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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 2017, at 584. East Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 0. The median was 24 and the figure for Louisiana was 4,874. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest584East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest0East Carroll Parish
Median2462 counties
Louisiana4,874History

Map of counties, 2017

Acadia Parish: 53 countAllen Parish: 16 countAscension Parish: 113 countAssumption Parish: 9 countAvoyelles Parish: 22 countBeauregard Parish: 21 countBienville Parish: 13 countBossier Parish: 107 countCaddo Parish: 280 countCalcasieu Parish: 230 countCaldwell Parish: 4 countCameron Parish: 5 countCatahoula Parish: 8 countClaiborne Parish: 5 countConcordia Parish: 16 countDe Soto Parish: 21 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 584 countEast Carroll Parish: 0 countEast Feliciana Parish: 7 countEvangeline Parish: 24 countFranklin Parish: 13 countGrant Parish: 10 countIberia Parish: 50 countIberville Parish: 13 countJackson Parish: 15 countJefferson Parish: 498 countJefferson Davis Parish: 28 countLafayette Parish: 448 countLafourche Parish: 65 countLaSalle Parish: 18 countLincoln Parish: 59 countLivingston Parish: 112 countMadison Parish: 3 countMorehouse Parish: 18 countNatchitoches Parish: 35 countOrleans Parish: 533 countOuachita Parish: 185 countPlaquemines Parish: 21 countPointe Coupee Parish: 7 countRapides Parish: 150 countRichland Parish: 11 countSabine Parish: 18 countSt. Bernard Parish: 34 countSt. Charles Parish: 23 countSt. Helena Parish: 6 countSt. James Parish: 10 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 34 countSt. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Martin Parish: 28 countSt. Mary Parish: 36 countSt. Tammany Parish: 395 countTangipahoa Parish: 118 countTerrebonne Parish: 104 countUnion Parish: 11 countVermilion Parish: 42 countVernon Parish: 33 countWashington Parish: 34 countWebster Parish: 30 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Carroll Parish: 4 countWest Feliciana Parish: 10 countWinn Parish: 5 count
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count, 2017. 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, 2017

East Baton Rouge Parish: 584 countEast Baton Rouge Parish584Orleans Parish: 533 countOrleans Parish533Jefferson Parish: 498 countJefferson Parish498Lafayette Parish: 448 countLafayette Parish448St. Tammany Parish: 395 countSt. Tammany Parish395Caddo Parish: 280 countCaddo Parish280Calcasieu Parish: 230 countCalcasieu Parish230Ouachita Parish: 185 countOuachita Parish185Rapides Parish: 150 countRapides Parish150Tangipahoa Parish: 118 countTangipahoa Parish118Ascension Parish: 113 countAscension Parish113Livingston Parish: 112 countLivingston Parish112Bossier Parish: 107 countBossier Parish107Terrebonne Parish: 104 countTerrebonne Parish104Lafourche Parish: 65 countLafourche Parish65Lincoln Parish: 59 countLincoln Parish59St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Acadia Parish: 53 countAcadia Parish53Iberia Parish: 50 countIberia Parish50Vermilion Parish: 42 countVermilion Parish42St. Mary Parish: 36 countSt. Mary Parish36Natchitoches Parish: 35 countNatchitoches Parish35St. Bernard Parish: 34 countSt. Bernard Parish34St. John the Baptist Parish: 34 countSt. John the Baptist Parish34Washington Parish: 34 countWashington Parish34Vernon Parish: 33 countVernon Parish33Webster Parish: 30 countWebster Parish30Jefferson Davis Parish: 28 countJefferson Davis Parish28St. Martin Parish: 28 countSt. Martin Parish28West Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Baton Rouge Parish25Evangeline Parish: 24 countEvangeline Parish24St. Charles Parish: 23 countSt. Charles Parish23Avoyelles Parish: 22 countAvoyelles Parish22Beauregard Parish: 21 countBeauregard Parish21De Soto Parish: 21 countDe Soto Parish21Plaquemines Parish: 21 countPlaquemines Parish21LaSalle Parish: 18 countLaSalle Parish18Morehouse Parish: 18 countMorehouse Parish18Sabine Parish: 18 countSabine Parish18Allen Parish: 16 countAllen Parish16East Baton Rouge Parish: 584 countEast Baton Rouge Parish584Orleans Parish: 533 countOrleans Parish533Jefferson Parish: 498 countJefferson Parish498Lafayette Parish: 448 countLafayette Parish448St. Tammany Parish: 395 countSt. Tammany Parish395Caddo Parish: 280 countCaddo Parish280Calcasieu Parish: 230 countCalcasieu Parish230Ouachita Parish: 185 countOuachita Parish185Rapides Parish: 150 countRapides Parish150Tangipahoa Parish: 118 countTangipahoa Parish118Ascension Parish: 113 countAscension Parish113Livingston Parish: 112 countLivingston Parish112Bossier Parish: 107 countBossier Parish107Terrebonne Parish: 104 countTerrebonne Parish104Lafourche Parish: 65 countLafourche Parish65Lincoln Parish: 59 countLincoln Parish59St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Acadia Parish: 53 countAcadia Parish53Iberia Parish: 50 countIberia Parish50Vermilion Parish: 42 countVermilion Parish42St. Mary Parish: 36 countSt. Mary Parish36Natchitoches Parish: 35 countNatchitoches Parish35St. Bernard Parish: 34 countSt. Bernard Parish34St. John the Baptist Parish: 34 countSt. John the Baptist Parish34Washington Parish: 34 countWashington Parish34Vernon Parish: 33 countVernon Parish33Webster Parish: 30 countWebster Parish30Jefferson Davis Parish: 28 countJefferson Davis Parish28St. Martin Parish: 28 countSt. Martin Parish28West Baton Rouge Parish: 25 countWest Baton Rouge Parish25Evangeline Parish: 24 countEvangeline Parish24St. Charles Parish: 23 countSt. Charles Parish23Avoyelles Parish: 22 countAvoyelles Parish22Beauregard Parish: 21 countBeauregard Parish21De Soto Parish: 21 countDe Soto Parish21Plaquemines Parish: 21 countPlaquemines Parish21LaSalle Parish: 18 countLaSalle Parish18Morehouse Parish: 18 countMorehouse Parish18Sabine Parish: 18 countSabine Parish18Allen Parish: 16 countAllen Parish16
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

