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Dentists and orthodontists in De Soto Parish, LA

How De Soto Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #976 of 1,886 scored counties
#11 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.2M
On medical and dental services · $966 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,381
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in De Soto Parish spend about $10.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $966 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

There are 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in De Soto Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in De Soto Parish was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,101 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates show De Soto Parish grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in De Soto Parish is 49 (lower middle), #976 of 1,886 scored counties and #11 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana.

How De Soto Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dentists and orthodontists in De Soto Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureDe Soto ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.611.013.1
Spending per listing$1.1M$942K$984K
Households per official establishment2,1011,146952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.8%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$966$1,036$1,288
Median household income$48,578$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4924

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in De Soto Parish, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in De Soto Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
27,381+2.0% since 2020
Households
10,504
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
876 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$48,578+5.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,503
Median home value
$154,900
Jobs located here
8,222
Daytime population
23,090Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with De Soto Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Bernard Parish, LA7763.7$2.7M+4.1%#110 of 1,886
2West Baton Rouge Parish, LA7476.4$1.8M+5.5%#179 of 1,886
3Beauregard Parish, LA6653.6$2.9M+0.2%#367 of 1,886
4St. Martin Parish, LA62105.1$1.9M−1.0%#496 of 1,886
5Livingston Parish, LA62489.0$1.2M+8.5%#515 of 1,886
6Jefferson Davis Parish, LA6165.0$2M−2.4%#522 of 1,886
7Avoyelles Parish, LA5953.5$2.5M−4.3%#591 of 1,886
8Washington Parish, LA5974.0$2.3M−0.9%#592 of 1,886
9Iberville Parish, LA5276.2$1.6M−1.6%#839 of 1,886
10Vernon Parish, LA5052.7$3.6M−7.3%#919 of 1,886
11De Soto Parish, LA4998.6$1.1M+2.0%#976 of 1,886

Other business types in De Soto Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in De Soto Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 dentists and orthodontists in De Soto Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in De Soto Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?

About $10.2M a year, or $966 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,504 households in De Soto Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does De Soto Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

De Soto Parish has 8.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, De Soto Parish would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,101 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is De Soto Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put De Soto Parish at 27,381 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,504 households. Median household income in De Soto Parish is $48,578, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.6%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. De Soto Parish scores 49 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #976 of 1,886 scored counties.

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