Counties in Louisiana by establishment entry rate

Grant Parish had the highest establishment entry rate of 64 counties in 2021, at 14.724%. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 3.135%. The median was 8.686% and the figure for Louisiana was 9.349%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.724Grant Parish
Median8.68664 counties
Louisiana9.349History

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 9.637 %Allen Parish: 9.626 %Ascension Parish: 11.325 %Assumption Parish: 4.781 %Avoyelles Parish: 6.452 %Beauregard Parish: 9.974 %Bienville Parish: 7.33 %Bossier Parish: 9.562 %Caddo Parish: 8.094 %Calcasieu Parish: 8.886 %Caldwell Parish: 7.097 %Cameron Parish: 8.943 %Catahoula Parish: 6.78 %Claiborne Parish: 4.401 %Concordia Parish: 10.68 %De Soto Parish: 11.084 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.713 %East Carroll Parish: 8 %East Feliciana Parish: 10.86 %Evangeline Parish: 6.547 %Franklin Parish: 7.778 %Grant Parish: 14.724 %Iberia Parish: 6.422 %Iberville Parish: 8.285 %Jackson Parish: 7.373 %Jefferson Parish: 8.66 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.799 %Lafayette Parish: 9.952 %Lafourche Parish: 8.047 %LaSalle Parish: 9.105 %Lincoln Parish: 11.31 %Livingston Parish: 11.105 %Madison Parish: 4.706 %Morehouse Parish: 5.63 %Natchitoches Parish: 8.713 %Orleans Parish: 12.189 %Ouachita Parish: 7.888 %Plaquemines Parish: 7.68 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.033 %Rapides Parish: 8.759 %Red River Parish: 14.286 %Richland Parish: 8.831 %Sabine Parish: 9.069 %St. Bernard Parish: 10.652 %St. Charles Parish: 10.07 %St. Helena Parish: 5.643 %St. James Parish: 4.71 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.84 %St. Landry Parish: 7.511 %St. Martin Parish: 8.785 %St. Mary Parish: 5.01 %St. Tammany Parish: 10.827 %Tangipahoa Parish: 8.188 %Tensas Parish: 5 %Terrebonne Parish: 7.18 %Union Parish: 8.32 %Vermilion Parish: 8.78 %Vernon Parish: 8.494 %Washington Parish: 8.177 %Webster Parish: 6.759 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.366 %West Carroll Parish: 3.135 %West Feliciana Parish: 9.659 %Winn Parish: 7.615 %
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  • 11 and over
%, 2021. 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, 2021

