Louisiana

Highest foreclosure rate: East Carroll Parish (District 8)
Foreclosure rate through Q2 2008: 12.00%
Neighborhood population: 2,972
Owner-occupied homes: 504
Median home price: N/A
Median household income: $17,299

The neighborhood with the highest foreclosure rate is in the town of Lake Providence within the East Carroll Parish. Time magazine said in 1997 that Lake Providence was the poorest place in the nation.