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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Louisiana

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$152

per week · Louisiana · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Louisiana median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$152$137
Toddler$145$135
Preschool$140$137
School-age$128$117

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

LaSalle Parish

$160 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

East Feliciana Parish

$120 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Louisiana counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Acadia Parish$158 †13.4%
Allen Parish$127 †10.7%
Ascension Parish$150 †7.2%
Assumption Parish$150 †11.2%
Avoyelles Parish$133 †14.2%
Beauregard Parish$127 †8.0%
Bienville Parish$132 †13.5%
Bossier Parish$157 †10.0%
Caddo Parish$157 †12.7%
Calcasieu Parish$153 †10.0%
Caldwell Parish$130 †10.0%
Cameron Parish$153 †10.4%
Catahoula Parish$133 †10.9%
Claiborne Parish$132 †17.2%
Concordia Parish$133 †13.0%
De Soto Parish$157 †13.7%
East Baton Rouge Parish$143 †9.1%
East Carroll Parish$130 †18.3%
East Feliciana Parish$120 †7.3%
Evangeline Parish$132 †14.6%
Franklin Parish$130 †13.3%
Grant Parish$132 †10.4%
Iberia Parish$158 †13.0%
Iberville Parish$143 †10.7%
Jackson Parish$132 †13.1%
Jefferson Davis Parish$153 †11.1%
Jefferson Parish$152 †9.9%
Lafayette Parish$158 †9.5%
Lafourche Parish$150 †10.0%
LaSalle Parish$160 †11.2%
Lincoln Parish$157 †13.9%
Livingston Parish$158 †9.2%
Madison Parish$130 †15.0%
Morehouse Parish$130 †13.0%
Natchitoches Parish$157 †13.3%
Orleans Parish$152 †10.7%
Ouachita Parish$157 †12.1%
Plaquemines Parish$152 †9.3%
Pointe Coupee Parish$120 †8.7%
Rapides Parish$157 †12.0%
Red River Parish$132 †12.0%
Richland Parish$130 †12.0%
Sabine Parish$132 †11.8%
St. Bernard Parish$152 †11.8%
St. Charles Parish$150 †8.2%
St. Helena Parish$133 †12.2%
St. James Parish$150 †9.3%
St. John the Baptist Parish$150 †10.3%
St. Landry Parish$132 †12.9%
St. Martin Parish$158 †12.4%
St. Mary Parish$132 †10.9%
St. Tammany Parish$158 †8.9%
Tangipahoa Parish$158 †11.9%
Tensas Parish$130 †13.1%
Terrebonne Parish$150 †10.8%
Union Parish$130 †11.3%
Vermilion Parish$132 †9.8%
Vernon Parish$133 †10.6%
Washington Parish$133 †12.7%
Webster Parish$132 †15.1%
West Baton Rouge Parish$143 †7.8%
West Carroll Parish$130 †10.7%
West Feliciana Parish$143 †8.8%
Winn Parish$133 †12.0%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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