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Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate

Orleans Parish had the highest establishment entry rate of 64 counties in 2016, at 11.595%. Claiborne Parish had the lowest, at 2.542%. The median was 7.919% and the figure for Louisiana was 8.726%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.595Orleans Parish
Lowest2.542Claiborne Parish
Median7.91964 counties
Louisiana8.726History

Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 8.357 %Allen Parish: 8.081 %Ascension Parish: 9.067 %Assumption Parish: 3.899 %Avoyelles Parish: 7.297 %Beauregard Parish: 6.31 %Bienville Parish: 8.858 %Bossier Parish: 8.984 %Caddo Parish: 7.48 %Calcasieu Parish: 9.138 %Caldwell Parish: 9.063 %Cameron Parish: 4.11 %Catahoula Parish: 3.67 %Claiborne Parish: 2.542 %Concordia Parish: 7.692 %De Soto Parish: 8.426 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.763 %East Carroll Parish: 3.463 %East Feliciana Parish: 11.53 %Evangeline Parish: 4.49 %Franklin Parish: 6.685 %Grant Parish: 9.464 %Iberia Parish: 5.404 %Iberville Parish: 8.245 %Jackson Parish: 7.456 %Jefferson Parish: 8.565 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.901 %Lafayette Parish: 8.496 %Lafourche Parish: 8.924 %LaSalle Parish: 7.987 %Lincoln Parish: 9.237 %Livingston Parish: 10.127 %Madison Parish: 6.989 %Morehouse Parish: 7.051 %Natchitoches Parish: 7.55 %Orleans Parish: 11.595 %Ouachita Parish: 8.193 %Plaquemines Parish: 7.153 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 6.383 %Rapides Parish: 6.136 %Red River Parish: 6.977 %Richland Parish: 5.823 %Sabine Parish: 8.352 %St. Bernard Parish: 9.532 %St. Charles Parish: 9.688 %St. Helena Parish: 6.309 %St. James Parish: 5.104 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 8.973 %St. Landry Parish: 8.06 %St. Martin Parish: 6.351 %St. Mary Parish: 6.457 %St. Tammany Parish: 10.781 %Tangipahoa Parish: 9.16 %Tensas Parish: 8 %Terrebonne Parish: 7.192 %Union Parish: 10.543 %Vermilion Parish: 6.517 %Vernon Parish: 8.795 %Washington Parish: 8.163 %Webster Parish: 5.814 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.85 %West Carroll Parish: 7.186 %West Feliciana Parish: 7.715 %Winn Parish: 7.519 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

