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Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate

LaSalle Parish had the highest establishment entry rate of 63 counties in 2017, at 14.189%. Claiborne Parish had the lowest, at 2.643%. The median was 7.407% and the figure for Louisiana was 8.043%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.189LaSalle Parish
Lowest2.643Claiborne Parish
Median7.40763 counties
Louisiana8.043History

Map of counties, 2017

Acadia Parish: 8.297 %Allen Parish: 8.122 %Ascension Parish: 8.95 %Assumption Parish: 5.169 %Avoyelles Parish: 6.156 %Beauregard Parish: 6.327 %Bienville Parish: 10.28 %Bossier Parish: 8.193 %Caddo Parish: 8.001 %Calcasieu Parish: 8.451 %Caldwell Parish: 4.908 %Cameron Parish: 3.676 %Catahoula Parish: 5.442 %Claiborne Parish: 2.643 %Concordia Parish: 6.502 %De Soto Parish: 9.17 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.329 %East Feliciana Parish: 5.393 %Evangeline Parish: 7.59 %Franklin Parish: 8.204 %Grant Parish: 10.127 %Iberia Parish: 5.398 %Iberville Parish: 5.72 %Jackson Parish: 7.407 %Jefferson Parish: 7.378 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 7.438 %Lafayette Parish: 8.589 %Lafourche Parish: 6.743 %LaSalle Parish: 14.189 %Lincoln Parish: 9.481 %Livingston Parish: 10.95 %Madison Parish: 2.732 %Morehouse Parish: 6.504 %Natchitoches Parish: 7.27 %Orleans Parish: 9.731 %Ouachita Parish: 7.55 %Plaquemines Parish: 6.495 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 3.709 %Rapides Parish: 7.46 %Red River Parish: 4.688 %Richland Parish: 4.37 %Sabine Parish: 9.06 %St. Bernard Parish: 7.449 %St. Charles Parish: 5.238 %St. Helena Parish: 8.05 %St. James Parish: 6.4 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.727 %St. Landry Parish: 6.069 %St. Martin Parish: 8.205 %St. Mary Parish: 5.283 %St. Tammany Parish: 9.946 %Tangipahoa Parish: 8.123 %Tensas Parish: 4.054 %Terrebonne Parish: 6.913 %Union Parish: 6.763 %Vermilion Parish: 6.243 %Vernon Parish: 9.517 %Washington Parish: 9.444 %Webster Parish: 6.795 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.428 %West Carroll Parish: 3.135 %West Feliciana Parish: 9.581 %Winn Parish: 5.354 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

