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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 2022, at 263,220 jobs. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 807 jobs. The median was 9,980 jobs and the figure for Louisiana was 1,865,592 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest263,220East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest807Tensas Parish
Median9,98064 counties
Louisiana1,865,592History

Map of counties, 2022

Acadia Parish: 14,339 jobsAllen Parish: 7,180 jobsAscension Parish: 47,890 jobsAssumption Parish: 3,683 jobsAvoyelles Parish: 9,453 jobsBeauregard Parish: 8,779 jobsBienville Parish: 3,819 jobsBossier Parish: 44,262 jobsCaddo Parish: 107,130 jobsCalcasieu Parish: 87,797 jobsCaldwell Parish: 2,170 jobsCameron Parish: 4,951 jobsCatahoula Parish: 2,044 jobsClaiborne Parish: 3,000 jobsConcordia Parish: 5,283 jobsDe Soto Parish: 6,869 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish: 263,220 jobsEast Carroll Parish: 1,426 jobsEast Feliciana Parish: 4,900 jobsEvangeline Parish: 7,601 jobsFranklin Parish: 4,739 jobsGrant Parish: 3,837 jobsIberia Parish: 23,080 jobsIberville Parish: 15,034 jobsJackson Parish: 3,512 jobsJefferson Parish: 182,566 jobsJefferson Davis Parish: 7,837 jobsLafayette Parish: 132,723 jobsLafourche Parish: 32,953 jobsLaSalle Parish: 4,740 jobsLincoln Parish: 18,321 jobsLivingston Parish: 30,573 jobsMadison Parish: 3,078 jobsMorehouse Parish: 6,394 jobsNatchitoches Parish: 13,512 jobsOrleans Parish: 184,793 jobsOuachita Parish: 69,200 jobsPlaquemines Parish: 11,181 jobsPointe Coupee Parish: 5,251 jobsRapides Parish: 56,187 jobsRed River Parish: 2,486 jobsRichland Parish: 6,359 jobsSabine Parish: 5,408 jobsSt. Bernard Parish: 10,673 jobsSt. Charles Parish: 23,207 jobsSt. Helena Parish: 1,523 jobsSt. James Parish: 7,595 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish: 12,703 jobsSt. Landry Parish: 23,343 jobsSt. Martin Parish: 11,579 jobsSt. Mary Parish: 20,226 jobsSt. Tammany Parish: 93,297 jobsTangipahoa Parish: 45,873 jobsTensas Parish: 807 jobsTerrebonne Parish: 46,305 jobsUnion Parish: 4,735 jobsVermilion Parish: 12,447 jobsVernon Parish: 12,867 jobsWashington Parish: 10,506 jobsWebster Parish: 11,090 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish: 12,689 jobsWest Carroll Parish: 2,009 jobsWest Feliciana Parish: 5,101 jobsWinn Parish: 4,224 jobs
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jobs, 2022. 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, 2022

East Baton Rouge Parish: 263,220 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish263,220Orleans Parish: 184,793 jobsOrleans Parish184,793Jefferson Parish: 182,566 jobsJefferson Parish182,566Lafayette Parish: 132,723 jobsLafayette Parish132,723Caddo Parish: 107,130 jobsCaddo Parish107,130St. Tammany Parish: 93,297 jobsSt. Tammany Parish93,297Calcasieu Parish: 87,797 jobsCalcasieu Parish87,797Ouachita Parish: 69,200 jobsOuachita Parish69,200Rapides Parish: 56,187 jobsRapides Parish56,187Ascension Parish: 47,890 jobsAscension Parish47,890Terrebonne Parish: 46,305 jobsTerrebonne Parish46,305Tangipahoa Parish: 45,873 jobsTangipahoa Parish45,873Bossier Parish: 44,262 jobsBossier Parish44,262Lafourche Parish: 32,953 jobsLafourche Parish32,953Livingston Parish: 30,573 jobsLivingston Parish30,573St. Landry Parish: 23,343 jobsSt. Landry Parish23,343St. Charles Parish: 23,207 jobsSt. Charles Parish23,207Iberia Parish: 23,080 jobsIberia Parish23,080St. Mary Parish: 20,226 jobsSt. Mary Parish20,226Lincoln Parish: 18,321 jobsLincoln Parish18,321Iberville Parish: 15,034 jobsIberville Parish15,034Acadia Parish: 14,339 jobsAcadia Parish14,339Natchitoches Parish: 13,512 jobsNatchitoches Parish13,512Vernon Parish: 12,867 jobsVernon Parish12,867St. John the Baptist Parish: 12,703 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish12,703West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,689 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,689Vermilion Parish: 12,447 jobsVermilion Parish12,447St. Martin Parish: 11,579 jobsSt. Martin Parish11,579Plaquemines Parish: 11,181 jobsPlaquemines Parish11,181Webster Parish: 11,090 jobsWebster Parish11,090St. Bernard Parish: 10,673 jobsSt. Bernard Parish10,673Washington Parish: 10,506 jobsWashington Parish10,506Avoyelles Parish: 9,453 jobsAvoyelles Parish9,453Beauregard Parish: 8,779 jobsBeauregard Parish8,779Jefferson Davis Parish: 7,837 jobsJefferson Davis Parish7,837Evangeline Parish: 7,601 jobsEvangeline Parish7,601St. James Parish: 7,595 jobsSt. James Parish7,595Allen Parish: 7,180 jobsAllen Parish7,180De Soto Parish: 6,869 jobsDe Soto Parish6,869Morehouse Parish: 6,394 jobsMorehouse Parish6,394East Baton Rouge Parish: 263,220 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish263,220Orleans Parish: 184,793 jobsOrleans Parish184,793Jefferson Parish: 182,566 jobsJefferson Parish182,566Lafayette Parish: 132,723 jobsLafayette Parish132,723Caddo Parish: 107,130 jobsCaddo Parish107,130St. Tammany Parish: 93,297 jobsSt. Tammany Parish93,297Calcasieu Parish: 87,797 jobsCalcasieu Parish87,797Ouachita Parish: 69,200 jobsOuachita Parish69,200Rapides Parish: 56,187 jobsRapides Parish56,187Ascension Parish: 47,890 jobsAscension Parish47,890Terrebonne Parish: 46,305 jobsTerrebonne Parish46,305Tangipahoa Parish: 45,873 jobsTangipahoa Parish45,873Bossier Parish: 44,262 jobsBossier Parish44,262Lafourche Parish: 32,953 jobsLafourche Parish32,953Livingston Parish: 30,573 jobsLivingston Parish30,573St. Landry Parish: 23,343 jobsSt. Landry Parish23,343St. Charles Parish: 23,207 jobsSt. Charles Parish23,207Iberia Parish: 23,080 jobsIberia Parish23,080St. Mary Parish: 20,226 jobsSt. Mary Parish20,226Lincoln Parish: 18,321 jobsLincoln Parish18,321Iberville Parish: 15,034 jobsIberville Parish15,034Acadia Parish: 14,339 jobsAcadia Parish14,339Natchitoches Parish: 13,512 jobsNatchitoches Parish13,512Vernon Parish: 12,867 jobsVernon Parish12,867St. John the Baptist Parish: 12,703 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish12,703West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,689 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,689Vermilion Parish: 12,447 jobsVermilion Parish12,447St. Martin Parish: 11,579 jobsSt. Martin Parish11,579Plaquemines Parish: 11,181 jobsPlaquemines Parish11,181Webster Parish: 11,090 jobsWebster Parish11,090St. Bernard Parish: 10,673 jobsSt. Bernard Parish10,673Washington Parish: 10,506 jobsWashington Parish10,506Avoyelles Parish: 9,453 jobsAvoyelles Parish9,453Beauregard Parish: 8,779 jobsBeauregard Parish8,779Jefferson Davis Parish: 7,837 jobsJefferson Davis Parish7,837Evangeline Parish: 7,601 jobsEvangeline Parish7,601St. James Parish: 7,595 jobsSt. James Parish7,595Allen Parish: 7,180 jobsAllen Parish7,180De Soto Parish: 6,869 jobsDe Soto Parish6,869Morehouse Parish: 6,394 jobsMorehouse Parish6,394
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

