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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 2023, at 266,523 jobs. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 825 jobs. The median was 10,259 jobs and the figure for Louisiana was 1,893,810 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest266,523East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest825Tensas Parish
Median10,25964 counties
Louisiana1,893,810History

Map of counties, 2023

Acadia Parish: 14,375 jobsAllen Parish: 7,271 jobsAscension Parish: 48,983 jobsAssumption Parish: 3,727 jobsAvoyelles Parish: 9,621 jobsBeauregard Parish: 8,972 jobsBienville Parish: 3,718 jobsBossier Parish: 44,700 jobsCaddo Parish: 107,935 jobsCalcasieu Parish: 87,757 jobsCaldwell Parish: 2,221 jobsCameron Parish: 4,189 jobsCatahoula Parish: 2,210 jobsClaiborne Parish: 3,030 jobsConcordia Parish: 5,284 jobsDe Soto Parish: 8,230 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish: 266,523 jobsEast Carroll Parish: 1,446 jobsEast Feliciana Parish: 4,984 jobsEvangeline Parish: 7,867 jobsFranklin Parish: 4,684 jobsGrant Parish: 3,382 jobsIberia Parish: 23,672 jobsIberville Parish: 15,969 jobsJackson Parish: 3,743 jobsJefferson Parish: 183,018 jobsJefferson Davis Parish: 7,836 jobsLafayette Parish: 134,705 jobsLafourche Parish: 34,483 jobsLaSalle Parish: 4,638 jobsLincoln Parish: 18,501 jobsLivingston Parish: 31,170 jobsMadison Parish: 3,204 jobsMorehouse Parish: 6,122 jobsNatchitoches Parish: 14,345 jobsOrleans Parish: 187,563 jobsOuachita Parish: 69,237 jobsPlaquemines Parish: 11,575 jobsPointe Coupee Parish: 5,564 jobsRapides Parish: 56,057 jobsRed River Parish: 2,533 jobsRichland Parish: 6,357 jobsSabine Parish: 5,515 jobsSt. Bernard Parish: 11,094 jobsSt. Charles Parish: 24,502 jobsSt. Helena Parish: 1,604 jobsSt. James Parish: 7,975 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish: 12,649 jobsSt. Landry Parish: 23,788 jobsSt. Martin Parish: 11,961 jobsSt. Mary Parish: 20,409 jobsSt. Tammany Parish: 95,661 jobsTangipahoa Parish: 46,903 jobsTensas Parish: 825 jobsTerrebonne Parish: 47,625 jobsUnion Parish: 5,273 jobsVermilion Parish: 12,354 jobsVernon Parish: 12,990 jobsWashington Parish: 10,897 jobsWebster Parish: 11,228 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish: 12,867 jobsWest Carroll Parish: 1,967 jobsWest Feliciana Parish: 5,266 jobsWinn Parish: 4,470 jobs
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jobs, 2023. 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, 2023

East Baton Rouge Parish: 266,523 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish266,523Orleans Parish: 187,563 jobsOrleans Parish187,563Jefferson Parish: 183,018 jobsJefferson Parish183,018Lafayette Parish: 134,705 jobsLafayette Parish134,705Caddo Parish: 107,935 jobsCaddo Parish107,935St. Tammany Parish: 95,661 jobsSt. Tammany Parish95,661Calcasieu Parish: 87,757 jobsCalcasieu Parish87,757Ouachita Parish: 69,237 jobsOuachita Parish69,237Rapides Parish: 56,057 jobsRapides Parish56,057Ascension Parish: 48,983 jobsAscension Parish48,983Terrebonne Parish: 47,625 jobsTerrebonne Parish47,625Tangipahoa Parish: 46,903 jobsTangipahoa Parish46,903Bossier Parish: 44,700 jobsBossier Parish44,700Lafourche Parish: 34,483 jobsLafourche Parish34,483Livingston Parish: 31,170 jobsLivingston Parish31,170St. Charles Parish: 24,502 jobsSt. Charles Parish24,502St. Landry Parish: 23,788 jobsSt. Landry Parish23,788Iberia Parish: 23,672 jobsIberia Parish23,672St. Mary Parish: 20,409 jobsSt. Mary Parish20,409Lincoln Parish: 18,501 jobsLincoln Parish18,501Iberville Parish: 15,969 jobsIberville Parish15,969Acadia Parish: 14,375 jobsAcadia Parish14,375Natchitoches Parish: 14,345 jobsNatchitoches Parish14,345Vernon Parish: 12,990 jobsVernon Parish12,990West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,867 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,867St. John the Baptist Parish: 12,649 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish12,649Vermilion Parish: 12,354 jobsVermilion Parish12,354St. Martin Parish: 11,961 jobsSt. Martin Parish11,961Plaquemines Parish: 11,575 jobsPlaquemines Parish11,575Webster Parish: 11,228 jobsWebster Parish11,228St. Bernard Parish: 11,094 jobsSt. Bernard Parish11,094Washington Parish: 10,897 jobsWashington Parish10,897Avoyelles Parish: 9,621 jobsAvoyelles Parish9,621Beauregard Parish: 8,972 jobsBeauregard Parish8,972De Soto Parish: 8,230 jobsDe Soto Parish8,230St. James Parish: 7,975 jobsSt. James Parish7,975Evangeline Parish: 7,867 jobsEvangeline Parish7,867Jefferson Davis Parish: 7,836 jobsJefferson Davis Parish7,836Allen Parish: 7,271 jobsAllen Parish7,271Richland Parish: 6,357 jobsRichland Parish6,357East Baton Rouge Parish: 266,523 jobsEast Baton Rouge Parish266,523Orleans Parish: 187,563 jobsOrleans Parish187,563Jefferson Parish: 183,018 jobsJefferson Parish183,018Lafayette Parish: 134,705 jobsLafayette Parish134,705Caddo Parish: 107,935 jobsCaddo Parish107,935St. Tammany Parish: 95,661 jobsSt. Tammany Parish95,661Calcasieu Parish: 87,757 jobsCalcasieu Parish87,757Ouachita Parish: 69,237 jobsOuachita Parish69,237Rapides Parish: 56,057 jobsRapides Parish56,057Ascension Parish: 48,983 jobsAscension Parish48,983Terrebonne Parish: 47,625 jobsTerrebonne Parish47,625Tangipahoa Parish: 46,903 jobsTangipahoa Parish46,903Bossier Parish: 44,700 jobsBossier Parish44,700Lafourche Parish: 34,483 jobsLafourche Parish34,483Livingston Parish: 31,170 jobsLivingston Parish31,170St. Charles Parish: 24,502 jobsSt. Charles Parish24,502St. Landry Parish: 23,788 jobsSt. Landry Parish23,788Iberia Parish: 23,672 jobsIberia Parish23,672St. Mary Parish: 20,409 jobsSt. Mary Parish20,409Lincoln Parish: 18,501 jobsLincoln Parish18,501Iberville Parish: 15,969 jobsIberville Parish15,969Acadia Parish: 14,375 jobsAcadia Parish14,375Natchitoches Parish: 14,345 jobsNatchitoches Parish14,345Vernon Parish: 12,990 jobsVernon Parish12,990West Baton Rouge Parish: 12,867 jobsWest Baton Rouge Parish12,867St. John the Baptist Parish: 12,649 jobsSt. John the Baptist Parish12,649Vermilion Parish: 12,354 jobsVermilion Parish12,354St. Martin Parish: 11,961 jobsSt. Martin Parish11,961Plaquemines Parish: 11,575 jobsPlaquemines Parish11,575Webster Parish: 11,228 jobsWebster Parish11,228St. Bernard Parish: 11,094 jobsSt. Bernard Parish11,094Washington Parish: 10,897 jobsWashington Parish10,897Avoyelles Parish: 9,621 jobsAvoyelles Parish9,621Beauregard Parish: 8,972 jobsBeauregard Parish8,972De Soto Parish: 8,230 jobsDe Soto Parish8,230St. James Parish: 7,975 jobsSt. James Parish7,975Evangeline Parish: 7,867 jobsEvangeline Parish7,867Jefferson Davis Parish: 7,836 jobsJefferson Davis Parish7,836Allen Parish: 7,271 jobsAllen Parish7,271Richland Parish: 6,357 jobsRichland Parish6,357
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

