Loyola Report Shows More Than Half Of Louisiana Families Can’t Meet Basic Living Costs

Are you having trouble making ends meet? Too much month at the end of the money? Well, you're definitely not alone. A new report released by Loyola University’s Jesuit Social Research Institute found that 52 percent of Louisiana families with children are not making enough to live “a modest, dignified life.”

According to the report, expenses for the average Louisiana couple with one child added up to $55,428 a year. Expenses for families living in Lafayette, New Orleans and Baton Rouge however are slightly higher.

From theadvocate.com -

"To keep pace with bills, both parents working full-time in an average two-parent, one-child household in Louisiana would need to make a total of $26.65 an hour, they said."