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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

Tensas Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2012, at 32.516%. Catahoula Parish had the lowest, at 7.656%. The median was 12.759% and the figure for Louisiana was 13.809%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest32.516Tensas Parish
Lowest7.656Catahoula Parish
Median12.75964 counties
Louisiana13.809History

Map of counties, 2012

Acadia Parish: 19.404 %Allen Parish: 12.612 %Ascension Parish: 15.38 %Assumption Parish: 13.01 %Avoyelles Parish: 11.864 %Beauregard Parish: 10.695 %Bienville Parish: 13.304 %Bossier Parish: 14.765 %Caddo Parish: 10.888 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.505 %Caldwell Parish: 11.275 %Cameron Parish: 11.156 %Catahoula Parish: 7.656 %Claiborne Parish: 13.573 %Concordia Parish: 12.886 %De Soto Parish: 16.022 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 13.874 %East Carroll Parish: 9.136 %East Feliciana Parish: 8.601 %Evangeline Parish: 8.928 %Franklin Parish: 9.553 %Grant Parish: 11.259 %Iberia Parish: 13.799 %Iberville Parish: 10.017 %Jackson Parish: 11.171 %Jefferson Parish: 13.571 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.826 %Lafayette Parish: 15.577 %Lafourche Parish: 13.227 %LaSalle Parish: 10.863 %Lincoln Parish: 13.066 %Livingston Parish: 16.68 %Madison Parish: 11.123 %Morehouse Parish: 10.467 %Natchitoches Parish: 10.907 %Orleans Parish: 15.926 %Ouachita Parish: 12.661 %Plaquemines Parish: 13.616 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.486 %Rapides Parish: 10.756 %Red River Parish: 9.635 %Richland Parish: 19.102 %Sabine Parish: 10.394 %St. Bernard Parish: 16.2 %St. Charles Parish: 9.464 %St. Helena Parish: 9.817 %St. James Parish: 12.552 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 14.611 %St. Landry Parish: 12.334 %St. Martin Parish: 18.266 %St. Mary Parish: 15.518 %St. Tammany Parish: 17.167 %Tangipahoa Parish: 12.856 %Tensas Parish: 32.516 %Terrebonne Parish: 14.699 %Union Parish: 8.932 %Vermilion Parish: 13.81 %Vernon Parish: 15.725 %Washington Parish: 12.271 %Webster Parish: 14.298 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.326 %West Carroll Parish: 15.302 %West Feliciana Parish: 7.844 %Winn Parish: 9.669 %
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%, 2012. 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, 2012

Tensas Parish: 32.516 %Tensas Parish32.516Acadia Parish: 19.404 %Acadia Parish19.404Richland Parish: 19.102 %Richland Parish19.102St. Martin Parish: 18.266 %St. Martin Parish18.266St. Tammany Parish: 17.167 %St. Tammany Parish17.167Livingston Parish: 16.68 %Livingston Parish16.68St. Bernard Parish: 16.2 %St. Bernard Parish16.2De Soto Parish: 16.022 %De Soto Parish16.022Orleans Parish: 15.926 %Orleans Parish15.926Vernon Parish: 15.725 %Vernon Parish15.725Lafayette Parish: 15.577 %Lafayette Parish15.577St. Mary Parish: 15.518 %St. Mary Parish15.518Ascension Parish: 15.38 %Ascension Parish15.38West Carroll Parish: 15.302 %West Carroll Parish15.302Bossier Parish: 14.765 %Bossier Parish14.765Terrebonne Parish: 14.699 %Terrebonne Parish14.699St. John the Baptist Parish: 14.611 %St. John the Baptist Parish14.611Webster Parish: 14.298 %Webster Parish14.298East Baton Rouge Parish: 13.874 %East Baton Rouge Parish13.874Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.826 %Jefferson Davis Parish13.826Vermilion Parish: 13.81 %Vermilion Parish13.81Iberia Parish: 13.799 %Iberia Parish13.799Plaquemines Parish: 13.616 %Plaquemines Parish13.616Claiborne Parish: 13.573 %Claiborne Parish13.573Jefferson Parish: 13.571 %Jefferson Parish13.571West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.326 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.326Bienville Parish: 13.304 %Bienville Parish13.304Lafourche Parish: 13.227 %Lafourche Parish13.227Lincoln Parish: 13.066 %Lincoln Parish13.066Assumption Parish: 13.01 %Assumption Parish13.01Concordia Parish: 12.886 %Concordia Parish12.886Tangipahoa Parish: 12.856 %Tangipahoa Parish12.856Ouachita Parish: 12.661 %Ouachita Parish12.661Allen Parish: 12.612 %Allen Parish12.612St. James Parish: 12.552 %St. James Parish12.552Calcasieu Parish: 12.505 %Calcasieu Parish12.505St. Landry Parish: 12.334 %St. Landry Parish12.334Washington Parish: 12.271 %Washington Parish12.271Avoyelles Parish: 11.864 %Avoyelles Parish11.864Caldwell Parish: 11.275 %Caldwell Parish11.275Tensas Parish: 32.516 %Tensas Parish32.516Acadia Parish: 19.404 %Acadia Parish19.404Richland Parish: 19.102 %Richland Parish19.102St. Martin Parish: 18.266 %St. Martin Parish18.266St. Tammany Parish: 17.167 %St. Tammany Parish17.167Livingston Parish: 16.68 %Livingston Parish16.68St. Bernard Parish: 16.2 %St. Bernard Parish16.2De Soto Parish: 16.022 %De Soto Parish16.022Orleans Parish: 15.926 %Orleans Parish15.926Vernon Parish: 15.725 %Vernon Parish15.725Lafayette Parish: 15.577 %Lafayette Parish15.577St. Mary Parish: 15.518 %St. Mary Parish15.518Ascension Parish: 15.38 %Ascension Parish15.38West Carroll Parish: 15.302 %West Carroll Parish15.302Bossier Parish: 14.765 %Bossier Parish14.765Terrebonne Parish: 14.699 %Terrebonne Parish14.699St. John the Baptist Parish: 14.611 %St. John the Baptist Parish14.611Webster Parish: 14.298 %Webster Parish14.298East Baton Rouge Parish: 13.874 %East Baton Rouge Parish13.874Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.826 %Jefferson Davis Parish13.826Vermilion Parish: 13.81 %Vermilion Parish13.81Iberia Parish: 13.799 %Iberia Parish13.799Plaquemines Parish: 13.616 %Plaquemines Parish13.616Claiborne Parish: 13.573 %Claiborne Parish13.573Jefferson Parish: 13.571 %Jefferson Parish13.571West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.326 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.326Bienville Parish: 13.304 %Bienville Parish13.304Lafourche Parish: 13.227 %Lafourche Parish13.227Lincoln Parish: 13.066 %Lincoln Parish13.066Assumption Parish: 13.01 %Assumption Parish13.01Concordia Parish: 12.886 %Concordia Parish12.886Tangipahoa Parish: 12.856 %Tangipahoa Parish12.856Ouachita Parish: 12.661 %Ouachita Parish12.661Allen Parish: 12.612 %Allen Parish12.612St. James Parish: 12.552 %St. James Parish12.552Calcasieu Parish: 12.505 %Calcasieu Parish12.505St. Landry Parish: 12.334 %St. Landry Parish12.334Washington Parish: 12.271 %Washington Parish12.271Avoyelles Parish: 11.864 %Avoyelles Parish11.864Caldwell Parish: 11.275 %Caldwell Parish11.275
%. 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

