Data / Employer firm births / Calcasieu Parish

Employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish

Employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish was 223 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.8% from 2022. That is the 7th highest of 63 counties in 2023.

2023, count223
Change on 2022-10.8%
Rank7th of 63Counties in Louisiana ranked
Series high3991979
Series low1612011
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023

15020025030035040019781985199219992006201320231978: 356 count1979: 399 count1980: 323 count1981: 324 count1982: 350 count1983: 343 count1984: 386 count1985: 303 count1986: 272 count1987: 286 count1988: 231 count1989: 226 count1990: 245 count1991: 241 count1992: 258 count1993: 265 count1994: 269 count1995: 276 count1996: 279 count1997: 312 count1998: 279 count1999: 245 count2000: 228 count2001: 197 count2002: 231 count2003: 223 count2004: 246 count2005: 230 count2006: 215 count2007: 233 count2008: 226 count2009: 192 count2010: 191 count2011: 161 count2012: 172 count2013: 272 count2014: 187 count2015: 202 count2016: 243 count2017: 230 count2018: 232 count2019: 229 count2020: 206 count2021: 234 count2022: 250 count2023: 223 count10020030040019781994201020231978: 356 count1979: 399 count1980: 323 count1981: 324 count1982: 350 count1983: 343 count1984: 386 count1985: 303 count1986: 272 count1987: 286 count1988: 231 count1989: 226 count1990: 245 count1991: 241 count1992: 258 count1993: 265 count1994: 269 count1995: 276 count1996: 279 count1997: 312 count1998: 279 count1999: 245 count2000: 228 count2001: 197 count2002: 231 count2003: 223 count2004: 246 count2005: 230 count2006: 215 count2007: 233 count2008: 226 count2009: 192 count2010: 191 count2011: 161 count2012: 172 count2013: 272 count2014: 187 count2015: 202 count2016: 243 count2017: 230 count2018: 232 count2019: 229 count2020: 206 count2021: 234 count2022: 250 count2023: 223 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved 2026-10-22, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
2023223
2022250
2021234
2020206
2019229
2018232
2017230
2016243
2015202
2014187
2013272
2012172
2011161
2010191
2009192
2008226
2007233
2006215
2005230
2004246
2003223
2002231
2001197
2000228
1999245
1998279
1997312
1996279
1995276
1994269
1993265
1992258
1991241
1990245
1989226
1988231
1987286
1986272
1985303
1984386
1983343
1982350
1981324
1980323
1979399
1978356

Compared with Louisiana and United States

Place2023
Calcasieu Parish223
Louisiana5,480
United States508,777

Calcasieu Parish compared with nearby places

Acadia Parish: 58 countAllen Parish: 14 countAscension Parish: 164 countAssumption Parish: 8 countAvoyelles Parish: 27 countBeauregard Parish: 34 countBienville Parish: 11 countBossier Parish: 150 countCaddo Parish: 260 countCalcasieu Parish: 223 countCaldwell Parish: 16 countCameron Parish: 6 countCatahoula Parish: 7 countClaiborne Parish: 6 countConcordia Parish: 18 countDe Soto Parish: 26 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 623 countEast Carroll Parish: 5 countEast Feliciana Parish: 17 countEvangeline Parish: 19 countFranklin Parish: 20 countGrant Parish: 19 countIberia Parish: 49 countIberville Parish: 20 countJackson Parish: 10 countJefferson Parish: 557 countJefferson Davis Parish: 32 countLafayette Parish: 451 countLafourche Parish: 89 countLaSalle Parish: 28 countLincoln Parish: 70 countLivingston Parish: 155 countMadison Parish: 6 countMorehouse Parish: 23 countNatchitoches Parish: 50 countOrleans Parish: 574 countOuachita Parish: 212 countPlaquemines Parish: 30 countPointe Coupee Parish: 25 countRapides Parish: 127 countRed River Parish: 4 countRichland Parish: 28 countSabine Parish: 31 countSt. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Charles Parish: 52 countSt. Helena Parish: 8 countSt. James Parish: 10 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 27 countSt. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Martin Parish: 36 countSt. Mary Parish: 31 countSt. Tammany Parish: 451 countTangipahoa Parish: 136 countTerrebonne Parish: 94 countUnion Parish: 18 countVermilion Parish: 54 countVernon Parish: 36 countWashington Parish: 33 countWebster Parish: 49 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Carroll Parish: 6 countWest Feliciana Parish: 18 countWinn Parish: 12 count
  • Under 10
  • 10 to 20
  • 20 to 30
  • 30 to 49
  • 49 to 150
  • 150 and over
  • No data
Employer firm births, 2023, count. Calcasieu Parish is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.

A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978, Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firm_births_calcasieu_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty\_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978: Employer firm births, Calcasieu Parish, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana
Y2  - 2026/10/22
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/calcasieu-parish-louisiana.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firm_births","place":"us-county-22019"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-22019

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish?

Employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish was 223 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.8% from 2022. That is the 7th highest of 63 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-22.

What was the highest employer firm births in Calcasieu Parish?

399 in 1979, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Calcasieu Parish

All statistics for Calcasieu Parish | Calcasieu Parish in figures