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Grocery stores in Tensas Parish, LA
How Tensas Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On groceries · $4,726 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,700
- −9.9% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Tensas Parish
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery stores in Tensas Parish. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households.
At $4,726 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Tensas Parish spend about $7.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 2 grocery stores, that is $3.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Tensas Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tensas Parish declined 9.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Tensas Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Tensas Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $6.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,037 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,726 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $36,615 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Tensas 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 Tensas Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,700−9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 1,578
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $36,615
- Average household income
- $47,851
- Median home value
- $86,300
- Jobs located here
- 762
- Daytime population
- 3,344Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Tensas Parish?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beauregard Parish, LA | 74 | 5 | 3.6 | $16M | +0.2% | #308 of 2,070 |
| 2St. Tammany Parish, LA | 71 | 64 | 6.1 | $10.3M | +5.3% | #390 of 2,070 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 71 | 37 | 6.9 | $8.7M | +8.5% | #398 of 2,070 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 66 | 28 | 5.5 | $10.7M | +2.5% | #512 of 2,070 |
| 5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 59 | 8 | 7.3 | $8.4M | +5.5% | #729 of 2,070 |
| 6Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 55 | 34 | 6.5 | $8.5M | +5.8% | #844 of 2,070 |
| 7Ascension Parish, LA | 55 | 43 | 9.0 | $7.2M | +6.4% | #860 of 2,070 |
| 8Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 22 | 5.8 | $9.9M | −2.0% | #876 of 2,070 |
| 9Grant Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 6.7 | $8.5M | −0.3% | #1,143 of 2,070 |
| 10Lafayette Parish, LA | 45 | 93 | 9.2 | $6.4M | +6.5% | #1,198 of 2,070 |
| Tensas Parish, LA | Not scored | 2 | 12.7 | $3.7M | −9.9% |
Other business types in Tensas Parish
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Tensas Parish, LA?
Tensas Parish has 2 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Tensas Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Tensas Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $7.5M a year, or $4,726 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,578 households in Tensas Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tensas Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Tensas Parish has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Tensas Parish would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Tensas Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Tensas Parish at 3,700 people in 2025, down 9.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,578 households. Median household income in Tensas Parish is $36,615, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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