Rank	County	County Fit Score	baseline CountyScore	Delta
1	Red River Parish, LA	67.2	66	+1.2
2	Assumption Parish, LA	67.1	70	-2.9
3	West Carroll Parish, LA	66.1	67.5	-1.4
4	LaSalle Parish, LA	65.7	69.2	-3.5
5	Jackson Parish, LA	65.5	64	+1.5
6	Union Parish, LA	63.5	65.7	-2.2
7	Winn Parish, LA	63.3	65.9	-2.6
8	Allen Parish, LA	63.1	67.4	-4.3
9	Sabine Parish, LA	63	62.9	+0.1
10	Claiborne Parish, LA	62.6	67.7	-5.1
11	Richland Parish, LA	61.6	57.1	+4.5
12	West Feliciana Parish, LA	61.5	64.1	-2.6
13	Natchitoches Parish, LA	61.3	63.1	-1.8
14	Cameron Parish, LA	61.1	66.8	-5.7
15	Vernon Parish, LA	60.5	64.2	-3.7
16	East Feliciana Parish, LA	60.3	58.2	+2.1
17	De Soto Parish, LA	60.2	66.2	-6
18	East Carroll Parish, LA	59.2	65	-5.8
19	Tensas Parish, LA	59.2	59.5	-0.3
20	Catahoula Parish, LA	58.4	57.1	+1.3
21	Bienville Parish, LA	56.8	64.2	-7.4
22	Iberia Parish, LA	56.7	58.9	-2.2
23	Avoyelles Parish, LA	55.7	58.7	-3
24	Madison Parish, LA	55.6	55.7	-0.1
25	Webster Parish, LA	55.6	58.2	-2.6
26	Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	55.1	54.4	+0.7
27	Beauregard Parish, LA	54	57.2	-3.2
28	Acadia Parish, LA	52.6	56.2	-3.6
29	Vermilion Parish, LA	52.1	56.4	-4.3
30	Franklin Parish, LA	51.1	54.5	-3.4
31	Evangeline Parish, LA	50.7	50.2	+0.5
32	Caldwell Parish, LA	50.6	55.9	-5.3
33	Jefferson Davis Parish, LA	49.9	53.8	-3.9
34	Grant Parish, LA	49.6	52.3	-2.7
35	Plaquemines Parish, LA	48.2	53	-4.8
36	Concordia Parish, LA	48.1	46.5	+1.6
37	St. Martin Parish, LA	48.1	47	+1.1
38	Caddo Parish, LA	47.5	47.5	0
39	Iberville Parish, LA	47.5	52.8	-5.3
40	St. James Parish, LA	47.1	50	-2.9
41	St. Charles Parish, LA	46.6	48	-1.4
42	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA	46.4	47.6	-1.2
43	Lincoln Parish, LA	45.7	50	-4.3
44	Washington Parish, LA	45.6	46.8	-1.2
45	Lafourche Parish, LA	44.1	46.3	-2.2
46	St. Helena Parish, LA	44	42.1	+1.9
47	St. Landry Parish, LA	43.7	46.1	-2.4
48	St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	42.4	41.9	+0.5
49	St. Tammany Parish, LA	42.1	44.1	-2
50	Morehouse Parish, LA	41.8	41	+0.8
51	St. Mary Parish, LA	41.6	48.6	-7
52	Livingston Parish, LA	40.7	43.5	-2.8
53	St. Bernard Parish, LA	40.3	41.7	-1.4
54	Terrebonne Parish, LA	39.7	43	-3.3
55	Ascension Parish, LA	39.6	40.5	-0.9
56	Calcasieu Parish, LA	37.8	44.3	-6.5
57	Tangipahoa Parish, LA	37	34	+3
58	Lafayette Parish, LA	36.3	33.7	+2.6
59	Rapides Parish, LA	36	36	0
60	Jefferson Parish, LA	35.6	33.6	+2
61	Ouachita Parish, LA	34.4	34.8	-0.4
62	Bossier Parish, LA	33.8	36.1	-2.3
63	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	32.8	30.5	+2.3
64	Orleans Parish, LA	26.7	23.5	+3.2

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