Grant Parish: 14.724 %Grant Parish14.724Red River Parish: 14.286 %Red River Parish14.286Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.799 %Jefferson Davis Parish12.799Orleans Parish: 12.189 %Orleans Parish12.189Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.033 %Pointe Coupee Parish12.033Ascension Parish: 11.325 %Ascension Parish11.325Lincoln Parish: 11.31 %Lincoln Parish11.31Livingston Parish: 11.105 %Livingston Parish11.105De Soto Parish: 11.084 %De Soto Parish11.084East Feliciana Parish: 10.86 %East Feliciana Parish10.86St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.84 %St. John the Baptist Parish10.84St. Tammany Parish: 10.827 %St. Tammany Parish10.827Concordia Parish: 10.68 %Concordia Parish10.68St. Bernard Parish: 10.652 %St. Bernard Parish10.652St. Charles Parish: 10.07 %St. Charles Parish10.07Beauregard Parish: 9.974 %Beauregard Parish9.974Lafayette Parish: 9.952 %Lafayette Parish9.952East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.713 %East Baton Rouge Parish9.713West Feliciana Parish: 9.659 %West Feliciana Parish9.659Acadia Parish: 9.637 %Acadia Parish9.637Allen Parish: 9.626 %Allen Parish9.626Bossier Parish: 9.562 %Bossier Parish9.562West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.366 %West Baton Rouge Parish9.366LaSalle Parish: 9.105 %LaSalle Parish9.105Sabine Parish: 9.069 %Sabine Parish9.069Cameron Parish: 8.943 %Cameron Parish8.943Calcasieu Parish: 8.886 %Calcasieu Parish8.886Richland Parish: 8.831 %Richland Parish8.831St. Martin Parish: 8.785 %St. Martin Parish8.785Vermilion Parish: 8.78 %Vermilion Parish8.78Rapides Parish: 8.759 %Rapides Parish8.759Natchitoches Parish: 8.713 %Natchitoches Parish8.713Jefferson Parish: 8.66 %Jefferson Parish8.66Vernon Parish: 8.494 %Vernon Parish8.494Union Parish: 8.32 %Union Parish8.32Iberville Parish: 8.285 %Iberville Parish8.285Tangipahoa Parish: 8.188 %Tangipahoa Parish8.188Washington Parish: 8.177 %Washington Parish8.177Caddo Parish: 8.094 %Caddo Parish8.094Lafourche Parish: 8.047 %Lafourche Parish8.047Grant Parish: 14.724 %Grant Parish14.724Red River Parish: 14.286 %Red River Parish14.286Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.799 %Jefferson Davis Parish12.799Orleans Parish: 12.189 %Orleans Parish12.189Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.033 %Pointe Coupee Parish12.033Ascension Parish: 11.325 %Ascension Parish11.325Lincoln Parish: 11.31 %Lincoln Parish11.31Livingston Parish: 11.105 %Livingston Parish11.105De Soto Parish: 11.084 %De Soto Parish11.084East Feliciana Parish: 10.86 %East Feliciana Parish10.86St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.84 %St. John the Baptist Parish10.84St. Tammany Parish: 10.827 %St. Tammany Parish10.827Concordia Parish: 10.68 %Concordia Parish10.68St. Bernard Parish: 10.652 %St. Bernard Parish10.652St. Charles Parish: 10.07 %St. Charles Parish10.07Beauregard Parish: 9.974 %Beauregard Parish9.974Lafayette Parish: 9.952 %Lafayette Parish9.952East Baton Rouge Parish: 9.713 %East Baton Rouge Parish9.713West Feliciana Parish: 9.659 %West Feliciana Parish9.659Acadia Parish: 9.637 %Acadia Parish9.637Allen Parish: 9.626 %Allen Parish9.626Bossier Parish: 9.562 %Bossier Parish9.562West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.366 %West Baton Rouge Parish9.366LaSalle Parish: 9.105 %LaSalle Parish9.105Sabine Parish: 9.069 %Sabine Parish9.069Cameron Parish: 8.943 %Cameron Parish8.943Calcasieu Parish: 8.886 %Calcasieu Parish8.886Richland Parish: 8.831 %Richland Parish8.831St. Martin Parish: 8.785 %St. Martin Parish8.785Vermilion Parish: 8.78 %Vermilion Parish8.78Rapides Parish: 8.759 %Rapides Parish8.759Natchitoches Parish: 8.713 %Natchitoches Parish8.713Jefferson Parish: 8.66 %Jefferson Parish8.66Vernon Parish: 8.494 %Vernon Parish8.494Union Parish: 8.32 %Union Parish8.32Iberville Parish: 8.285 %Iberville Parish8.285Tangipahoa Parish: 8.188 %Tangipahoa Parish8.188Washington Parish: 8.177 %Washington Parish8.177Caddo Parish: 8.094 %Caddo Parish8.094Lafourche Parish: 8.047 %Lafourche Parish8.047
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Grant Parish14.724+3.86 pts
2Red River Parish14.286+7.36 pts
3Jefferson Davis Parish12.799+5.42 pts
4Orleans Parish12.189+2.23 pts
5Pointe Coupee Parish12.033+7.45 pts
6Ascension Parish11.325+2.26 pts
7Lincoln Parish11.31+1.68 pts
8Livingston Parish11.105+0.9 pts
9De Soto Parish11.084+2.15 pts
10East Feliciana Parish10.86+6.35 pts
11St. John the Baptist Parish10.84+4.49 pts
12St. Tammany Parish10.827+1.29 pts
13Concordia Parish10.68+3.01 pts
14St. Bernard Parish10.652+2.78 pts
15St. Charles Parish10.07+2.21 pts
16Beauregard Parish9.974+4.01 pts
17Lafayette Parish9.952+1.65 pts
18East Baton Rouge Parish9.713+1.43 pts
19West Feliciana Parish9.659-0.11 pts
20Acadia Parish9.637+2.68 pts
21Allen Parish9.626+0.66 pts
22Bossier Parish9.562-0.18 pts
23West Baton Rouge Parish9.366+4.95 pts
24LaSalle Parish9.105-0.13 pts
25Sabine Parish9.069+1.45 pts
26Cameron Parish8.943+0.28 pts
27Calcasieu Parish8.886+1.23 pts
28Richland Parish8.831+2.56 pts
29St. Martin Parish8.785+1.6 pts
30Vermilion Parish8.78+1.86 pts
31Rapides Parish8.759+1.3 pts
32Natchitoches Parish8.713-0.01 pts
33Jefferson Parish8.66+1.58 pts
34Vernon Parish8.494+0.93 pts
35Union Parish8.32+0.91 pts
36Iberville Parish8.285+1.75 pts
37Tangipahoa Parish8.188-0.86 pts
38Washington Parish8.177+3.29 pts
39Caddo Parish8.094+1.47 pts
40Lafourche Parish8.047+0.92 pts
41East Carroll Parish8+0.96 pts
42Ouachita Parish7.888-0.19 pts
43Franklin Parish7.778+0.02 pts
44Plaquemines Parish7.68+1.31 pts
45Winn Parish7.615-2.06 pts
46St. Landry Parish7.511+1.46 pts
47Jackson Parish7.373-0.23 pts
48Bienville Parish7.33-2.41 pts
49Terrebonne Parish7.18+0.68 pts
50Caldwell Parish7.097-1.18 pts
51Catahoula Parish6.78-2.46 pts
52Webster Parish6.759-2.16 pts
53Evangeline Parish6.547-0.06 pts
54Avoyelles Parish6.452-0.71 pts
55Iberia Parish6.422+0.11 pts
56St. Helena Parish5.643-0.38 pts
57Morehouse Parish5.63-2.4 pts
58St. Mary Parish5.01+0.61 pts
59Tensas Parish5-3 pts
60Assumption Parish4.781-3.12 pts
61St. James Parish4.71-0.7 pts
62Madison Parish4.706-4.28 pts
63Claiborne Parish4.401-2.53 pts
64West Carroll Parish3.135-6.24 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Grant Parish, with 14.724% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

West Carroll Parish, with 3.135% in 2021.

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