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Counties in Louisiana by establishment exit rate

Tensas Parish had the highest establishment exit rate of 64 counties in 2019, at 14.706%. Red River Parish had the lowest, at 3.876%. The median was 7.824% and the figure for Louisiana was 7.827%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest14.706Tensas Parish
Lowest3.876Red River Parish
Median7.82464 counties
Louisiana7.827History

Map of counties, 2019

Acadia Parish: 7.981 %Allen Parish: 7.46 %Ascension Parish: 8.139 %Assumption Parish: 5.253 %Avoyelles Parish: 8.635 %Beauregard Parish: 6.812 %Bienville Parish: 9.572 %Bossier Parish: 7.947 %Caddo Parish: 8.153 %Calcasieu Parish: 6.97 %Caldwell Parish: 4.487 %Cameron Parish: 7.874 %Catahoula Parish: 7.383 %Claiborne Parish: 5.923 %Concordia Parish: 6.061 %De Soto Parish: 7.268 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.871 %East Carroll Parish: 6.863 %East Feliciana Parish: 7.982 %Evangeline Parish: 6.996 %Franklin Parish: 6.916 %Grant Parish: 8.946 %Iberia Parish: 7.469 %Iberville Parish: 5.572 %Jackson Parish: 8.889 %Jefferson Parish: 7.254 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.705 %Lafayette Parish: 8.239 %Lafourche Parish: 7.836 %LaSalle Parish: 8.855 %Lincoln Parish: 9.398 %Livingston Parish: 7.821 %Madison Parish: 6.232 %Morehouse Parish: 9.113 %Natchitoches Parish: 8.759 %Orleans Parish: 8.454 %Ouachita Parish: 8.283 %Plaquemines Parish: 8 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 8.013 %Rapides Parish: 6.695 %Red River Parish: 3.876 %Richland Parish: 6.468 %Sabine Parish: 11.287 %St. Bernard Parish: 7.018 %St. Charles Parish: 8.139 %St. Helena Parish: 4.268 %St. James Parish: 6.818 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.164 %St. Landry Parish: 7.734 %St. Martin Parish: 10.153 %St. Mary Parish: 6.396 %St. Tammany Parish: 8.588 %Tangipahoa Parish: 6.608 %Tensas Parish: 14.706 %Terrebonne Parish: 7.675 %Union Parish: 6.875 %Vermilion Parish: 8.184 %Vernon Parish: 8.892 %Washington Parish: 7.827 %Webster Parish: 7.402 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 5.484 %West Carroll Parish: 5.751 %West Feliciana Parish: 9.412 %Winn Parish: 8.782 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Tensas Parish: 14.706 %Tensas Parish14.706Sabine Parish: 11.287 %Sabine Parish11.287St. Martin Parish: 10.153 %St. Martin Parish10.153Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.705 %Jefferson Davis Parish9.705Bienville Parish: 9.572 %Bienville Parish9.572West Feliciana Parish: 9.412 %West Feliciana Parish9.412Lincoln Parish: 9.398 %Lincoln Parish9.398Morehouse Parish: 9.113 %Morehouse Parish9.113Grant Parish: 8.946 %Grant Parish8.946Vernon Parish: 8.892 %Vernon Parish8.892Jackson Parish: 8.889 %Jackson Parish8.889LaSalle Parish: 8.855 %LaSalle Parish8.855Winn Parish: 8.782 %Winn Parish8.782Natchitoches Parish: 8.759 %Natchitoches Parish8.759Avoyelles Parish: 8.635 %Avoyelles Parish8.635St. Tammany Parish: 8.588 %St. Tammany Parish8.588Orleans Parish: 8.454 %Orleans Parish8.454Ouachita Parish: 8.283 %Ouachita Parish8.283Lafayette Parish: 8.239 %Lafayette Parish8.239Vermilion Parish: 8.184 %Vermilion Parish8.184Caddo Parish: 8.153 %Caddo Parish8.153Ascension Parish: 8.139 %Ascension Parish8.139St. Charles Parish: 8.139 %St. Charles Parish8.139Pointe Coupee Parish: 8.013 %Pointe Coupee Parish8.013Plaquemines Parish: 8 %Plaquemines Parish8East Feliciana Parish: 7.982 %East Feliciana Parish7.982Acadia Parish: 7.981 %Acadia Parish7.981Bossier Parish: 7.947 %Bossier Parish7.947Cameron Parish: 7.874 %Cameron Parish7.874East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.871 %East Baton Rouge Parish7.871Lafourche Parish: 7.836 %Lafourche Parish7.836Washington Parish: 7.827 %Washington Parish7.827Livingston Parish: 7.821 %Livingston Parish7.821St. Landry Parish: 7.734 %St. Landry Parish7.734Terrebonne Parish: 7.675 %Terrebonne Parish7.675Iberia Parish: 7.469 %Iberia Parish7.469Allen Parish: 7.46 %Allen Parish7.46Webster Parish: 7.402 %Webster Parish7.402Catahoula Parish: 7.383 %Catahoula Parish7.383De Soto Parish: 7.268 %De Soto Parish7.268Tensas Parish: 14.706 %Tensas Parish14.706Sabine Parish: 11.287 %Sabine Parish11.287St. Martin Parish: 10.153 %St. Martin Parish10.153Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.705 %Jefferson Davis Parish9.705Bienville Parish: 9.572 %Bienville Parish9.572West Feliciana Parish: 9.412 %West Feliciana Parish9.412Lincoln Parish: 9.398 %Lincoln Parish9.398Morehouse Parish: 9.113 %Morehouse Parish9.113Grant