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Louisiana

Top-10% composite Life Score — grade A, 90th percentile of the national corpus.

61.1
Life Score / 100
A
Grade (curved)
#5
of 51 states
90%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Louisiana is top-10% composite Life Score — #5 of 51 (61.1/100, grade A, 90th percentile). Carried by environment at 94/100; held back most by wages at 6/100.

90th
composite percentile
#5
of 51 peers
90th
cost dimension percentile
6th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · TOP · ENVIRO-LED

Louisiana at a glance

Louisiana is a TOP-band ENVIRO-LED state: environment leads at 94/100 while wages drags at 6/100 (FLOOR cost · LOW wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Louisiana ranks #5 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #5 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Louisiana sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

61 Top 10% higher than 90% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). Below this entry. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). Below this entry. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). This entry sits in this band. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data

Dimension detail

How Louisiana scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 92/100 (20%)
Wages 6/100 (20%)
Rent 76/100 (15%)
Safety 30/100 (15%)
Schools 78/100 (10%)
Childcare 84/100 (10%)
Environment 94/100 (10%)

Read with Louisiana

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (TOP · FLOOR/LOW).

Idaho

ABS(composite) peer at 60.1 (Δ 1.0 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's TOP · ENVIRO-LED · FLOOR/LOW.

North Dakota

ABS(composite) peer at 59.7 (Δ 1.4 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's TOP · ENVIRO-LED · FLOOR/LOW.

South Dakota

ABS(composite) peer at 59.4 (Δ 1.7 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's TOP · ENVIRO-LED · FLOOR/LOW.

West Virginia

ABS(composite) peer at 58.7 (Δ 2.4 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's TOP · ENVIRO-LED · FLOOR/LOW.

Oklahoma (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 94/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp FLOOR vs this state's FLOOR.

Alabama (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 88/100 (Δ 4); cost stamp FLOOR vs this state's FLOOR.
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Data sourced from official public datasets, current as of 2026. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare