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Counties in Louisiana by employer firm births

Orleans Parish had the highest employer firm births of 63 counties in 2021, at 670. Madison Parish had the lowest, at 3. The median was 29 and the figure for Louisiana was 5,551. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest670Orleans Parish
Lowest3Madison Parish
Median2963 counties
Louisiana5,551History

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 68 countAllen Parish: 20 countAscension Parish: 162 countAssumption Parish: 9 countAvoyelles Parish: 25 countBeauregard Parish: 33 countBienville Parish: 10 countBossier Parish: 131 countCaddo Parish: 251 countCalcasieu Parish: 234 countCaldwell Parish: 6 countCameron Parish: 6 countCatahoula Parish: 7 countClaiborne Parish: 5 countConcordia Parish: 21 countDe Soto Parish: 29 countEast Baton Rouge Parish: 667 countEast Carroll Parish: 3 countEast Feliciana Parish: 18 countEvangeline Parish: 18 countFranklin Parish: 17 countGrant Parish: 20 countIberia Parish: 50 countIberville Parish: 24 countJackson Parish: 12 countJefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Davis Parish: 47 countLafayette Parish: 468 countLafourche Parish: 71 countLaSalle Parish: 24 countLincoln Parish: 70 countLivingston Parish: 135 countMadison Parish: 3 countMorehouse Parish: 14 countNatchitoches Parish: 47 countOrleans Parish: 670 countOuachita Parish: 181 countPlaquemines Parish: 28 countPointe Coupee Parish: 23 countRapides Parish: 180 countRed River Parish: 15 countRichland Parish: 21 countSabine Parish: 24 countSt. Bernard Parish: 45 countSt. Charles Parish: 59 countSt. Helena Parish: 4 countSt. James Parish: 9 countSt. John the Baptist Parish: 40 countSt. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Martin Parish: 52 countSt. Mary Parish: 29 countSt. Tammany Parish: 436 countTangipahoa Parish: 116 countTerrebonne Parish: 98 countUnion Parish: 18 countVermilion Parish: 52 countVernon Parish: 30 countWashington Parish: 23 countWebster Parish: 30 countWest Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Carroll Parish: 4 countWest Feliciana Parish: 9 countWinn Parish: 13 count
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count, 2021. 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, 2021

Orleans Parish: 670 countOrleans Parish670East Baton Rouge Parish: 667 countEast Baton Rouge Parish667Jefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Parish516Lafayette Parish: 468 countLafayette Parish468St. Tammany Parish: 436 countSt. Tammany Parish436Caddo Parish: 251 countCaddo Parish251Calcasieu Parish: 234 countCalcasieu Parish234Ouachita Parish: 181 countOuachita Parish181Rapides Parish: 180 countRapides Parish180Ascension Parish: 162 countAscension Parish162Livingston Parish: 135 countLivingston Parish135Bossier Parish: 131 countBossier Parish131Tangipahoa Parish: 116 countTangipahoa Parish116Terrebonne Parish: 98 countTerrebonne Parish98St. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Landry Parish77Lafourche Parish: 71 countLafourche Parish71Lincoln Parish: 70 countLincoln Parish70Acadia Parish: 68 countAcadia Parish68St. Charles Parish: 59 countSt. Charles Parish59St. Martin Parish: 52 countSt. Martin Parish52Vermilion Parish: 52 countVermilion Parish52Iberia Parish: 50 countIberia Parish50Jefferson Davis Parish: 47 countJefferson Davis Parish47Natchitoches Parish: 47 countNatchitoches Parish47St. Bernard Parish: 45 countSt. Bernard Parish45St. John the Baptist Parish: 40 countSt. John the Baptist Parish40Beauregard Parish: 33 countBeauregard Parish33Vernon Parish: 30 countVernon Parish30Webster Parish: 30 countWebster Parish30De Soto Parish: 29 countDe Soto Parish29St. Mary Parish: 29 countSt. Mary Parish29West Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Baton Rouge Parish29Plaquemines Parish: 28 countPlaquemines Parish28Avoyelles Parish: 25 countAvoyelles Parish25Iberville Parish: 24 countIberville Parish24LaSalle Parish: 24 countLaSalle Parish24Sabine Parish: 24 countSabine Parish24Pointe Coupee Parish: 23 countPointe Coupee Parish23Washington Parish: 23 countWashington Parish23Concordia Parish: 21 countConcordia Parish21Orleans Parish: 670 countOrleans Parish670East Baton Rouge Parish: 667 countEast Baton Rouge Parish667Jefferson Parish: 516 countJefferson Parish516Lafayette Parish: 468 countLafayette Parish468St. Tammany Parish: 436 countSt. Tammany Parish436Caddo Parish: 251 countCaddo Parish251Calcasieu Parish: 234 countCalcasieu Parish234Ouachita Parish: 181 countOuachita Parish181Rapides Parish: 180 countRapides Parish180Ascension Parish: 162 countAscension Parish162Livingston Parish: 135 countLivingston Parish135Bossier Parish: 131 countBossier Parish131Tangipahoa Parish: 116 countTangipahoa Parish116Terrebonne Parish: 98 countTerrebonne Parish98St. Landry Parish: 77 countSt. Landry Parish77Lafourche Parish: 71 countLafourche Parish71Lincoln Parish: 70 countLincoln Parish70Acadia Parish: 68 countAcadia Parish68St. Charles Parish: 59 countSt. Charles Parish59St. Martin Parish: 52 countSt. Martin Parish52Vermilion Parish: 52 countVermilion Parish52Iberia Parish: 50 countIberia Parish50Jefferson Davis Parish: 47 countJefferson Davis Parish47Natchitoches Parish: 47 countNatchitoches Parish47St. Bernard Parish: 45 countSt. Bernard Parish45St. John the Baptist Parish: 40 countSt. John the Baptist Parish40Beauregard Parish: 33 countBeauregard Parish33Vernon Parish: 30 countVernon Parish30Webster Parish: 30 countWebster Parish30De Soto Parish: 29 countDe Soto Parish29St. Mary Parish: 29 countSt. Mary Parish29West Baton Rouge Parish: 29 countWest Baton Rouge Parish29Plaquemines Parish: 28 countPlaquemines Parish28Avoyelles Parish: 25 countAvoyelles Parish25Iberville Parish: 24 countIberville Parish24LaSalle Parish: 24 countLaSalle Parish24Sabine Parish: 24 countSabine Parish24Pointe Coupee Parish: 23 countPointe Coupee Parish23Washington Parish: 23 countWashington Parish23Concordia Parish: 21 countConcordia Parish21
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

