023 survey model estimates), all adults 18+ unless noted.

Connection, isolation & getting around

Internet figures are for people 65+ (Census); loneliness, support and transportation are CDC estimates for all adults.

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Services rated very important

Costs people often need help paying

Caregiver needs

Among respondents caring for an older adult.

About the respondents

All planning and service areas side by side

Click a row to open that PSA’s profile. “Need flags” counts the indicators where the PSA is at least 10% worse than the state.

What this dashboard is for

It brings together public data on Louisiana’s older adults and the 2026 Statewide Needs Assessment so Area Agencies on Aging can see where need is highest in each planning and service area (PSA) and shape their area plans around it. It does not track services or performance.

Sources

How to read the numbers

Compared with Louisiana: the grey marker on each bar is the statewide figure. Bar length is relative to the highest parish, so a long bar means the area is near the top of the state.
Need rank compares the PSA with every PSA that has data for that measure: rank 1 is the highest need among Louisiana’s 34 PSAs (the highest poverty rate, say, or the lowest checkup rate).
Areas of greatest need lists indicators where the area is at least 10% worse than the state (for example, 22% vs. a state rate of 20%).
PSA and statewide figures are calculated from the parish figures, weighted by each parish’s population. A PSA that serves one parish has that parish’s figures.
Poverty, living alone, housing costs and some other Census measures come from a Census table (S0102) that is published only for Louisiana’s 34 larger parishes. PSAs that include one of the smaller parishes show “not published” for these, and the Louisiana comparison combines the 34 parishes where they are available. More detailed Census tables that cover every parish will be added.
Census estimates come from a sample. Where the margin of error is large relative to the estimate, the indicator is marked “use with caution” and is left out of the need flags.
CDC PLACES figures are modeled estimates for all adults 18+, not only older adults (except tooth loss, which is 65+). They show where a parish stands, not an exact count.
Survey results use only the people who answered each question. PSAs with fewer than 10 responses show counts only, and fewer than 30 are marked as small samples.