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Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births

East Baton Rouge Parish had the highest employer firm births of 64 counties in 2020, at 589. Tensas Parish had the lowest, at 3. The median was 23 and the figure for Louisiana was 4,847. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest589East Baton Rouge Parish
Lowest3Tensas Parish
Median2364 counties
Louisiana4,847History

Map of counties, 2020

Acadia Parish: 41 countAllen Parish: 14 countAscension Parish: 136 countAssumption Parish: 13 countAvoyelles Parish: 24 countBeauregard Parish: 23 countBienville Parish: 12 countBossier Parish: 150 countCaddo Parish: 231 countCalcasieu Parish: 206 countCaldwell Parish: 8 countCameron Parish: 5 countCatahoula Parish: 8 countClaiborne Parish: 9 countConcordia Parish: 16 countDe Soto Parish: 29 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 589 countEast Carroll Parish: 3 countEast Feliciana Parish: 6 countEvangeline Parish: 18 countFranklin Parish: 19 countGrant Parish: 13 countIberia Parish: 49 countIberville Parish: 22 countJackson Parish: 12 countJefferson Parish: 469 countJefferson Davis Parish: 24 countLafayette Parish: 415 countLafourche Parish: 60 countLaSalle Parish: 22 countLincoln Parish: 59 countLivingston Parish: 122 countMadison Parish: 9 countMorehouse Parish: 21 countNatchitoches Parish: 37 countOrleans Parish: 561 countOuachita Parish: 184 countPlaquemines Parish: 19 countPointe Coupee Parish: 8 countRapides Parish: 136 countRed River Parish: 3 countRichland Parish: 11 countSabine Parish: 19 countSt. Bernard Parish: 31 countSt. Charles Parish: 38 countSt. Helena Parish: 7 countSt. James Parish: 9 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 25 countSt. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Martin Parish: 33 countSt. Mary Parish: 26 countSt. Tammany Parish: 388 countTangipahoa Parish: 122 countTensas Parish: 3 countTerrebonne Parish: 103 countUnion Parish: 15 countVermilion Parish: 41 countVernon Parish: 29 countWashington Parish: 16 countWebster Parish: 41 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 18 countWest Carroll Parish: 10 countWest Feliciana Parish: 11 countWinn Parish: 16 count
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count, 2020. 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, 2020

East Baton Rouge Parish: 589 countEast Baton Rouge Parish589Orleans Parish: 561 countOrleans Parish561Jefferson Parish: 469 countJefferson Parish469Lafayette Parish: 415 countLafayette Parish415St. Tammany Parish: 388 countSt. Tammany Parish388Caddo Parish: 231 countCaddo Parish231Calcasieu Parish: 206 countCalcasieu Parish206Ouachita Parish: 184 countOuachita Parish184Bossier Parish: 150 countBossier Parish150Ascension Parish: 136 countAscension Parish136Rapides Parish: 136 countRapides Parish136Livingston Parish: 122 countLivingston Parish122Tangipahoa Parish: 122 countTangipahoa Parish122Terrebonne Parish: 103 countTerrebonne Parish103Lafourche Parish: 60 countLafourche Parish60Lincoln Parish: 59 countLincoln Parish59St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Iberia Parish: 49 countIberia Parish49Acadia Parish: 41 countAcadia Parish41Vermilion Parish: 41 countVermilion Parish41Webster Parish: 41 countWebster Parish41St. Charles Parish: 38 countSt. Charles Parish38Natchitoches Parish: 37 countNatchitoches Parish37St. Martin Parish: 33 countSt. Martin Parish33St. Bernard Parish: 31 countSt. Bernard Parish31De Soto Parish: 29 countDe Soto Parish29Vernon Parish: 29 countVernon Parish29St. Mary Parish: 26 countSt. Mary Parish26St. John the Baptist Parish: 25 countSt. John the Baptist Parish25Avoyelles Parish: 24 countAvoyelles Parish24Jefferson Davis Parish: 24 countJefferson Davis Parish24Beauregard Parish: 23 countBeauregard Parish23Iberville Parish: 22 countIberville Parish22LaSalle Parish: 22 countLaSalle Parish22Morehouse Parish: 21 countMorehouse Parish21Franklin Parish: 19 countFranklin Parish19Plaquemines Parish: 19 countPlaquemines Parish19Sabine Parish: 19 countSabine Parish19Evangeline Parish: 18 countEvangeline Parish18West Baton Rouge Parish: 18 countWest Baton Rouge Parish18East Baton Rouge Parish: 589 countEast Baton Rouge Parish589Orleans Parish: 561 countOrleans Parish561Jefferson Parish: 469 countJefferson Parish469Lafayette Parish: 415 countLafayette Parish415St. Tammany Parish: 388 countSt. Tammany Parish388Caddo Parish: 231 countCaddo Parish231Calcasieu Parish: 206 countCalcasieu Parish206Ouachita Parish: 184 countOuachita Parish184Bossier Parish: 150 countBossier Parish150Ascension Parish: 136 countAscension Parish136Rapides Parish: 136 countRapides Parish136Livingston Parish: 122 countLivingston Parish122Tangipahoa Parish: 122 countTangipahoa Parish122Terrebonne Parish: 103 countTerrebonne Parish103Lafourche Parish: 60 countLafourche Parish60Lincoln Parish: 59 countLincoln Parish59St. Landry Parish: 56 countSt. Landry Parish56Iberia Parish: 49 countIberia Parish49Acadia Parish: 41 countAcadia Parish41Vermilion Parish: 41 countVermilion Parish41Webster Parish: 41 countWebster Parish41St. Charles Parish: 38 countSt. Charles Parish38Natchitoches Parish: 37 countNatchitoches Parish37St. Martin Parish: 33 countSt. Martin Parish33St. Bernard Parish: 31 countSt. Bernard Parish31De Soto Parish: 29 countDe Soto Parish29Vernon Parish: 29 countVernon Parish29St. Mary Parish: 26 countSt. Mary Parish26St. John the Baptist Parish: 25 countSt. John the Baptist Parish25Avoyelles Parish: 24 countAvoyelles Parish24Jefferson Davis Parish: 24 countJefferson Davis Parish24Beauregard Parish: 23 countBeauregard Parish23Iberville Parish: 22 countIberville Parish22LaSalle Parish: 22 countLaSalle Parish22Morehouse Parish: 21 countMorehouse Parish21Franklin Parish: 19 countFranklin Parish19Plaquemines Parish: 19 countPlaquemines Parish19Sabine Parish: 19 countSabine Parish19Evangeline Parish: 18 countEvangeline Parish18West Baton Rouge Parish: 18 countWest Baton Rouge Parish18
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