RankCounties2023
jobs		Change on 2022
1East Baton Rouge Parish266,523+1.3%
2Orleans Parish187,563+1.5%
3Jefferson Parish183,018+0.2%
4Lafayette Parish134,705+1.5%
5Caddo Parish107,935+0.8%
6St. Tammany Parish95,661+2.5%
7Calcasieu Parish87,757-0%
8Ouachita Parish69,237+0.1%
9Rapides Parish56,057-0.2%
10Ascension Parish48,983+2.3%
11Terrebonne Parish47,625+2.9%
12Tangipahoa Parish46,903+2.2%
13Bossier Parish44,700+1%
14Lafourche Parish34,483+4.6%
15Livingston Parish31,170+2%
16St. Charles Parish24,502+5.6%
17St. Landry Parish23,788+1.9%
18Iberia Parish23,672+2.6%
19St. Mary Parish20,409+0.9%
20Lincoln Parish18,501+1%
21Iberville Parish15,969+6.2%
22Acadia Parish14,375+0.3%
23Natchitoches Parish14,345+6.2%
24Vernon Parish12,990+1%
25West Baton Rouge Parish12,867+1.4%
26St. John the Baptist Parish12,649-0.4%
27Vermilion Parish12,354-0.7%
28St. Martin Parish11,961+3.3%
29Plaquemines Parish11,575+3.5%
30Webster Parish11,228+1.2%
31St. Bernard Parish11,094+3.9%
32Washington Parish10,897+3.7%
33Avoyelles Parish9,621+1.8%
34Beauregard Parish8,972+2.2%
35De Soto Parish8,230+19.8%
36St. James Parish7,975+5%
37Evangeline Parish7,867+3.5%
38Jefferson Davis Parish7,836-0%
39Allen Parish7,271+1.3%
40Richland Parish6,357-0%
41Morehouse Parish6,122-4.3%
42Pointe Coupee Parish5,564+6%
43Sabine Parish5,515+2%
44Concordia Parish5,2840%
45Union Parish5,273+11.4%
46West Feliciana Parish5,266+3.2%
47East Feliciana Parish4,984+1.7%
48Franklin Parish4,684-1.2%
49LaSalle Parish4,638-2.2%
50Winn Parish4,470+5.8%
51Cameron Parish4,189-15.4%
52Jackson Parish3,743+6.6%
53Assumption Parish3,727+1.2%
54Bienville Parish3,718-2.6%
55Grant Parish3,382-11.9%
56Madison Parish3,204+4.1%
57Claiborne Parish3,030+1%
58Red River Parish2,533+1.9%
59Caldwell Parish2,221+2.4%
60Catahoula Parish2,210+8.1%
61West Carroll Parish1,967-2.1%
62St. Helena Parish1,604+5.3%
63East Carroll Parish1,446+1.4%
64Tensas Parish825+2.2%

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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.

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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/2023/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), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2023/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), 2023. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2023/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2023. 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), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2023/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2023.

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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), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2023/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/louisiana-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest covered employment (QCEW)?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 266,523 jobs in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest covered employment (QCEW)?

Tensas Parish, with 825 jobs in 2023.

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