Sales tax in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
The sales tax rate in Orleans Parish, Louisiana is 10%. That is a 5% state rate plus a 5% local rate, which is legally a city rate covering the whole county, and it is the same at every address in the county. That rate was read from Louisiana's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026.
What is the sales tax rate in Orleans Parish?
| Louisiana state rate | 5% |
|---|---|
| Local rate covering the county | 5% |
| Combined rate | 10% |
How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Orleans Parish?
At 10%, a $100 purchase carries $10.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $100.00. That is general merchandise; Louisiana taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.
Among Louisiana's 63 counties, Orleans Parish's rate ranks 13th highest, level with 9 other counties. See every Louisiana county.
Sales tax in counties next to Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish borders 4 counties. The lowest rate next door is 9.25% in St. Tammany Parish, LA, which is $7.50 less on a $1,000 purchase than Orleans Parish's rate.
| County | Combined sales tax |
|---|---|
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | 10.25% |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | 10% |
| Orleans Parish, LA (this county) | 10% |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | 9.75% to 11.75% |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | 9.25% to 10.63% |
Why the rate here is not the whole story
Louisiana charges 5 percent statewide, and every local sales tax is levied and collected locally rather than by the state, by the parish school board, the parish governing authority, the sheriff's law enforcement district, municipalities and economic development districts, so the parish line is not the tax boundary. The whole parish files as a single jurisdiction and the local rate of 5 percent applies everywhere in it. Every jurisdiction the table lists comes to the same 10 percent. Orleans Parish and the City of New Orleans are the same territory, so the 2.5 percent the table shows as a city rate covers the entire parish. Louisiana exempts food for home consumption and prescription drugs from the state tax but local collectors may still tax them, and this parish publishes a lower local rate for those items than the general rate shown here.
How do I find the exact rate for an address in Orleans Parish?
Use Louisiana's own address lookup.
Who has to collect sales tax in Orleans Parish?
Any seller with a physical presence in Louisiana collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Louisiana's economic nexus threshold. Louisiana sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.
Work out your own numbers
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Sales tax calculator
Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.
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Do you have to collect?
Whether your sales into Louisiana cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.
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Property tax in Orleans Parish
The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.
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Sales tax by county
Every US county, and how Louisiana compares with the rest of the country.
Sources
- Orleans Parish rates: Louisiana Association of Tax Administrators, Orleans Parish sales and use tax rate table, edition effective January 1 2025, https://lataonline.org/for-taxpayers/city-to-parish-index/orleans/; state rate from Louisiana Department of Revenue, Tax Reform Frequently Asked Questions, General Sales Tax (edition dated September 23 2025), https://dam.ldr.la.gov/miscellaneous/Sales%20Tax%20Reform%20FAQs%209.23.25.pdf
- Collected and verified September 9, 2026. Confidence: P on the rate components, P on the range (P read on a primary agency page, S strong but indirect, U unverified).