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Black health in Caddo County, Louisiana

116,000

Black residents (ACS)

48.77%

Of county population

$32,500

Median household income, Black

10.40%

Uninsured, Black residents

Caddo Parish, Shreveport, has roughly 110,000 Black residents (~49% of the parish). LSU Health Shreveport is the parish's academic medical centre; Willis-Knighton Health System and Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport are the two principal hospital systems serving the city. The 2018 consolidation of the former public hospital University Health Shreveport into Ochsner LSU Health has shifted much of the parish's uninsured inpatient care to Ochsner's safety-net footprint.

The Louisiana Department of Health's Maternal Mortality Review identifies Caddo as one of the higher-rate parishes for Black maternal mortality in a state with the nation's highest overall rate; LSU Health Shreveport's maternal-fetal medicine practice is the parish's only high-risk obstetrics referral centre.

Headline outcomes

Race-stratified county-level figures pulled from CDC WONDER small-area estimates, the annual County Health Rankings, and the CDC NVSS state/county life tables. County values with cell counts below CDC suppression thresholds are marked as data pending.

Life expectancy (Black)

71.60 yrs

At birth, CDC NVSS Small-Area LE

Infant mortality (Black)

14.00

Per 1,000 live births, CDC WONDER

CVD mortality (Black)

391.30

Age-adjusted per 100k, CDC WONDER I00-I99

County Health Rankings

#51

Overall rank in Louisiana (lower = better)

HRSA Medically Underserved Area / Population HPSA: Primary Care HPSA: Mental Health

Policy context in Caddo

Louisiana has adopted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which gives low-income Black adults in this county a direct pathway to primary-care and prescription coverage. Medicaid does not cover doula services in this state. Postpartum Medicaid coverage extends for 12 months after delivery — the federal recommended standard, in place here.

Where to get help in Caddo

Find Black health providers & resources in Caddo

Black clinicians in Caddo

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Federally Qualified Health Centers

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Crisis & support resources

988, postpartum helplines, Black-serving crisis lines

Louisiana state profile

Statewide context, Medicaid policy, all 10 health facets

References & primary sources

  1. Demographics: US Census ACS 5-year 2019–2023, Tables B03002 (race), B01003 (total population), S1903 (median income), B27010B (uninsured by race).
  2. Mortality and life expectancy: CDC WONDER county-level Multiple Cause of Death and Underlying Cause of Death, pooled 2020–2022; CDC NVSS Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates, 2016–2020 release.
  3. County Health Rankings: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2024 release.
  4. HRSA shortage-area designations: HRSA HPSA Find and MUA/P Find, current as of 2025.
  5. Rural-Urban Continuum Codes: USDA Economic Research Service, 2023 release.

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