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Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate

Catahoula Parish had the highest establishment entry rate of 63 counties in 2014, at 13.018%. Cameron Parish had the lowest, at 4.124%. The median was 7.45% and the figure for Louisiana was 8.465%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest13.018Catahoula Parish
Lowest4.124Cameron Parish
Median7.4563 counties
Louisiana8.465History

Map of counties, 2014

Acadia Parish: 8.663 %Allen Parish: 5.565 %Ascension Parish: 10.731 %Assumption Parish: 5.303 %Avoyelles Parish: 6.368 %Beauregard Parish: 7.244 %Bienville Parish: 7.273 %Bossier Parish: 9.197 %Caddo Parish: 8.37 %Calcasieu Parish: 7.847 %Caldwell Parish: 6.433 %Cameron Parish: 4.124 %Catahoula Parish: 13.018 %Claiborne Parish: 4.462 %Concordia Parish: 7.988 %De Soto Parish: 8.955 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.305 %East Carroll Parish: 5.286 %East Feliciana Parish: 8.389 %Evangeline Parish: 8.274 %Franklin Parish: 6.999 %Grant Parish: 6.94 %Iberia Parish: 6.372 %Iberville Parish: 8.3 %Jackson Parish: 5.923 %Jefferson Parish: 8.284 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 6.326 %Lafayette Parish: 9.8 %Lafourche Parish: 6.364 %LaSalle Parish: 12.703 %Lincoln Parish: 7.45 %Livingston Parish: 9.694 %Madison Parish: 8.142 %Morehouse Parish: 5.104 %Natchitoches Parish: 6.654 %Orleans Parish: 10.482 %Ouachita Parish: 7.375 %Plaquemines Parish: 6.71 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.268 %Rapides Parish: 7.466 %Red River Parish: 9.639 %Richland Parish: 5.997 %Sabine Parish: 11.009 %St. Bernard Parish: 7.166 %St. Charles Parish: 8.195 %St. Helena Parish: 7.074 %St. James Parish: 7.668 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 6.626 %St. Landry Parish: 5.592 %St. Martin Parish: 7.107 %St. Mary Parish: 6.958 %St. Tammany Parish: 10.191 %Tangipahoa Parish: 7.669 %Terrebonne Parish: 8.956 %Union Parish: 12.101 %Vermilion Parish: 8.148 %Vernon Parish: 9.151 %Washington Parish: 6.462 %Webster Parish: 6.372 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.524 %West Carroll Parish: 6.268 %West Feliciana Parish: 6.977 %Winn Parish: 5.176 %
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%, 2014. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Catahoula Parish: 13.018 %Catahoula Parish13.018LaSalle Parish: 12.703 %LaSalle Parish12.703Union Parish: 12.101 %Union Parish12.101Sabine Parish: 11.009 %Sabine Parish11.009Ascension Parish: 10.731 %Ascension Parish10.731Orleans Parish: 10.482 %Orleans Parish10.482St. Tammany Parish: 10.191 %St. Tammany Parish10.191Lafayette Parish: 9.8 %Lafayette Parish9.8Livingston Parish: 9.694 %Livingston Parish9.694Red River Parish: 9.639 %Red River Parish9.639West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.524 %West Baton Rouge Parish9.524Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.268 %Pointe Coupee Parish9.268Bossier Parish: 9.197 %Bossier Parish9.197Vernon Parish: 9.151 %Vernon Parish9.151Terrebonne Parish: 8.956 %Terrebonne Parish8.956De Soto Parish: 8.955 %De Soto Parish8.955Acadia Parish: 8.663 %Acadia Parish8.663East Feliciana Parish: 8.389 %East Feliciana Parish8.389Caddo Parish: 8.37 %Caddo Parish8.37East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.305 %East Baton Rouge Parish8.305Iberville Parish: 8.3 %Iberville Parish8.3Jefferson Parish: 8.284 %Jefferson Parish8.284Evangeline Parish: 8.274 %Evangeline Parish8.274St. Charles Parish: 8.195 %St. Charles Parish8.195Vermilion Parish: 8.148 %Vermilion Parish8.148Madison Parish: 8.142 %Madison Parish8.142Concordia Parish: 7.988 %Concordia Parish7.988Calcasieu Parish: 7.847 %Calcasieu Parish7.847Tangipahoa Parish: 7.669 %Tangipahoa Parish7.669St. James Parish: 7.668 %St. James Parish7.668Rapides Parish: 7.466 %Rapides Parish7.466Lincoln Parish: 7.45 %Lincoln Parish7.45Ouachita Parish: 7.375 %Ouachita Parish7.375Bienville Parish: 7.273 %Bienville Parish7.273Beauregard Parish: 7.244 %Beauregard Parish7.244St. Bernard Parish: 7.166 %St. Bernard Parish7.166St. Martin Parish: 7.107 %St. Martin Parish7.107St. Helena Parish: 7.074 %St. Helena Parish7.074Franklin Parish: 6.999 %Franklin Parish6.999West Feliciana Parish: 6.977 %West Feliciana Parish6.977Catahoula Parish: 13.018 %Catahoula Parish13.018LaSalle Parish: 12.703 %LaSalle Parish12.703Union Parish: 12.101 %Union Parish12.101Sabine Parish: 11.009 %Sabine