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Counties in Louisiana by covered employment (QCEW)

East Baton Rouge Parish had the highest covered employment (QCEW) of 64 counties in 2014, at 268,466 jobs. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 1,094 jobs. The median was 10,339 jobs and the figure for Louisiana was 1,923,745 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,466East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest1,094Tensas Parish
Median10,33964 counties
Louisiana1,923,745History

Map of counties, 2014

Acadia Parish: 14,742 jobsAllen Parish: 7,895 jobsAscension Parish: 41,711 jobsAssumption Parish: 4,452 jobsAvoyelles Parish: 10,861 jobsBeauregard Parish: 8,662 jobsBienville Parish: 4,467 jobsBossier Parish: 44,319 jobsCaddo Parish: 115,435 jobsCalcasieu Parish: 88,302 jobsCaldwell Parish: 2,466 jobsCameron Parish: 6,040 jobsCatahoula Parish: 2,281 jobsClaiborne Parish: 3,636 jobsConcordia Parish: 5,820 jobsDe Soto Parish: 6,836 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish: 268,466 jobsEast Carroll Parish: 1,856 jobsEast Feliciana Parish: 4,760 jobsEvangeline Parish: 8,315 jobsFranklin Parish: 4,785 jobsGrant Parish: 3,505 jobsIberia Parish: 32,709 jobsIberville Parish: 14,458 jobsJackson Parish: 3,813 jobsJefferson Parish: 193,207 jobsJefferson Davis Parish: 8,881 jobsLafayette Parish: 141,722 jobsLafourche Parish: 40,745 jobsLaSalle Parish: 4,621 jobsLincoln Parish: 17,566 jobsLivingston Parish: 24,305 jobsMadison Parish: 3,297 jobsMorehouse Parish: 7,113 jobsNatchitoches Parish: 13,171 jobsOrleans Parish: 187,554 jobsOuachita Parish: 70,260 jobsPlaquemines Parish: 14,911 jobsPointe Coupee Parish: 5,154 jobsRapides Parish: 58,095 jobsRed River Parish: 2,584 jobsRichland Parish: 6,575 jobsSabine Parish: 5,252 jobsSt. Bernard Parish: 10,456 jobsSt. Charles Parish: 25,552 jobsSt. Helena Parish: 1,427 jobsSt. James Parish: 7,951 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish: 14,393 jobsSt. Landry Parish: 24,345 jobsSt. Martin Parish: 13,570 jobsSt. Mary Parish: 27,072 jobsSt. Tammany Parish: 83,204 jobsTangipahoa Parish: 41,521 jobsTensas Parish: 1,094 jobsTerrebonne Parish: 57,872 jobsUnion Parish: 4,862 jobsVermilion Parish: 14,118 jobsVernon Parish: 13,460 jobsWashington Parish: 10,222 jobsWebster Parish: 12,251 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish: 12,930 jobsWest Carroll Parish: 2,432 jobsWest Feliciana Parish: 5,136 jobsWinn Parish: 4,979 jobs
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jobs, 2014. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

