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How Louisiana ranks
LA
Among the 50 states + DC —
median rank 43rd
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
72.2 years
’21
48th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
14.4 per 100k
’24
49th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
22.5 per 100k
’24
46th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
617 per 100k
’23
49th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
0 weeks
’26
14th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
16.3 per 100k
’24
43rd
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
26.1 per 100k
’25
40th
▸
Minimum wage
†
$7.25
’26
32nd
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
39.2 % of adults
’24
49th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$80,865
’24
30th
▸
Lowest unemployment
4.3%
’24
40th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
7.6 per 1k births
’24
48th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
14.3 per 100k
’24
14th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
41.8 t per person
’22
47th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
3.6%
’24
47th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0 per million
’25
43rd
▸
Population
4.6M people
’25
25th
▸
Land area
111,943 km²
’25
33rd
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