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Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births

East Baton Rouge Parish had the highest employer firm births of 62 counties in 2016, at 643. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 3. The median was 27 and the figure for Louisiana was 5,115. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest643East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest3Tensas Parish
Median2762 counties
Louisiana5,115History

Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 56 countAllen Parish: 14 countAscension Parish: 117 countAssumption Parish: 6 countAvoyelles Parish: 33 countBeauregard Parish: 20 countBienville Parish: 12 countBossier Parish: 134 countCaddo Parish: 275 countCalcasieu Parish: 243 countCaldwell Parish: 9 countCatahoula Parish: 4 countClaiborne Parish: 4 countConcordia Parish: 14 countDe Soto Parish: 20 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 643 countEast Feliciana Parish: 16 countEvangeline Parish: 15 countFranklin Parish: 19 countGrant Parish: 11 countIberia Parish: 43 countIberville Parish: 21 countJackson Parish: 10 countJefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Davis Parish: 41 countLafayette Parish: 425 countLafourche Parish: 76 countLaSalle Parish: 13 countLincoln Parish: 64 countLivingston Parish: 108 countMadison Parish: 6 countMorehouse Parish: 19 countNatchitoches Parish: 29 countOrleans Parish: 596 countOuachita Parish: 184 countPlaquemines Parish: 32 countPointe Coupee Parish: 7 countRapides Parish: 118 countRed River Parish: 8 countRichland Parish: 16 countSabine Parish: 23 countSt. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Charles Parish: 49 countSt. Helena Parish: 8 countSt. James Parish: 5 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 37 countSt. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Martin Parish: 44 countSt. Mary Parish: 46 countSt. Tammany Parish: 378 countTangipahoa Parish: 132 countTensas Parish: 3 countTerrebonne Parish: 122 countUnion Parish: 21 countVermilion Parish: 42 countVernon Parish: 37 countWashington Parish: 28 countWebster Parish: 26 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Carroll Parish: 6 countWest Feliciana Parish: 7 countWinn Parish: 11 count
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count, 2016. 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, 2016

East Baton Rouge Parish: 643 countEast Baton Rouge Parish643Orleans Parish: 596 countOrleans Parish596Jefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Parish516Lafayette Parish: 425 countLafayette Parish425St. Tammany Parish: 378 countSt. Tammany Parish378Caddo Parish: 275 countCaddo Parish275Calcasieu Parish: 243 countCalcasieu Parish243Ouachita Parish: 184 countOuachita Parish184Bossier Parish: 134 countBossier Parish134Tangipahoa Parish: 132 countTangipahoa Parish132Terrebonne Parish: 122 countTerrebonne Parish122Rapides Parish: 118 countRapides Parish118Ascension Parish: 117 countAscension Parish117Livingston Parish: 108 countLivingston Parish108St. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Landry Parish77Lafourche Parish: 76 countLafourche Parish76Lincoln Parish: 64 countLincoln Parish64Acadia Parish: 56 countAcadia Parish56St. Charles Parish: 49 countSt. Charles Parish49St. Mary Parish: 46 countSt. Mary Parish46St. Martin Parish: 44 countSt. Martin Parish44Iberia Parish: 43 countIberia Parish43Vermilion Parish: 42 countVermilion Parish42Jefferson Davis Parish: 41 countJefferson Davis Parish41St. John the Baptist Parish: 37 countSt. John the Baptist Parish37Vernon Parish: 37 countVernon Parish37St. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Bernard Parish35Avoyelles Parish: 33 countAvoyelles Parish33Plaquemines Parish: 32 countPlaquemines Parish32Natchitoches Parish: 29 countNatchitoches Parish29Washington Parish: 28 countWashington Parish28Webster Parish: 26 countWebster Parish26West Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Baton Rouge Parish25Sabine Parish: 23 countSabine Parish23Iberville Parish: 21 countIberville Parish21Union Parish: 21 countUnion Parish21Beauregard Parish: 20 countBeauregard Parish20De Soto Parish: 20 countDe Soto Parish20Franklin Parish: 19 countFranklin Parish19Morehouse Parish: 19 countMorehouse Parish19East Baton Rouge Parish: 643 countEast Baton Rouge Parish643Orleans Parish: 596 countOrleans Parish596Jefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Parish516Lafayette Parish: 425 countLafayette Parish425St. Tammany Parish: 378 countSt. Tammany Parish378Caddo Parish: 275 countCaddo Parish275Calcasieu Parish: 243 countCalcasieu Parish243Ouachita Parish: 184 countOuachita Parish184Bossier Parish: 134 countBossier Parish134Tangipahoa Parish: 132 countTangipahoa Parish132Terrebonne Parish: 122 countTerrebonne Parish122Rapides Parish: 118 countRapides Parish118Ascension Parish: 117 countAscension Parish117Livingston Parish: 108 countLivingston Parish108St. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Landry Parish77Lafourche Parish: 76 countLafourche Parish76Lincoln Parish: 64 countLincoln Parish64Acadia Parish: 56 countAcadia Parish56St. Charles Parish: 49 countSt. Charles Parish49St. Mary Parish: 46 countSt. Mary Parish46St. Martin Parish: 44 countSt. Martin Parish44Iberia Parish: 43 countIberia Parish43Vermilion Parish: 42 countVermilion Parish42Jefferson Davis Parish: 41 countJefferson Davis Parish41St. John the Baptist Parish: 37 countSt. John the Baptist Parish37Vernon Parish: 37 countVernon Parish37St. Bernard Parish: 35 countSt. Bernard Parish35Avoyelles Parish: 33 countAvoyelles Parish33Plaquemines Parish: 32 countPlaquemines Parish32Natchitoches Parish: 29 countNatchitoches Parish29Washington Parish: 28 countWashington Parish28Webster Parish: 26 countWebster Parish26West Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Baton Rouge Parish25Sabine Parish: 23 countSabine Parish23Iberville Parish: 21 countIberville Parish21Union Parish: 21 countUnion Parish21Beauregard Parish: 20 countBeauregard Parish20De Soto Parish: 20 countDe Soto Parish20Franklin Parish: 19 countFranklin Parish19Morehouse Parish: 19 countMorehouse Parish19
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