Parish: 8.946 %Grant Parish8.946Vernon Parish: 8.892 %Vernon Parish8.892Jackson Parish: 8.889 %Jackson Parish8.889LaSalle Parish: 8.855 %LaSalle Parish8.855Winn Parish: 8.782 %Winn Parish8.782Natchitoches Parish: 8.759 %Natchitoches Parish8.759Avoyelles Parish: 8.635 %Avoyelles Parish8.635St. Tammany Parish: 8.588 %St. Tammany Parish8.588Orleans Parish: 8.454 %Orleans Parish8.454Ouachita Parish: 8.283 %Ouachita Parish8.283Lafayette Parish: 8.239 %Lafayette Parish8.239Vermilion Parish: 8.184 %Vermilion Parish8.184Caddo Parish: 8.153 %Caddo Parish8.153Ascension Parish: 8.139 %Ascension Parish8.139St. Charles Parish: 8.139 %St. Charles Parish8.139Pointe Coupee Parish: 8.013 %Pointe Coupee Parish8.013Plaquemines Parish: 8 %Plaquemines Parish8East Feliciana Parish: 7.982 %East Feliciana Parish7.982Acadia Parish: 7.981 %Acadia Parish7.981Bossier Parish: 7.947 %Bossier Parish7.947Cameron Parish: 7.874 %Cameron Parish7.874East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.871 %East Baton Rouge Parish7.871Lafourche Parish: 7.836 %Lafourche Parish7.836Washington Parish: 7.827 %Washington Parish7.827Livingston Parish: 7.821 %Livingston Parish7.821St. Landry Parish: 7.734 %St. Landry Parish7.734Terrebonne Parish: 7.675 %Terrebonne Parish7.675Iberia Parish: 7.469 %Iberia Parish7.469Allen Parish: 7.46 %Allen Parish7.46Webster Parish: 7.402 %Webster Parish7.402Catahoula Parish: 7.383 %Catahoula Parish7.383De Soto Parish: 7.268 %De Soto Parish7.268
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Tensas Parish14.706+9.15 pts
2Sabine Parish11.287+1.64 pts
3St. Martin Parish10.153+2.82 pts
4Jefferson Davis Parish9.705+0.53 pts
5Bienville Parish9.572-0.52 pts
6West Feliciana Parish9.412+1.05 pts
7Lincoln Parish9.398+2.66 pts
8Morehouse Parish9.113+2.59 pts
9Grant Parish8.946-4.26 pts
10Vernon Parish8.892-2.56 pts
11Jackson Parish8.889+0.46 pts
12LaSalle Parish8.855+2.38 pts
13Winn Parish8.782-0.61 pts
14Natchitoches Parish8.759+2.13 pts
15Avoyelles Parish8.635+0.56 pts
16St. Tammany Parish8.588-0.93 pts
17Orleans Parish8.454-0.48 pts
18Ouachita Parish8.283+0.44 pts
19Lafayette Parish8.239-0.36 pts
20Vermilion Parish8.184-1.24 pts
21Caddo Parish8.153-0.34 pts
22Ascension Parish8.139+0.56 pts
22St. Charles Parish8.139+1.55 pts
24Pointe Coupee Parish8.013-0.83 pts
25Plaquemines Parish8+0.87 pts
26East Feliciana Parish7.982+0.25 pts
27Acadia Parish7.981+1 pts
28Bossier Parish7.947+0.38 pts
29Cameron Parish7.874+0.09 pts
30East Baton Rouge Parish7.871-1.23 pts
31Lafourche Parish7.836+0.87 pts
32Washington Parish7.827+0.33 pts
33Livingston Parish7.821-1.67 pts
34St. Landry Parish7.734+0.81 pts
35Terrebonne Parish7.675-1.47 pts
36Iberia Parish7.469-0.87 pts
37Allen Parish7.46-0.84 pts
38Webster Parish7.402-0.99 pts
39Catahoula Parish7.383-0.23 pts
40De Soto Parish7.268-2.04 pts
41Jefferson Parish7.254-0.94 pts
42St. John the Baptist Parish7.164+0.01 pts
43St. Bernard Parish7.018-1.95 pts
44Evangeline Parish6.996-3.28 pts
45Calcasieu Parish6.97-0.77 pts
46Franklin Parish6.916-1.17 pts
47Union Parish6.875-2.19 pts
48East Carroll Parish6.863+1.26 pts
49St. James Parish6.818+0.69 pts
50Beauregard Parish6.812-2.01 pts
51Rapides Parish6.695-0.87 pts
52Tangipahoa Parish6.608-0.97 pts
53Richland Parish6.468+1.52 pts
54St. Mary Parish6.396-3.45 pts
55Madison Parish6.232+0.55 pts
56Concordia Parish6.061-2.76 pts
57Claiborne Parish5.923-0.89 pts
58West Carroll Parish5.751+1.92 pts
59Iberville Parish5.572-0.8 pts
60West Baton Rouge Parish5.484-2.49 pts
61Assumption Parish5.253-4.5 pts
62Caldwell Parish4.487-4.37 pts
63St. Helena Parish4.268-1.87 pts
64Red River Parish3.876-2.45 pts

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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. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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?period=2019. 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, 2019. 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?period=2019.

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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, 2019 [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?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment exit rate?

Tensas Parish, with 14.706% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment exit rate?

Red River Parish, with 3.876% in 2019.

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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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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