Parish11.009Ascension Parish: 10.731 %Ascension Parish10.731Orleans Parish: 10.482 %Orleans Parish10.482St. Tammany Parish: 10.191 %St. Tammany Parish10.191Lafayette Parish: 9.8 %Lafayette Parish9.8Livingston Parish: 9.694 %Livingston Parish9.694Red River Parish: 9.639 %Red River Parish9.639West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.524 %West Baton Rouge Parish9.524Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.268 %Pointe Coupee Parish9.268Bossier Parish: 9.197 %Bossier Parish9.197Vernon Parish: 9.151 %Vernon Parish9.151Terrebonne Parish: 8.956 %Terrebonne Parish8.956De Soto Parish: 8.955 %De Soto Parish8.955Acadia Parish: 8.663 %Acadia Parish8.663East Feliciana Parish: 8.389 %East Feliciana Parish8.389Caddo Parish: 8.37 %Caddo Parish8.37East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.305 %East Baton Rouge Parish8.305Iberville Parish: 8.3 %Iberville Parish8.3Jefferson Parish: 8.284 %Jefferson Parish8.284Evangeline Parish: 8.274 %Evangeline Parish8.274St. Charles Parish: 8.195 %St. Charles Parish8.195Vermilion Parish: 8.148 %Vermilion Parish8.148Madison Parish: 8.142 %Madison Parish8.142Concordia Parish: 7.988 %Concordia Parish7.988Calcasieu Parish: 7.847 %Calcasieu Parish7.847Tangipahoa Parish: 7.669 %Tangipahoa Parish7.669St. James Parish: 7.668 %St. James Parish7.668Rapides Parish: 7.466 %Rapides Parish7.466Lincoln Parish: 7.45 %Lincoln Parish7.45Ouachita Parish: 7.375 %Ouachita Parish7.375Bienville Parish: 7.273 %Bienville Parish7.273Beauregard Parish: 7.244 %Beauregard Parish7.244St. Bernard Parish: 7.166 %St. Bernard Parish7.166St. Martin Parish: 7.107 %St. Martin Parish7.107St. Helena Parish: 7.074 %St. Helena Parish7.074Franklin Parish: 6.999 %Franklin Parish6.999West Feliciana Parish: 6.977 %West Feliciana Parish6.977
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Catahoula Parish13.018+3.32 pts
2LaSalle Parish12.703+1.74 pts
3Union Parish12.101+3.41 pts
4Sabine Parish11.009+1.85 pts
5Ascension Parish10.731+1.94 pts
6Orleans Parish10.482+0.27 pts
7St. Tammany Parish10.191-0.92 pts
8Lafayette Parish9.8+1.01 pts
9Livingston Parish9.694-2.13 pts
10Red River Parish9.639+2.58 pts
11West Baton Rouge Parish9.524+0.6 pts
12Pointe Coupee Parish9.268+2.44 pts
13Bossier Parish9.197+0.62 pts
14Vernon Parish9.151-0.26 pts
15Terrebonne Parish8.956+1.96 pts
16De Soto Parish8.955-1.17 pts
17Acadia Parish8.663+2.57 pts
18East Feliciana Parish8.389+2.25 pts
19Caddo Parish8.37+0.88 pts
20East Baton Rouge Parish8.305+0.38 pts
21Iberville Parish8.3-0.69 pts
22Jefferson Parish8.284+0.34 pts
23Evangeline Parish8.274+0.57 pts
24St. Charles Parish8.195-1.03 pts
25Vermilion Parish8.148-0.12 pts
26Madison Parish8.142+3.1 pts
27Concordia Parish7.988-0.55 pts
28Calcasieu Parish7.847-2.5 pts
29Tangipahoa Parish7.669-0.55 pts
30St. James Parish7.668+2.83 pts
31Rapides Parish7.466+1.26 pts
32Lincoln Parish7.45-0.34 pts
33Ouachita Parish7.375-0.44 pts
34Bienville Parish7.273+0.15 pts
35Beauregard Parish7.244-1.59 pts
36St. Bernard Parish7.166-5.12 pts
37St. Martin Parish7.107-1.37 pts
38St. Helena Parish7.074-1.9 pts
39Franklin Parish6.999-0.52 pts
40West Feliciana Parish6.977+4.16 pts
41St. Mary Parish6.958+1.63 pts
42Grant Parish6.94-1.06 pts
43Plaquemines Parish6.71+0.47 pts
44Natchitoches Parish6.654-3.01 pts
45St. John the Baptist Parish6.626-0.47 pts
46Washington Parish6.462-2.89 pts
47Caldwell Parish6.433-2.44 pts
48Iberia Parish6.372-0.26 pts
48Webster Parish6.372+1.6 pts
50Avoyelles Parish6.368+0.38 pts
51Lafourche Parish6.364-0.84 pts
52Jefferson Davis Parish6.326-4.68 pts
53West Carroll Parish6.268-0.59 pts
54Richland Parish5.997+0.08 pts
55Jackson Parish5.923-0.71 pts
56St. Landry Parish5.592-0.58 pts
57Allen Parish5.565-2.25 pts
58Assumption Parish5.303-2.61 pts
59East Carroll Parish5.286-3.49 pts
60Winn Parish5.176+0.17 pts
61Morehouse Parish5.104+0.09 pts
62Claiborne Parish4.462-2.37 pts
63Cameron Parish4.124-7.6 pts

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About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. 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 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2014.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Catahoula Parish, with 13.018% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Cameron Parish, with 4.124% in 2014.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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