Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate, 2023

East Carroll Parish had the highest establishment exit rate of 63 counties in 2023, at 15.707%. Union Parish had the lowest, at 4.762%. The median was 8.159% and the figure for Louisiana was 8.056%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest15.707East Carroll Parish

Lowest4.762Union Parish

Median8.15963 counties

Louisiana8.056History

Map of counties, 2023

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7 to 7.3
7.3 to 8.2
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%, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	East Carroll Parish	15.707	+2.51 pts
2	Claiborne Parish	11.168	+5.12 pts
3	Winn Parish	10.909	+3.7 pts
4	Catahoula Parish	10.323	+1.77 pts
5	St. John the Baptist Parish	9.952	-2.62 pts
6	East Feliciana Parish	9.67	+2.64 pts
7	St. Bernard Parish	9.524	+1.45 pts
8	Vermilion Parish	9.459	+0.77 pts
9	Cameron Parish	9.442	-1.72 pts
10	Tangipahoa Parish	9.377	+1.86 pts
11	Franklin Parish	9.227	+1.57 pts
12	Vernon Parish	9.195	-1.91 pts
13	St. Tammany Parish	9.019	+0.48 pts
14	Bienville Parish	8.995	-2.74 pts
15	Grant Parish	8.889	-1.02 pts
16	Ouachita Parish	8.868	+0.37 pts
17	Livingston Parish	8.753	-0.05 pts
18	De Soto Parish	8.675	-1 pts
19	Orleans Parish	8.642	-1.42 pts
20	St. Martin Parish	8.631	-2.55 pts
21	Bossier Parish	8.595	+0.33 pts
22	Avoyelles Parish	8.507	+0.88 pts
23	LaSalle Parish	8.504	-3.05 pts
24	Caldwell Parish	8.469	-0.77 pts
25	Lincoln Parish	8.463	-0.47 pts
26	Jefferson Davis Parish	8.451	-1.87 pts
27	Ascension Parish	8.392	-0.47 pts
28	Sabine Parish	8.382	-0.71 pts
29	West Baton Rouge Parish	8.318	+0.53 pts
30	Jackson Parish	8.163	+0.79 pts
31	Caddo Parish	8.159	-0.35 pts
31	East Baton Rouge Parish	8.159	-1.5 pts
33	West Carroll Parish	8.075	+2.41 pts
34	Red River Parish	8.032	-9.59 pts
35	Webster Parish	7.956	+0.18 pts
36	Calcasieu Parish	7.853	-1.21 pts
37	Jefferson Parish	7.836	-1.21 pts
38	Beauregard Parish	7.79	-1.7 pts
39	Iberia Parish	7.364	+0.49 pts
40	Lafayette Parish	7.355	-1.79 pts
41	St. Mary Parish	7.318	+1.43 pts
42	St. Helena Parish	7.317	+1.62 pts
43	Allen Parish	7.299	-3.91 pts
44	Rapides Parish	7.256	-0.35 pts
45	Evangeline Parish	7.221	-1.84 pts
46	Concordia Parish	7.188	-2.5 pts
47	Lafourche Parish	7.186	-4.73 pts
48	Morehouse Parish	7.16	+0.2 pts
49	Assumption Parish	7.157	+1.59 pts
50	Acadia Parish	7.106	-0.94 pts
51	Washington Parish	7.026	-0.02 pts
52	St. Landry Parish	6.993	-0.83 pts
53	Iberville Parish	6.977	-0.88 pts
54	West Feliciana Parish	6.824	-1.97 pts
55	Richland Parish	6.65	-1.84 pts
56	Plaquemines Parish	6.592	-0.94 pts
57	St. Charles Parish	6.563	-4.15 pts
58	Natchitoches Parish	6.21	-1.33 pts
59	Terrebonne Parish	6.003	-4.9 pts
60	St. James Parish	5.625	-0.65 pts
61	Madison Parish	5.538	-2.46 pts
62	Pointe Coupee Parish	5.152	-3.68 pts
63	Union Parish	4.762	-2.57 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths 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 2023 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: establishment exit 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate, 2023) [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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate, 2023. 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-exit-rate/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate, 2023. 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-exit-rate/louisiana-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate, 2023 [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-exit-rate/louisiana-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

East Carroll Parish, with 15.707% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Union Parish, with 4.762% in 2023.

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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.