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Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 2023

East Baton Rouge Parish had the highest employer firm births of 63 counties in 2023, at 623. Red River Parish had the lowest, at 4. The median was 30 and the figure for Louisiana was 5,480. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest623East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest4Red River Parish
Median3063 counties
Louisiana5,480History

Map of counties, 2023

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
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count, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

East Baton Rouge Parish: 623 countEast Baton Rouge Parish623Orleans Parish: 574 countOrleans Parish574Jefferson Parish: 557 countJefferson Parish557Lafayette Parish: 451 countLafayette Parish451St. Tammany Parish: 451 countSt. Tammany Parish451Caddo Parish: 260 countCaddo Parish260Calcasieu Parish: 223 countCalcasieu Parish223Ouachita Parish: 212 countOuachita Parish212Ascension Parish: 164 countAscension Parish164Livingston Parish: 155 countLivingston Parish155Bossier Parish: 150 countBossier Parish150Tangipahoa Parish: 136 countTangipahoa Parish136Rapides Parish: 127 countRapides Parish127Terrebonne Parish: 94 countTerrebonne Parish94Lafourche Parish: 89 countLafourche Parish89Lincoln Parish: 70 countLincoln Parish70Acadia Parish: 58 countAcadia Parish58St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Vermilion Parish: 54 countVermilion Parish54St. Charles Parish: 52 countSt. Charles Parish52Natchitoches Parish: 50 countNatchitoches Parish50Iberia Parish: 49 countIberia Parish49Webster Parish: 49 countWebster Parish49St. Martin Parish: 36 countSt. Martin Parish36Vernon Parish: 36 countVernon Parish36St. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Bernard Parish35Beauregard Parish: 34 countBeauregard Parish34Washington Parish: 33 countWashington Parish33Jefferson Davis Parish: 32 countJefferson Davis Parish32Sabine Parish: 31 countSabine Parish31St. Mary Parish: 31 countSt. Mary Parish31Plaquemines Parish: 30 countPlaquemines Parish30West Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Baton Rouge Parish29LaSalle Parish: 28 countLaSalle Parish28Richland Parish: 28 countRichland Parish28Avoyelles Parish: 27 countAvoyelles Parish27St. John the Baptist Parish: 27 countSt. John the Baptist Parish27De Soto Parish: 26 countDe Soto Parish26Pointe Coupee Parish: 25 countPointe Coupee Parish25Morehouse Parish: 23 countMorehouse Parish23East Baton Rouge Parish: 623 countEast Baton Rouge Parish623Orleans Parish: 574 countOrleans Parish574Jefferson Parish: 557 countJefferson Parish557Lafayette Parish: 451 countLafayette Parish451St. Tammany Parish: 451 countSt. Tammany Parish451Caddo Parish: 260 countCaddo Parish260Calcasieu Parish: 223 countCalcasieu Parish223Ouachita Parish: 212 countOuachita Parish212Ascension Parish: 164 countAscension Parish164Livingston Parish: 155 countLivingston Parish155Bossier Parish: 150 countBossier Parish150Tangipahoa Parish: 136 countTangipahoa Parish136Rapides Parish: 127 countRapides Parish127Terrebonne Parish: 94 countTerrebonne Parish94Lafourche Parish: 89 countLafourche Parish89Lincoln Parish: 70 countLincoln Parish70Acadia Parish: 58 countAcadia Parish58St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Vermilion Parish: 54 countVermilion Parish54St. Charles Parish: 52 countSt. Charles Parish52Natchitoches Parish: 50 countNatchitoches Parish50Iberia Parish: 49 countIberia Parish49Webster Parish: 49 countWebster Parish49St. Martin Parish: 36 countSt. Martin Parish36Vernon Parish: 36 countVernon Parish36St. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Bernard Parish35Beauregard Parish: 34 countBeauregard Parish34Washington Parish: 33 countWashington Parish33Jefferson Davis Parish: 32 countJefferson Davis Parish32Sabine Parish: 31 countSabine Parish31St. Mary Parish: 31 countSt. Mary Parish31Plaquemines Parish: 30 countPlaquemines Parish30West Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Baton Rouge Parish29LaSalle Parish: 28 countLaSalle Parish28Richland Parish: 28 countRichland Parish28Avoyelles Parish: 27 countAvoyelles Parish27St. John the Baptist Parish: 27 countSt. John the Baptist Parish27De Soto Parish: 26 countDe Soto Parish26Pointe Coupee Parish: 25 countPointe Coupee Parish25Morehouse Parish: 23 countMorehouse Parish23
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.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
count		Change on 2022
1East Baton Rouge Parish623-8.7%
2Orleans Parish574-5.1%
3Jefferson Parish557+1.3%
4Lafayette Parish451-10.5%
4St. Tammany Parish451+3.2%
6Caddo Parish260-11%
7Calcasieu Parish223-10.8%
8Ouachita Parish212+9.3%
9Ascension Parish164-1.2%
10Livingston Parish155-9.9%
11Bossier Parish150-9.1%
12Tangipahoa Parish136-15.5%
13Rapides Parish127-9.9%
14Terrebonne Parish94-10.5%
15Lafourche Parish89+32.8%
16Lincoln Parish70+4.5%
17Acadia Parish58+16%
18St. Landry Parish56-15.2%
19Vermilion Parish54-6.9%
20St. Charles Parish52+20.9%
21Natchitoches Parish50+42.9%
22Iberia Parish49-5.8%
22Webster Parish49+48.5%
24St. Martin Parish36-29.4%
24Vernon Parish36+16.1%
26St. Bernard Parish35-5.4%
27Beauregard Parish340%
28Washington Parish33-13.2%
29Jefferson Davis Parish32-15.8%
30Sabine Parish31+19.2%
30St. Mary Parish31-42.6%
32Plaquemines Parish30+7.1%
33West Baton Rouge Parish29+123.1%
34LaSalle Parish28-3.4%
34Richland Parish28+21.7%
36Avoyelles Parish27-27%
36St. John the Baptist Parish27-18.2%
38De Soto Parish26-7.1%
39Pointe Coupee Parish25+47.1%
40Morehouse Parish23+27.8%
41Franklin Parish20-16.7%
41Iberville Parish20-4.8%
43Evangeline Parish19-9.5%
43Grant Parish19+18.8%
45Concordia Parish18+5.9%
45Union Parish18+5.9%
45West Feliciana Parish18-28%
48East Feliciana Parish17+13.3%
49Caldwell Parish16+128.6%
50Allen Parish14+16.7%
51Winn Parish12-14.3%
52Bienville Parish11-31.3%
53Jackson Parish10-9.1%
53St. James Parish10-28.6%
55Assumption Parish8-27.3%
55St. Helena Parish8-20%
57Catahoula Parish7-65%
58Cameron Parish6+50%
58Claiborne Parish6-45.5%
58Madison Parish6-25%
58West Carroll Parish6-40%
62East Carroll Parish5-16.7%
63Red River Parish4-20%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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.

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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 (Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 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, Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 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/rankings/employer-firm-births/louisiana-counties. 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. Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 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/rankings/employer-firm-births/louisiana-counties.

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, Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births, 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/rankings/employer-firm-births/louisiana-counties (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest employer firm births?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 623 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Red River Parish, with 4 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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