State intelligence
Louisiana: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Louisiana recorded 53,787 births in 2024 across 64 parishes, served by 42 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 19 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 3,205 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 53,787-5.7% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 4219 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 3,205CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 16.8national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Births, 2024
≤ 105 > 3,426
Figure 1. Hover any parish for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every parish
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 453,022 | 5,271 | 440 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jefferson Parish | 427,253 | 5,123 | 342 | 15.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 3,809 | 652 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Lafayette Parish | 254,241 | 3,195 | 374 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Tammany Parish | 277,615 | 2,799 | 210 | 13.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Caddo Parish | 224,893 | 2,667 | 173 | 15.4 | 3 | 1 |
| Calcasieu Parish | 206,861 | 2,352 | 115 | 20.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ouachita Parish | 157,874 | 1,915 | 135 | 14.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 139,823 | 1,867 | 48 | 38.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Livingston Parish | 152,886 | 1,818 | 28 | 64.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bossier Parish | 131,102 | 1,609 | 34 | 47.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ascension Parish | 133,534 | 1,602 | 30 | 53.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Rapides Parish | 125,899 | 1,543 | 95 | 16.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Terrebonne Parish | 103,864 | 1,249 | 55 | 22.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Lafourche Parish | 95,342 | 1,108 | 34 | 32.6 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Landry Parish | 80,869 | 1,041 | 43 | 24.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Iberia Parish | 67,540 | 847 | 28 | 30.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Acadia Parish | 56,604 | 838 | 18 | 46.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Vernon Parish | 45,819 | 830 | 16 | 51.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | 57,641 | 713 | 22 | 32.4 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Martin Parish | 51,218 | 630 | 11 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Mary Parish | 46,799 | 582 | 18 | 32.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Parish | 45,090 | 582 | 7 | 83.1 | 1 | 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | 44,783 | 553 | 15 | 36.9 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Charles Parish | 50,400 | 507 | 18 | 28.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln Parish | 48,243 | 494 | 16 | 30.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Avoyelles Parish | 38,373 | 477 | 23 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Beauregard Parish | 36,695 | 468 | 10 | 46.8 | 1 | 0 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 39,694 | 429 | 14 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Webster Parish | 35,184 | 429 | 7 | 61.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 31,436 | 415 | 11 | 37.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Natchitoches Parish | 35,982 | 412 | 20 | 20.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Evangeline Parish | 31,745 | 387 | 8 | 48.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Iberville Parish | 29,766 | 345 | 15 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 28,425 | 334 | 7 | 47.7 | 0 | 0 |
| De Soto Parish | 27,274 | 323 | 8 | 40.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Parish | 22,501 | 282 | 9 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Parish | 22,109 | 252 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Plaquemines Parish | 22,289 | 245 | 9 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Morehouse Parish | 23,787 | 241 | 5 | 48.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Richland Parish | 19,643 | 241 | 5 | 48.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sabine Parish | 21,746 | 239 | 7 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 19,845 | 230 | 8 | 28.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Union Parish | 20,617 | 226 | 3 | 75.3 | 0 | 1 |
| St. James Parish | 19,110 | 225 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin Parish | 19,107 | 221 | 6 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 |
| East Feliciana Parish | 19,112 | 201 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Assumption Parish | 20,050 | 160 | 5 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 |
| LaSalle Parish | 14,702 | 146 | 3 | 48.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Parish | 14,797 | 135 | 7 | 19.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bienville Parish | 12,412 | 128 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 1 |
| Winn Parish | 13,405 | 125 | 3 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne Parish | 13,537 | 123 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Madison Parish | 9,093 | 112 | 3 | 37.3 | 0 | 1 |
| West Carroll Parish | 9,254 | 102 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Caldwell Parish | 9,393 | 91 | 8 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Red River Parish | 7,238 | 90 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Helena Parish | 10,857 | 84 | 3 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Feliciana Parish | 15,155 | 84 | 6 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Concordia Parish | 17,797 | 64 | 6 | 10.7 | 0 | 1 |
| East Carroll Parish | 6,892 | 54 | 0 | undefined | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Parish | 4,678 | 51 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
| Catahoula Parish | 8,280 | 49 | 3 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tensas Parish | 3,844 | 23 | 0 | undefined | 0 | 0 |
29 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 10,342 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville General Hospital | Abbeville | Vermilion | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Acadia St Landry | Church Point | Acadia | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Acadian Medical Center | Eunice | St. Landry | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | Rapides | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Assumption Community Hospital | Napoleonville | Assumption | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center | Baton Rouge | E. Baton Rouge | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Bayne-Jones Ach (Ft Johnson) | Fort Johnson | Vernon | Department of Defense | Not reported | — |
| Bayou Bend Health System | Franklin | St. Mary | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Beauregard Memorial Hospital | Deridder | Beauregard | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Bienville Medical Center | Arcadia | Bienville | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Byrd Regional Hospital | Leesville | Vernon | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Childrens Hospital | New Orleans | Orleans | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Christus Coushatta Health Care Center | Coushatta | Red River | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital | Lake Charles | Calcasieu | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System | Shreveport | Caddo | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital | Alexandria | Rapides | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Dequincy Memorial Hospital | Dequincy | Calcasieu | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| East Carroll Parish Hospital | Lake Providence | East Carroll | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | No |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | Metairie | Jefferson | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Fmol Health St Francis | Monroe | Ouachita | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Hood Memorial Hospital | Amite | Tangipahoa | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Iberia Medical Center | New Iberia | Iberia | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Jackson Parish Hospital | Jonesboro | Jackson | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Lady Of The Sea General Hospital | Cut Off | Lafourche | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital | Lake Charles | Calcasieu | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Lane Regional Medical Center | Zachary | E. Baton Rouge | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Madison Parish Hospital | Tallulah | Madison | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Minden Medical Center | Minden | Webster | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Morehouse General Hospital | Bastrop | Morehouse | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center | Natchitoches | Natchitoches | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| New Orleans East Hospital | New Orleans | Orleans | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | No |
| North Caddo Medical Center | Vivian | Caddo | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| North Oaks Medical Center | Hammond | Tangipahoa | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Northern Louisiana Medical Center | Ruston | Lincoln | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital | Jennings | Jeffrson Davis | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center | Lafayette | Lafayette | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe | Monroe | Ouachita | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent | Shreveport | Caddo | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | E. Baton Rouge | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | New Orleans | Jefferson | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner | Kenner | Jefferson | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital | Raceland | Lafourche | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Omega Hospital, Llc | Metairie | Jefferson | Physician | Not reported | — |
| Opelousas General Health System | Opelousas | St. Landry | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc | Lafayette | Lafayette | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital | Bogalusa | Washington | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Prevost Memorial Hospital | Donaldsonville | Ascension | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center | Alexandria | Rapides | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Riverland Medical Center | Ferriday | Concordia | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Riverside Medical Center | Franklinton | Washington | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| Slidell Memorial Hospital | Slidell | St. Tammany | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| St Tammany Parish Hospital | Covington | St. Tammany | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish | Houma | Terrebonne | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| Thibodaux Regional Medical Center | Thibodaux | Lafourche | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Touro Infirmary | New Orleans | Orleans | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Union General Hospital | Farmerville | Union | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital | Sulphur | Calcasieu | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Yes | Designated |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital | Saint Francisville | West Feliciana | Government - Hospital District or Authority | Not reported | — |
| West Jefferson Medical Center | Marrero | Jefferson | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | Shreveport | Caddo | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Womans Hospital | Baton Rouge | E. Baton Rouge | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.
A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Louisiana: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/louisiana/
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