RankCounties2021
count		Change on 2020
1Orleans Parish670+19.4%
2East Baton Rouge Parish667+13.2%
3Jefferson Parish516+10%
4Lafayette Parish468+12.8%
5St. Tammany Parish436+12.4%
6Caddo Parish251+8.7%
7Calcasieu Parish234+13.6%
8Ouachita Parish181-1.6%
9Rapides Parish180+32.4%
10Ascension Parish162+19.1%
11Livingston Parish135+10.7%
12Bossier Parish131-12.7%
13Tangipahoa Parish116-4.9%
14Terrebonne Parish98-4.9%
15St. Landry Parish77+37.5%
16Lafourche Parish71+18.3%
17Lincoln Parish70+18.6%
18Acadia Parish68+65.9%
19St. Charles Parish59+55.3%
20St. Martin Parish52+57.6%
20Vermilion Parish52+26.8%
22Iberia Parish50+2%
23Jefferson Davis Parish47+95.8%
23Natchitoches Parish47+27%
25St. Bernard Parish45+45.2%
26St. John the Baptist Parish40+60%
27Beauregard Parish33+43.5%
28Vernon Parish30+3.4%
28Webster Parish30-26.8%
30De Soto Parish290%
30St. Mary Parish29+11.5%
30West Baton Rouge Parish29+61.1%
33Plaquemines Parish28+47.4%
34Avoyelles Parish25+4.2%
35Iberville Parish24+9.1%
35LaSalle Parish24+9.1%
35Sabine Parish24+26.3%
38Pointe Coupee Parish23+187.5%
38Washington Parish23+43.8%
40Concordia Parish21+31.3%
40Richland Parish21+90.9%
42Allen Parish20+42.9%
42Grant Parish20+53.8%
44East Feliciana Parish18+200%
44Evangeline Parish180%
44Union Parish18+20%
47Franklin Parish17-10.5%
48Red River Parish15+400%
49Morehouse Parish14-33.3%
50Winn Parish13-18.8%
51Jackson Parish120%
52Bienville Parish10-16.7%
53Assumption Parish9-30.8%
53St. James Parish90%
53West Feliciana Parish9-18.2%
56Catahoula Parish7-12.5%
57Caldwell Parish6-25%
57Cameron Parish6+20%
59Claiborne Parish5-44.4%
60St. Helena Parish4-42.9%
60West Carroll Parish4-60%
62East Carroll Parish30%
62Madison Parish3-66.7%

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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (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?

Orleans Parish, with 670 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firm births?

Madison Parish, with 3 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

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