RankCounties2016
count		Change on 2015
1East Baton Rouge Parish643+10.7%
2Orleans Parish596+9.8%
3Jefferson Parish516+2.6%
4Lafayette Parish425-1.4%
5St. Tammany Parish378+14.9%
6Caddo Parish275+5%
7Calcasieu Parish243+20.3%
8Ouachita Parish184+12.9%
9Bossier Parish134+13.6%
10Tangipahoa Parish132+38.9%
11Terrebonne Parish122-4.7%
12Rapides Parish118-15.1%
13Ascension Parish1170%
14Livingston Parish108-3.6%
15St. Landry Parish77+18.5%
16Lafourche Parish76+8.6%
17Lincoln Parish64+6.7%
18Acadia Parish56+7.7%
19St. Charles Parish49+2.1%
20St. Mary Parish46+7%
21St. Martin Parish44-20%
22Iberia Parish43-32.8%
23Vermilion Parish42-10.6%
24Jefferson Davis Parish41+141.2%
25St. John the Baptist Parish37+131.3%
25Vernon Parish37+37%
27St. Bernard Parish35-2.8%
28Avoyelles Parish33+83.3%
29Plaquemines Parish32+18.5%
30Natchitoches Parish29-12.1%
31Washington Parish28+3.7%
32Webster Parish26-25.7%
33West Baton Rouge Parish25+47.1%
34Sabine Parish23-30.3%
35Iberville Parish21+31.3%
35Union Parish210%
37Beauregard Parish20-39.4%
37De Soto Parish20+5.3%
39Franklin Parish19+5.6%
39Morehouse Parish19+46.2%
41East Feliciana Parish16-11.1%
41Richland Parish16-5.9%
43Evangeline Parish15-42.3%
44Allen Parish14+7.7%
44Concordia Parish14-26.3%
46LaSalle Parish13-51.9%
47Bienville Parish12+50%
48Grant Parish11+10%
48Winn Parish11-15.4%
50Jackson Parish10-16.7%
51Caldwell Parish9+12.5%
52Red River Parish8+60%
52St. Helena Parish8+14.3%
54Pointe Coupee Parish7-53.3%
54West Feliciana Parish70%
56Assumption Parish6-50%
56Madison Parish6-33.3%
56West Carroll Parish6-14.3%
59St. James Parish5-37.5%
60Catahoula Parish4-69.2%
60Claiborne Parish4-33.3%
62Tensas Parish3-40%

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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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?period=2016. 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, 2016. 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?period=2016.

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, 2016 [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?period=2016 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-22},
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Which county has the highest employer firm births?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 643 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Tensas Parish, with 3 in 2016.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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