LaSalle Parish: 14.189 %LaSalle Parish14.189Livingston Parish: 10.95 %Livingston Parish10.95Bienville Parish: 10.28 %Bienville Parish10.28Grant Parish: 10.127 %Grant Parish10.127St. Tammany Parish: 9.946 %St. Tammany Parish9.946Orleans Parish: 9.731 %Orleans Parish9.731West Feliciana Parish: 9.581 %West Feliciana Parish9.581Vernon Parish: 9.517 %Vernon Parish9.517Lincoln Parish: 9.481 %Lincoln Parish9.481Washington Parish: 9.444 %Washington Parish9.444De Soto Parish: 9.17 %De Soto Parish9.17Sabine Parish: 9.06 %Sabine Parish9.06Ascension Parish: 8.95 %Ascension Parish8.95Lafayette Parish: 8.589 %Lafayette Parish8.589Calcasieu Parish: 8.451 %Calcasieu Parish8.451East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.329 %East Baton Rouge Parish8.329Acadia Parish: 8.297 %Acadia Parish8.297St. Martin Parish: 8.205 %St. Martin Parish8.205Franklin Parish: 8.204 %Franklin Parish8.204Bossier Parish: 8.193 %Bossier Parish8.193Tangipahoa Parish: 8.123 %Tangipahoa Parish8.123Allen Parish: 8.122 %Allen Parish8.122St. Helena Parish: 8.05 %St. Helena Parish8.05Caddo Parish: 8.001 %Caddo Parish8.001St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.727 %St. John the Baptist Parish7.727Evangeline Parish: 7.59 %Evangeline Parish7.59Ouachita Parish: 7.55 %Ouachita Parish7.55Rapides Parish: 7.46 %Rapides Parish7.46St. Bernard Parish: 7.449 %St. Bernard Parish7.449Jefferson Davis Parish: 7.438 %Jefferson Davis Parish7.438West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.428 %West Baton Rouge Parish7.428Jackson Parish: 7.407 %Jackson Parish7.407Jefferson Parish: 7.378 %Jefferson Parish7.378Natchitoches Parish: 7.27 %Natchitoches Parish7.27Terrebonne Parish: 6.913 %Terrebonne Parish6.913Webster Parish: 6.795 %Webster Parish6.795Union Parish: 6.763 %Union Parish6.763Lafourche Parish: 6.743 %Lafourche Parish6.743Morehouse Parish: 6.504 %Morehouse Parish6.504Concordia Parish: 6.502 %Concordia Parish6.502LaSalle Parish: 14.189 %LaSalle Parish14.189Livingston Parish: 10.95 %Livingston Parish10.95Bienville Parish: 10.28 %Bienville Parish10.28Grant Parish: 10.127 %Grant Parish10.127St. Tammany Parish: 9.946 %St. Tammany Parish9.946Orleans Parish: 9.731 %Orleans Parish9.731West Feliciana Parish: 9.581 %West Feliciana Parish9.581Vernon Parish: 9.517 %Vernon Parish9.517Lincoln Parish: 9.481 %Lincoln Parish9.481Washington Parish: 9.444 %Washington Parish9.444De Soto Parish: 9.17 %De Soto Parish9.17Sabine Parish: 9.06 %Sabine Parish9.06Ascension Parish: 8.95 %Ascension Parish8.95Lafayette Parish: 8.589 %Lafayette Parish8.589Calcasieu Parish: 8.451 %Calcasieu Parish8.451East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.329 %East Baton Rouge Parish8.329Acadia Parish: 8.297 %Acadia Parish8.297St. Martin Parish: 8.205 %St. Martin Parish8.205Franklin Parish: 8.204 %Franklin Parish8.204Bossier Parish: 8.193 %Bossier Parish8.193Tangipahoa Parish: 8.123 %Tangipahoa Parish8.123Allen Parish: 8.122 %Allen Parish8.122St. Helena Parish: 8.05 %St. Helena Parish8.05Caddo Parish: 8.001 %Caddo Parish8.001St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.727 %St. John the Baptist Parish7.727Evangeline Parish: 7.59 %Evangeline Parish7.59Ouachita Parish: 7.55 %Ouachita Parish7.55Rapides Parish: 7.46 %Rapides Parish7.46St. Bernard Parish: 7.449 %St. Bernard Parish7.449Jefferson Davis Parish: 7.438 %Jefferson Davis Parish7.438West Baton Rouge Parish: 7.428 %West Baton Rouge Parish7.428Jackson Parish: 7.407 %Jackson Parish7.407Jefferson Parish: 7.378 %Jefferson Parish7.378Natchitoches Parish: 7.27 %Natchitoches Parish7.27Terrebonne Parish: 6.913 %Terrebonne Parish6.913Webster Parish: 6.795 %Webster Parish6.795Union Parish: 6.763 %Union Parish6.763Lafourche Parish: 6.743 %Lafourche Parish6.743Morehouse Parish: 6.504 %Morehouse Parish6.504Concordia Parish: 6.502 %Concordia Parish6.502
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1LaSalle Parish14.189+6.2 pts
2Livingston Parish10.95+0.82 pts
3Bienville Parish10.28+1.42 pts
4Grant Parish10.127+0.66 pts
5St. Tammany Parish9.946-0.84 pts
6Orleans Parish9.731-1.86 pts
7West Feliciana Parish9.581+1.87 pts
8Vernon Parish9.517+0.72 pts
9Lincoln Parish9.481+0.24 pts
10Washington Parish9.444+1.28 pts
11De Soto Parish9.17+0.74 pts
12Sabine Parish9.06+0.71 pts
13Ascension Parish8.95-0.12 pts
14Lafayette Parish8.589+0.09 pts
15Calcasieu Parish8.451-0.69 pts
16East Baton Rouge Parish8.329-1.43 pts
17Acadia Parish8.297-0.06 pts
18St. Martin Parish8.205+1.85 pts
19Franklin Parish8.204+1.52 pts
20Bossier Parish8.193-0.79 pts
21Tangipahoa Parish8.123-1.04 pts
22Allen Parish8.122+0.04 pts
23St. Helena Parish8.05+1.74 pts
24Caddo Parish8.001+0.52 pts
25St. John the Baptist Parish7.727-1.25 pts
26Evangeline Parish7.59+3.1 pts
27Ouachita Parish7.55-0.64 pts
28Rapides Parish7.46+1.32 pts
29St. Bernard Parish7.449-2.08 pts
30Jefferson Davis Parish7.438-2.46 pts
31West Baton Rouge Parish7.428-0.42 pts
32Jackson Parish7.407-0.05 pts
33Jefferson Parish7.378-1.19 pts
34Natchitoches Parish7.27-0.28 pts
35Terrebonne Parish6.913-0.28 pts
36Webster Parish6.795+0.98 pts
37Union Parish6.763-3.78 pts
38Lafourche Parish6.743-2.18 pts
39Morehouse Parish6.504-0.55 pts
40Concordia Parish6.502-1.19 pts
41Plaquemines Parish6.495-0.66 pts
42St. James Parish6.4+1.3 pts
43Beauregard Parish6.327+0.02 pts
44Vermilion Parish6.243-0.27 pts
45Avoyelles Parish6.156-1.14 pts
46St. Landry Parish6.069-1.99 pts
47Iberville Parish5.72-2.52 pts
48Catahoula Parish5.442+1.77 pts
49Iberia Parish5.398-0.01 pts
50East Feliciana Parish5.393-6.14 pts
51Winn Parish5.354-2.17 pts
52St. Mary Parish5.283-1.17 pts
53St. Charles Parish5.238-4.45 pts
54Assumption Parish5.169+1.27 pts
55Caldwell Parish4.908-4.16 pts
56Red River Parish4.688-2.29 pts
57Richland Parish4.37-1.45 pts
58Tensas Parish4.054-3.95 pts
59Pointe Coupee Parish3.709-2.67 pts
60Cameron Parish3.676-0.43 pts
61West Carroll Parish3.135-4.05 pts
62Madison Parish2.732-4.26 pts
63Claiborne Parish2.643+0.1 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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

LaSalle Parish, with 14.189% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Claiborne Parish, with 2.643% 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: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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