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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate, 2023

Union Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2023, at 21.727%. East Feliciana Parish had the lowest, at 5.364%. The median was 12.237% and the figure for Louisiana was 13.227%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.727Union Parish
Lowest5.364East Feliciana Parish
Median12.23764 counties
Louisiana13.227History

Map of counties, 2023

Acadia Parish: 13.419 %Allen Parish: 12.688 %Ascension Parish: 17.52 %Assumption Parish: 17.354 %Avoyelles Parish: 10.432 %Beauregard Parish: 10.111 %Bienville Parish: 13.279 %Bossier Parish: 13.336 %Caddo Parish: 12.233 %Calcasieu Parish: 15.346 %Caldwell Parish: 16.477 %Cameron Parish: 13.53 %Catahoula Parish: 7.846 %Claiborne Parish: 8.947 %Concordia Parish: 15.401 %De Soto Parish: 12.093 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.84 %East Carroll Parish: 18.108 %East Feliciana Parish: 5.364 %Evangeline Parish: 9.641 %Franklin Parish: 9.448 %Grant Parish: 14.034 %Iberia Parish: 12.705 %Iberville Parish: 8.668 %Jackson Parish: 10.238 %Jefferson Parish: 12.935 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 14.709 %Lafayette Parish: 14.545 %Lafourche Parish: 18.725 %LaSalle Parish: 12.521 %Lincoln Parish: 10.958 %Livingston Parish: 12.141 %Madison Parish: 10.621 %Morehouse Parish: 11.898 %Natchitoches Parish: 12.379 %Orleans Parish: 15.116 %Ouachita Parish: 12.793 %Plaquemines Parish: 15.18 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 11.209 %Rapides Parish: 11.817 %Red River Parish: 9.389 %Richland Parish: 6.892 %Sabine Parish: 14.257 %St. Bernard Parish: 11.803 %St. Charles Parish: 11.327 %St. Helena Parish: 10.721 %St. James Parish: 10.028 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.2 %St. Landry Parish: 9.825 %St. Martin Parish: 12.241 %St. Mary Parish: 12.357 %St. Tammany Parish: 13.152 %Tangipahoa Parish: 13.065 %Tensas Parish: 8.469 %Terrebonne Parish: 13.309 %Union Parish: 21.727 %Vermilion Parish: 12.372 %Vernon Parish: 19.052 %Washington Parish: 12.176 %Webster Parish: 10.255 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.011 %West Carroll Parish: 9.761 %West Feliciana Parish: 11.718 %Winn Parish: 10.932 %
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%, 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Union Parish: 21.727 %Union Parish21.727Vernon Parish: 19.052 %Vernon Parish19.052Lafourche Parish: 18.725 %Lafourche Parish18.725East Carroll Parish: 18.108 %East Carroll Parish18.108Ascension Parish: 17.52 %Ascension Parish17.52Assumption Parish: 17.354 %Assumption Parish17.354Caldwell Parish: 16.477 %Caldwell Parish16.477Concordia Parish: 15.401 %Concordia Parish15.401Calcasieu Parish: 15.346 %Calcasieu Parish15.346Plaquemines Parish: 15.18 %Plaquemines Parish15.18Orleans Parish: 15.116 %Orleans Parish15.116Jefferson Davis Parish: 14.709 %Jefferson Davis Parish14.709Lafayette Parish: 14.545 %Lafayette Parish14.545Sabine Parish: 14.257 %Sabine Parish14.257Grant Parish: 14.034 %Grant Parish14.034Cameron Parish: 13.53 %Cameron Parish13.53Acadia Parish: 13.419 %Acadia Parish13.419Bossier Parish: 13.336 %Bossier Parish13.336Terrebonne Parish: 13.309 %Terrebonne Parish13.309Bienville Parish: 13.279 %Bienville Parish13.279St. Tammany Parish: 13.152 %St. Tammany Parish13.152Tangipahoa Parish: 13.065 %Tangipahoa Parish13.065West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.011 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.011Jefferson Parish: 12.935 %Jefferson Parish12.935Ouachita Parish: 12.793 %Ouachita Parish12.793Iberia Parish: 12.705 %Iberia Parish12.705Allen Parish: 12.688 %Allen Parish12.688LaSalle Parish: 12.521 %LaSalle Parish12.521Natchitoches Parish: 12.379 %Natchitoches Parish12.379Vermilion Parish: 12.372 %Vermilion Parish12.372St. Mary Parish: 12.357 %St. Mary Parish12.357St. Martin Parish: 12.241 %St. Martin Parish12.241Caddo Parish: 12.233 %Caddo Parish12.233Washington Parish: 12.176 %Washington Parish12.176Livingston Parish: 12.141 %Livingston Parish12.141De Soto Parish: 12.093 %De Soto Parish12.093Morehouse Parish: 11.898 %Morehouse Parish11.898East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.84 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.84Rapides Parish: 11.817 %Rapides Parish11.817St. Bernard Parish: 11.803 %St. Bernard Parish11.803Union Parish: 21.727 %Union Parish21.727Vernon Parish: 19.052 %Vernon Parish19.052Lafourche Parish: 18.725 %Lafourche Parish18.725East Carroll Parish: 18.108 %East Carroll Parish18.108Ascension Parish: 17.52 %Ascension Parish17.52Assumption Parish: 17.354 %Assumption Parish17.354Caldwell Parish: 16.477 %Caldwell Parish16.477Concordia