# Job creation rate in Louisiana

Job creation rate in Louisiana was 13.227% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-22`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Note: A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/louisiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=job_creation_rate&place=us-state-22

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13.227 |
| 2022 | 14.679 |
| 2021 | 10.136 |
| 2020 | 11.019 |
| 2019 | 12.037 |
| 2018 | 12.046 |
| 2017 | 12.643 |
| 2016 | 11.564 |
| 2015 | 13.2 |
| 2014 | 12.56 |
| 2013 | 14.585 |
| 2012 | 13.809 |
| 2011 | 13.048 |
| 2010 | 11.52 |
| 2009 | 13.081 |
| 2008 | 14.55 |
| 2007 | 17.595 |
| 2006 | 17.177 |
| 2005 | 14.905 |
| 2004 | 14.928 |
| 2003 | 15.701 |
| 2002 | 16.287 |
| 2001 | 15.032 |
| 2000 | 16.591 |
| 1999 | 15.423 |
| 1998 | 17.458 |
| 1997 | 18.139 |
| 1996 | 16.543 |
| 1995 | 17.312 |
| 1994 | 17.733 |
| 1993 | 16.887 |
| 1992 | 17.446 |
| 1991 | 17.712 |
| 1990 | 18.669 |
| 1989 | 18.529 |
| 1988 | 18.667 |
| 1987 | 17.292 |
| 1986 | 17.782 |
| 1985 | 17.897 |
| 1984 | 18.797 |
| 1983 | 16.374 |
| 1982 | 19.063 |
| 1981 | 19.806 |
| 1980 | 17.587 |
| 1979 | 21.682 |
| 1978 | 25.362 |