RankCounties2022
jobs		Change on 2021
1East Baton Rouge Parish263,220+3.1%
2Orleans Parish184,793+5.9%
3Jefferson Parish182,566+1.7%
4Lafayette Parish132,723+4.4%
5Caddo Parish107,130+1.8%
6St. Tammany Parish93,297+4%
7Calcasieu Parish87,797+3%
8Ouachita Parish69,200+3.2%
9Rapides Parish56,187+0.8%
10Ascension Parish47,890+6.2%
11Terrebonne Parish46,305+1%
12Tangipahoa Parish45,873+3.4%
13Bossier Parish44,262+4.4%
14Lafourche Parish32,953+2%
15Livingston Parish30,573+4.2%
16St. Landry Parish23,343+0.7%
17St. Charles Parish23,207+0.7%
18Iberia Parish23,080-3%
19St. Mary Parish20,226+2%
20Lincoln Parish18,321+0.3%
21Iberville Parish15,034+1.5%
22Acadia Parish14,339+0.1%
23Natchitoches Parish13,512+1.8%
24Vernon Parish12,867+2.6%
25St. John the Baptist Parish12,703+0.7%
26West Baton Rouge Parish12,689+1.4%
27Vermilion Parish12,447-1%
28St. Martin Parish11,579+4.2%
29Plaquemines Parish11,181+0.5%
30Webster Parish11,090+2%
31St. Bernard Parish10,673+5.5%
32Washington Parish10,506+2.2%
33Avoyelles Parish9,453-2.1%
34Beauregard Parish8,779+1.9%
35Jefferson Davis Parish7,837-1.2%
36Evangeline Parish7,601+1.8%
37St. James Parish7,595-0.8%
38Allen Parish7,180+3.3%
39De Soto Parish6,869+2.2%
40Morehouse Parish6,3940%
41Richland Parish6,359+1.9%
42Sabine Parish5,408-0.1%
43Concordia Parish5,283+1.7%
44Pointe Coupee Parish5,251+4%
45West Feliciana Parish5,101-6.1%
46Cameron Parish4,951-38.9%
47East Feliciana Parish4,900+7.8%
48LaSalle Parish4,740+1.6%
49Franklin Parish4,739+0.5%
50Union Parish4,735+2.4%
51Winn Parish4,224+1%
52Grant Parish3,837+17.9%
53Bienville Parish3,819-0.2%
54Assumption Parish3,683+2.7%
55Jackson Parish3,512+3.8%
56Madison Parish3,078+1.5%
57Claiborne Parish3,000-1.1%
58Red River Parish2,486+2.9%
59Caldwell Parish2,170-0.5%
60Catahoula Parish2,044-1.3%
61West Carroll Parish2,009-0.3%
62St. Helena Parish1,523+1.3%
63East Carroll Parish1,426-4.6%
64Tensas Parish807-1.9%

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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/2022/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), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2022/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), 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2022/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2022. 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), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2022/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2022.

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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), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2022/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest covered employment (QCEW)?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 263,220 jobs in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest covered employment (QCEW)?

Tensas Parish, with 807 jobs in 2022.

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