Parish: 15.401 %Concordia Parish15.401Calcasieu Parish: 15.346 %Calcasieu Parish15.346Plaquemines Parish: 15.18 %Plaquemines Parish15.18Orleans Parish: 15.116 %Orleans Parish15.116Jefferson Davis Parish: 14.709 %Jefferson Davis Parish14.709Lafayette Parish: 14.545 %Lafayette Parish14.545Sabine Parish: 14.257 %Sabine Parish14.257Grant Parish: 14.034 %Grant Parish14.034Cameron Parish: 13.53 %Cameron Parish13.53Acadia Parish: 13.419 %Acadia Parish13.419Bossier Parish: 13.336 %Bossier Parish13.336Terrebonne Parish: 13.309 %Terrebonne Parish13.309Bienville Parish: 13.279 %Bienville Parish13.279St. Tammany Parish: 13.152 %St. Tammany Parish13.152Tangipahoa Parish: 13.065 %Tangipahoa Parish13.065West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.011 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.011Jefferson Parish: 12.935 %Jefferson Parish12.935Ouachita Parish: 12.793 %Ouachita Parish12.793Iberia Parish: 12.705 %Iberia Parish12.705Allen Parish: 12.688 %Allen Parish12.688LaSalle Parish: 12.521 %LaSalle Parish12.521Natchitoches Parish: 12.379 %Natchitoches Parish12.379Vermilion Parish: 12.372 %Vermilion Parish12.372St. Mary Parish: 12.357 %St. Mary Parish12.357St. Martin Parish: 12.241 %St. Martin Parish12.241Caddo Parish: 12.233 %Caddo Parish12.233Washington Parish: 12.176 %Washington Parish12.176Livingston Parish: 12.141 %Livingston Parish12.141De Soto Parish: 12.093 %De Soto Parish12.093Morehouse Parish: 11.898 %Morehouse Parish11.898East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.84 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.84Rapides Parish: 11.817 %Rapides Parish11.817St. Bernard Parish: 11.803 %St. Bernard Parish11.803
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Union Parish21.727+9.52 pts
2Vernon Parish19.052+7.13 pts
3Lafourche Parish18.725+2.07 pts
4East Carroll Parish18.108+2.3 pts
5Ascension Parish17.52-0.51 pts
6Assumption Parish17.354+5.98 pts
7Caldwell Parish16.477+7.34 pts
8Concordia Parish15.401+3.41 pts
9Calcasieu Parish15.346+1.01 pts
10Plaquemines Parish15.18+2.58 pts
11Orleans Parish15.116-3.16 pts
12Jefferson Davis Parish14.709-1.29 pts
13Lafayette Parish14.545-1.03 pts
14Sabine Parish14.257+2.53 pts
15Grant Parish14.034-9.08 pts
16Cameron Parish13.53-7.81 pts
17Acadia Parish13.419+1.33 pts
18Bossier Parish13.336-6.62 pts
19Terrebonne Parish13.309+1.74 pts
20Bienville Parish13.279-1.21 pts
21St. Tammany Parish13.152-4.84 pts
22Tangipahoa Parish13.065-1.83 pts
23West Baton Rouge Parish13.011-0.16 pts
24Jefferson Parish12.935-0.83 pts
25Ouachita Parish12.793+0.62 pts
26Iberia Parish12.705-0.9 pts
27Allen Parish12.688+0.25 pts
28LaSalle Parish12.521+1.69 pts
29Natchitoches Parish12.379+0.21 pts
30Vermilion Parish12.372-0.45 pts
31St. Mary Parish12.357-0.52 pts
32St. Martin Parish12.241-2.94 pts
33Caddo Parish12.233-1.29 pts
34Washington Parish12.176-1.43 pts
35Livingston Parish12.141-4.12 pts
36De Soto Parish12.093-5.23 pts
37Morehouse Parish11.898+1.32 pts
38East Baton Rouge Parish11.84-2.64 pts
39Rapides Parish11.817-1.07 pts
40St. Bernard Parish11.803-5.45 pts
41West Feliciana Parish11.718+3.94 pts
42St. Charles Parish11.327-1.57 pts
43Pointe Coupee Parish11.209-2.44 pts
44Lincoln Parish10.958-1.4 pts
45Winn Parish10.932+1.15 pts
46St. Helena Parish10.721-2.76 pts
47Madison Parish10.621-4.1 pts
48Avoyelles Parish10.432-4.8 pts
49Webster Parish10.255-3.76 pts
50Jackson Parish10.238-1.7 pts
51St. John the Baptist Parish10.2+1.19 pts
52Beauregard Parish10.111-3.81 pts
53St. James Parish10.028+1.88 pts
54St. Landry Parish9.825-0.68 pts
55West Carroll Parish9.761-1.93 pts
56Evangeline Parish9.641+2.43 pts
57Franklin Parish9.448-1.02 pts
58Red River Parish9.389+0.7 pts
59Claiborne Parish8.947-5.89 pts
60Iberville Parish8.668-4.41 pts
61Tensas Parish8.469-11.32 pts
62Catahoula Parish7.846-5.85 pts
63Richland Parish6.892-10.7 pts
64East Feliciana Parish5.364-25.85 pts

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Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. 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: job creation 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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Louisiana by job creation 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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by job creation 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/job-creation-rate/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

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

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Union Parish, with 21.727% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

East Feliciana Parish, with 5.364% in 2023.

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