Orleans Parish: 11.595 %Orleans Parish11.595East Feliciana Parish: 11.53 %East Feliciana Parish11.53St. Tammany Parish: 10.781 %St. Tammany Parish10.781Union Parish: 10.543 %Union Parish10.543Livingston Parish: 10.127 %Livingston Parish10.127Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.901 %Jefferson Davis Parish9.901East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.763 %East Baton Rouge Parish9.763St. Charles Parish: 9.688 %St. Charles Parish9.688St. Bernard Parish: 9.532 %St. Bernard Parish9.532Grant Parish: 9.464 %Grant Parish9.464Lincoln Parish: 9.237 %Lincoln Parish9.237Tangipahoa Parish: 9.16 %Tangipahoa Parish9.16Calcasieu Parish: 9.138 %Calcasieu Parish9.138Ascension Parish: 9.067 %Ascension Parish9.067Caldwell Parish: 9.063 %Caldwell Parish9.063Bossier Parish: 8.984 %Bossier Parish8.984St. John the Baptist Parish: 8.973 %St. John the Baptist Parish8.973Lafourche Parish: 8.924 %Lafourche Parish8.924Bienville Parish: 8.858 %Bienville Parish8.858Vernon Parish: 8.795 %Vernon Parish8.795Jefferson Parish: 8.565 %Jefferson Parish8.565Lafayette Parish: 8.496 %Lafayette Parish8.496De Soto Parish: 8.426 %De Soto Parish8.426Acadia Parish: 8.357 %Acadia Parish8.357Sabine Parish: 8.352 %Sabine Parish8.352Iberville Parish: 8.245 %Iberville Parish8.245Ouachita Parish: 8.193 %Ouachita Parish8.193Washington Parish: 8.163 %Washington Parish8.163Allen Parish: 8.081 %Allen Parish8.081St. Landry Parish: 8.06 %St. Landry Parish8.06Tensas Parish: 8 %Tensas Parish8LaSalle Parish: 7.987 %LaSalle Parish7.987West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.85 %West Baton Rouge Parish7.85West Feliciana Parish: 7.715 %West Feliciana Parish7.715Concordia Parish: 7.692 %Concordia Parish7.692Natchitoches Parish: 7.55 %Natchitoches Parish7.55Winn Parish: 7.519 %Winn Parish7.519Caddo Parish: 7.48 %Caddo Parish7.48Jackson Parish: 7.456 %Jackson Parish7.456Avoyelles Parish: 7.297 %Avoyelles Parish7.297Orleans Parish: 11.595 %Orleans Parish11.595East Feliciana Parish: 11.53 %East Feliciana Parish11.53St. Tammany Parish: 10.781 %St. Tammany Parish10.781Union Parish: 10.543 %Union Parish10.543Livingston Parish: 10.127 %Livingston Parish10.127Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.901 %Jefferson Davis Parish9.901East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.763 %East Baton Rouge Parish9.763St. Charles Parish: 9.688 %St. Charles Parish9.688St. Bernard Parish: 9.532 %St. Bernard Parish9.532Grant Parish: 9.464 %Grant Parish9.464Lincoln Parish: 9.237 %Lincoln Parish9.237Tangipahoa Parish: 9.16 %Tangipahoa Parish9.16Calcasieu Parish: 9.138 %Calcasieu Parish9.138Ascension Parish: 9.067 %Ascension Parish9.067Caldwell Parish: 9.063 %Caldwell Parish9.063Bossier Parish: 8.984 %Bossier Parish8.984St. John the Baptist Parish: 8.973 %St. John the Baptist Parish8.973Lafourche Parish: 8.924 %Lafourche Parish8.924Bienville Parish: 8.858 %Bienville Parish8.858Vernon Parish: 8.795 %Vernon Parish8.795Jefferson Parish: 8.565 %Jefferson Parish8.565Lafayette Parish: 8.496 %Lafayette Parish8.496De Soto Parish: 8.426 %De Soto Parish8.426Acadia Parish: 8.357 %Acadia Parish8.357Sabine Parish: 8.352 %Sabine Parish8.352Iberville Parish: 8.245 %Iberville Parish8.245Ouachita Parish: 8.193 %Ouachita Parish8.193Washington Parish: 8.163 %Washington Parish8.163Allen Parish: 8.081 %Allen Parish8.081St. Landry Parish: 8.06 %St. Landry Parish8.06Tensas Parish: 8 %Tensas Parish8LaSalle Parish: 7.987 %LaSalle Parish7.987West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.85 %West Baton Rouge Parish7.85West Feliciana Parish: 7.715 %West Feliciana Parish7.715Concordia Parish: 7.692 %Concordia Parish7.692Natchitoches Parish: 7.55 %Natchitoches Parish7.55Winn Parish: 7.519 %Winn Parish7.519Caddo Parish: 7.48 %Caddo Parish7.48Jackson Parish: 7.456 %Jackson Parish7.456Avoyelles Parish: 7.297 %Avoyelles Parish7.297
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Orleans Parish11.595-0.29 pts
2East Feliciana Parish11.53+2.24 pts
3St. Tammany Parish10.781+1.37 pts
4Union Parish10.543-0.29 pts
5Livingston Parish10.127-2.06 pts
6Jefferson Davis Parish9.901+4.78 pts
7East Baton Rouge Parish9.763+1.03 pts
8St. Charles Parish9.688+1.02 pts
9St. Bernard Parish9.532+0.43 pts
10Grant Parish9.464+0.03 pts
11Lincoln Parish9.237+0.74 pts
12Tangipahoa Parish9.16+1.55 pts
13Calcasieu Parish9.138+0.62 pts
14Ascension Parish9.067-0.96 pts
15Caldwell Parish9.063+1.37 pts
16Bossier Parish8.984+0.33 pts
17St. John the Baptist Parish8.973+2 pts
18Lafourche Parish8.924+3.03 pts
19Bienville Parish8.858+1.95 pts
20Vernon Parish8.795-0.12 pts
21Jefferson Parish8.565+0.35 pts
22Lafayette Parish8.496-0.08 pts
23De Soto Parish8.426+0.77 pts
24Acadia Parish8.357+1.56 pts
25Sabine Parish8.352-2.52 pts
26Iberville Parish8.245-2.32 pts
27Ouachita Parish8.193+0.78 pts
28Washington Parish8.163+0.61 pts
29Allen Parish8.081+1.07 pts
30St. Landry Parish8.06+1.03 pts
31Tensas Parish8-0.16 pts
32LaSalle Parish7.987-3.47 pts
33West Baton Rouge Parish7.85+0.87 pts
34West Feliciana Parish7.715+0.68 pts
35Concordia Parish7.692+0.97 pts
36Natchitoches Parish7.55+1.48 pts
37Winn Parish7.519+0.71 pts
38Caddo Parish7.48-0.57 pts
39Jackson Parish7.456-1.57 pts
40Avoyelles Parish7.297+2.43 pts
41Terrebonne Parish7.192-0.63 pts
42West Carroll Parish7.186+2.56 pts
43Plaquemines Parish7.153-0.21 pts
44Morehouse Parish7.051+0.68 pts
45Madison Parish6.989+2.29 pts
46Red River Parish6.977-0.9 pts
47Franklin Parish6.685-0.61 pts
48Vermilion Parish6.517-1.39 pts
49St. Mary Parish6.457+0.93 pts
50Pointe Coupee Parish6.383-1.73 pts
51St. Martin Parish6.351-1.86 pts
52Beauregard Parish6.31-1.98 pts
53St. Helena Parish6.309-0.72 pts
54Rapides Parish6.136-1.81 pts
55Richland Parish5.823-2.18 pts
56Webster Parish5.814-2.66 pts
57Iberia Parish5.404-1.3 pts
58St. James Parish5.104-1.24 pts
59Evangeline Parish4.49-5.36 pts
60Cameron Parish4.11-10.96 pts
61Assumption Parish3.899-2.23 pts
62Catahoula Parish3.67-6.04 pts
63East Carroll Parish3.463-5.23 pts
64Claiborne Parish2.542-2.85 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. 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Orleans Parish, with 11.595% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Claiborne Parish, with 2.542% in 2016.

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