RankCounties2017
count		Change on 2016
1East Baton Rouge Parish584-9.2%
2Orleans Parish533-10.6%
3Jefferson Parish498-3.5%
4Lafayette Parish448+5.4%
5St. Tammany Parish395+4.5%
6Caddo Parish280+1.8%
7Calcasieu Parish230-5.3%
8Ouachita Parish185+0.5%
9Rapides Parish150+27.1%
10Tangipahoa Parish118-10.6%
11Ascension Parish113-3.4%
12Livingston Parish112+3.7%
13Bossier Parish107-20.1%
14Terrebonne Parish104-14.8%
15Lafourche Parish65-14.5%
16Lincoln Parish59-7.8%
17St. Landry Parish56-27.3%
18Acadia Parish53-5.4%
19Iberia Parish50+16.3%
20Vermilion Parish420%
21St. Mary Parish36-21.7%
22Natchitoches Parish35+20.7%
23St. Bernard Parish34-2.9%
23St. John the Baptist Parish34-8.1%
23Washington Parish34+21.4%
26Vernon Parish33-10.8%
27Webster Parish30+15.4%
28Jefferson Davis Parish28-31.7%
28St. Martin Parish28-36.4%
30West Baton Rouge Parish250%
31Evangeline Parish24+60%
32St. Charles Parish23-53.1%
33Avoyelles Parish22-33.3%
34Beauregard Parish21+5%
34De Soto Parish21+5%
34Plaquemines Parish21-34.4%
37LaSalle Parish18+38.5%
37Morehouse Parish18-5.3%
37Sabine Parish18-21.7%
40Allen Parish16+14.3%
40Concordia Parish16+14.3%
42Jackson Parish15+50%
43Bienville Parish13+8.3%
43Franklin Parish13-31.6%
43Iberville Parish13-38.1%
46Richland Parish11-31.3%
46Union Parish11-47.6%
48Grant Parish10-9.1%
48St. James Parish10+100%
48West Feliciana Parish10+42.9%
51Assumption Parish9+50%
52Catahoula Parish8+100%
53East Feliciana Parish7-56.3%
53Pointe Coupee Parish70%
55St. Helena Parish6-25%
56Cameron Parish5n/a
56Claiborne Parish5+25%
56Winn Parish5-54.5%
59Caldwell Parish4-55.6%
59West Carroll Parish4-33.3%
61Madison Parish3-50%
62East Carroll Parish0n/a

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Questions

Which county has the highest employer firm births?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 584 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

East Carroll Parish, with 0 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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