RankCounties2020
count		Change on 2019
1East Baton Rouge Parish589-4.2%
2Orleans Parish561+3.3%
3Jefferson Parish469-1.1%
4Lafayette Parish415-7.6%
5St. Tammany Parish388-7.4%
6Caddo Parish231-19.5%
7Calcasieu Parish206-10%
8Ouachita Parish184-6.1%
9Bossier Parish150+3.4%
10Ascension Parish136-13.4%
10Rapides Parish136+4.6%
12Livingston Parish122+5.2%
12Tangipahoa Parish122-6.9%
14Terrebonne Parish103-1.9%
15Lafourche Parish60-6.3%
16Lincoln Parish59+11.3%
17St. Landry Parish56-22.2%
18Iberia Parish49+40%
19Acadia Parish41-33.9%
19Vermilion Parish41-2.4%
19Webster Parish41+24.2%
22St. Charles Parish38-20.8%
23Natchitoches Parish37-15.9%
24St. Martin Parish330%
25St. Bernard Parish31-29.5%
26De Soto Parish29+11.5%
26Vernon Parish29+7.4%
28St. Mary Parish260%
29St. John the Baptist Parish25-7.4%
30Avoyelles Parish24-33.3%
30Jefferson Davis Parish240%
32Beauregard Parish23-41%
33Iberville Parish22-24.1%
33LaSalle Parish22-37.1%
35Morehouse Parish21+61.5%
36Franklin Parish190%
36Plaquemines Parish19-13.6%
36Sabine Parish19-26.9%
39Evangeline Parish18-35.7%
39West Baton Rouge Parish18-30.8%
41Concordia Parish16+14.3%
41Washington Parish16-51.5%
41Winn Parish16+220%
44Union Parish15-25%
45Allen Parish14+16.7%
46Assumption Parish13-31.6%
46Grant Parish13+116.7%
48Bienville Parish12+200%
48Jackson Parish12-42.9%
50Richland Parish11-38.9%
50West Feliciana Parish11-26.7%
52West Carroll Parish10+150%
53Claiborne Parish90%
53Madison Parish9-18.2%
53St. James Parish9-25%
56Caldwell Parish80%
56Catahoula Parish8-27.3%
56Pointe Coupee Parish8-33.3%
59St. Helena Parish7-12.5%
60East Feliciana Parish6-57.1%
61Cameron Parish50%
62East Carroll Parish30%
62Red River Parish3-57.1%
62Tensas Parish3n/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. 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest employer firm births?

East Baton Rouge Parish, with 589 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Tensas Parish, with 3 in 2020.

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.

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