East Baton Rouge Parish: 268,466 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish268,466Jefferson Parish: 193,207 jobsJefferson Parish193,207Orleans Parish: 187,554 jobsOrleans Parish187,554Lafayette Parish: 141,722 jobsLafayette Parish141,722Caddo Parish: 115,435 jobsCaddo Parish115,435Calcasieu Parish: 88,302 jobsCalcasieu Parish88,302St. Tammany Parish: 83,204 jobsSt. Tammany Parish83,204Ouachita Parish: 70,260 jobsOuachita Parish70,260Rapides Parish: 58,095 jobsRapides Parish58,095Terrebonne Parish: 57,872 jobsTerrebonne Parish57,872Bossier Parish: 44,319 jobsBossier Parish44,319Ascension Parish: 41,711 jobsAscension Parish41,711Tangipahoa Parish: 41,521 jobsTangipahoa Parish41,521Lafourche Parish: 40,745 jobsLafourche Parish40,745Iberia Parish: 32,709 jobsIberia Parish32,709St. Mary Parish: 27,072 jobsSt. Mary Parish27,072St. Charles Parish: 25,552 jobsSt. Charles Parish25,552St. Landry Parish: 24,345 jobsSt. Landry Parish24,345Livingston Parish: 24,305 jobsLivingston Parish24,305Lincoln Parish: 17,566 jobsLincoln Parish17,566Plaquemines Parish: 14,911 jobsPlaquemines Parish14,911Acadia Parish: 14,742 jobsAcadia Parish14,742Iberville Parish: 14,458 jobsIberville Parish14,458St. John the Baptist Parish: 14,393 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish14,393Vermilion Parish: 14,118 jobsVermilion Parish14,118St. Martin Parish: 13,570 jobsSt. Martin Parish13,570Vernon Parish: 13,460 jobsVernon Parish13,460Natchitoches Parish: 13,171 jobsNatchitoches Parish13,171West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,930 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,930Webster Parish: 12,251 jobsWebster Parish12,251Avoyelles Parish: 10,861 jobsAvoyelles Parish10,861St. Bernard Parish: 10,456 jobsSt. Bernard Parish10,456Washington Parish: 10,222 jobsWashington Parish10,222Jefferson Davis Parish: 8,881 jobsJefferson Davis Parish8,881Beauregard Parish: 8,662 jobsBeauregard Parish8,662Evangeline Parish: 8,315 jobsEvangeline Parish8,315St. James Parish: 7,951 jobsSt. James Parish7,951Allen Parish: 7,895 jobsAllen Parish7,895Morehouse Parish: 7,113 jobsMorehouse Parish7,113De Soto Parish: 6,836 jobsDe Soto Parish6,836East Baton Rouge Parish: 268,466 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish268,466Jefferson Parish: 193,207 jobsJefferson Parish193,207Orleans Parish: 187,554 jobsOrleans Parish187,554Lafayette Parish: 141,722 jobsLafayette Parish141,722Caddo Parish: 115,435 jobsCaddo Parish115,435Calcasieu Parish: 88,302 jobsCalcasieu Parish88,302St. Tammany Parish: 83,204 jobsSt. Tammany Parish83,204Ouachita Parish: 70,260 jobsOuachita Parish70,260Rapides Parish: 58,095 jobsRapides Parish58,095Terrebonne Parish: 57,872 jobsTerrebonne Parish57,872Bossier Parish: 44,319 jobsBossier Parish44,319Ascension Parish: 41,711 jobsAscension Parish41,711Tangipahoa Parish: 41,521 jobsTangipahoa Parish41,521Lafourche Parish: 40,745 jobsLafourche Parish40,745Iberia Parish: 32,709 jobsIberia Parish32,709St. Mary Parish: 27,072 jobsSt. Mary Parish27,072St. Charles Parish: 25,552 jobsSt. Charles Parish25,552St. Landry Parish: 24,345 jobsSt. Landry Parish24,345Livingston Parish: 24,305 jobsLivingston Parish24,305Lincoln Parish: 17,566 jobsLincoln Parish17,566Plaquemines Parish: 14,911 jobsPlaquemines Parish14,911Acadia Parish: 14,742 jobsAcadia Parish14,742Iberville Parish: 14,458 jobsIberville Parish14,458St. John the Baptist Parish: 14,393 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish14,393Vermilion Parish: 14,118 jobsVermilion Parish14,118St. Martin Parish: 13,570 jobsSt. Martin Parish13,570Vernon Parish: 13,460 jobsVernon Parish13,460Natchitoches Parish: 13,171 jobsNatchitoches Parish13,171West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,930 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,930Webster Parish: 12,251 jobsWebster Parish12,251Avoyelles Parish: 10,861 jobsAvoyelles Parish10,861St. Bernard Parish: 10,456 jobsSt. Bernard Parish10,456Washington Parish: 10,222 jobsWashington Parish10,222Jefferson Davis Parish: 8,881 jobsJefferson Davis Parish8,881Beauregard Parish: 8,662 jobsBeauregard Parish8,662Evangeline Parish: 8,315 jobsEvangeline Parish8,315St. James Parish: 7,951 jobsSt. James Parish7,951Allen Parish: 7,895 jobsAllen Parish7,895Morehouse Parish: 7,113 jobsMorehouse Parish7,113De Soto Parish: 6,836 jobsDe Soto Parish6,836
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014
jobs		Change on 2013
1East Baton Rouge Parish268,466+2%
2Jefferson Parish193,207+0.2%
3Orleans Parish187,554+4%
4Lafayette Parish141,722+1.1%
5Caddo Parish115,435-0.4%
6Calcasieu Parish88,302+2.8%
7St. Tammany Parish83,204+3%
8Ouachita Parish70,260+0.6%
9Rapides Parish58,095+0.9%
10Terrebonne Parish57,872+1.3%
11Bossier Parish44,319+2%
12Ascension Parish41,711+5.4%
13Tangipahoa Parish41,521+0.6%
14Lafourche Parish40,745+2.6%
15Iberia Parish32,709-1.4%
16St. Mary Parish27,072+0.6%
17St. Charles Parish25,552+1.1%
18St. Landry Parish24,345+0.3%
19Livingston Parish24,305+2.9%
20Lincoln Parish17,5660%
21Plaquemines Parish14,911+2.4%
22Acadia Parish14,742-0.2%
23Iberville Parish14,458+6.5%
24St. John the Baptist Parish14,393+0.4%
25Vermilion Parish14,118+3.7%
26St. Martin Parish13,570-1%
27Vernon Parish13,460-2.9%
28Natchitoches Parish13,171-0%
29West Baton Rouge Parish12,930+8.1%
30Webster Parish12,251+2.1%
31Avoyelles Parish10,861-0.3%
32St. Bernard Parish10,456-6.9%
33Washington Parish10,222+3.8%
34Jefferson Davis Parish8,881+0.8%
35Beauregard Parish8,662+2.8%
36Evangeline Parish8,315+1.3%
37St. James Parish7,951-4.2%
38Allen Parish7,895-0.3%
39Morehouse Parish7,113+1.1%
40De Soto Parish6,836-6.7%
41Richland Parish6,575+0.9%
42Cameron Parish6,040+129.7%
43Concordia Parish5,820-3.7%
44Sabine Parish5,252-1%
45Pointe Coupee Parish5,154-1.5%
46West Feliciana Parish5,136-3.4%
47Winn Parish4,979+1.4%
48Union Parish4,862+0.5%
49Franklin Parish4,785-3.3%
50East Feliciana Parish4,760+1.3%
51LaSalle Parish4,621-6.9%
52Bienville Parish4,467-1.7%
53Assumption Parish4,452-1.1%
54Jackson Parish3,813+5%
55Claiborne Parish3,636-5%
56Grant Parish3,505+1.3%
57Madison Parish3,297-3.1%
58Red River Parish2,584+4.6%
59Caldwell Parish2,466+2.5%
60West Carroll Parish2,432+0.9%
61Catahoula Parish2,281-2.9%
62East Carroll Parish1,856-0.8%
63St. Helena Parish1,427+6.5%
64Tensas Parish1,094-1.4%

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About this ranking

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Counties in Louisiana by covered employment (QCEW), 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Louisiana by covered employment (QCEW), 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Counties in Louisiana by covered employment (QCEW), 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2014.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Louisiana by covered employment (QCEW), 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest covered employment (QCEW)?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 268,466 jobs in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Tensas Parish, with 1,094 jobs in 2014.

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