RankCounties2012 (%)Change on 2011
1Tensas Parish32.516+21.79 pts
2Acadia Parish19.404+6.96 pts
3Richland Parish19.102+3.66 pts
4St. Martin Parish18.266-0.07 pts
5St. Tammany Parish17.167+3.39 pts
6Livingston Parish16.68+1.34 pts
7St. Bernard Parish16.2-6.08 pts
8De Soto Parish16.022-8.42 pts
9Orleans Parish15.926+1.99 pts
10Vernon Parish15.725-3.14 pts
11Lafayette Parish15.577+0.77 pts
12St. Mary Parish15.518+6.56 pts
13Ascension Parish15.38+0.06 pts
14West Carroll Parish15.302+6.89 pts
15Bossier Parish14.765+0.64 pts
16Terrebonne Parish14.699+4.15 pts
17St. John the Baptist Parish14.611+5.06 pts
18Webster Parish14.298-0.11 pts
19East Baton Rouge Parish13.874+1.61 pts
20Jefferson Davis Parish13.826+1.78 pts
21Vermilion Parish13.81+1.88 pts
22Iberia Parish13.799-5.16 pts
23Plaquemines Parish13.616-7.63 pts
24Claiborne Parish13.573-1.44 pts
25Jefferson Parish13.571+0.91 pts
26West Baton Rouge Parish13.326-0.76 pts
27Bienville Parish13.304+0.63 pts
28Lafourche Parish13.227-0.98 pts
29Lincoln Parish13.066+2.02 pts
30Assumption Parish13.01-1.03 pts
31Concordia Parish12.886+1.19 pts
32Tangipahoa Parish12.856-1.34 pts
33Ouachita Parish12.661-1.37 pts
34Allen Parish12.612-1.13 pts
35St. James Parish12.552+4.43 pts
36Calcasieu Parish12.505+1.69 pts
37St. Landry Parish12.334+0.96 pts
38Washington Parish12.271+0.78 pts
39Avoyelles Parish11.864+2.88 pts
40Caldwell Parish11.275+1.36 pts
41Grant Parish11.259+0.16 pts
42Jackson Parish11.171+0.54 pts
43Cameron Parish11.156-3.41 pts
44Madison Parish11.123+1.23 pts
45Natchitoches Parish10.907-0.61 pts
46Caddo Parish10.888-0.97 pts
47LaSalle Parish10.863-1.51 pts
48Rapides Parish10.756-0.11 pts
49Beauregard Parish10.695+0.71 pts
50Pointe Coupee Parish10.486+2.22 pts
51Morehouse Parish10.467-0.81 pts
52Sabine Parish10.394-2.05 pts
53Iberville Parish10.017-6 pts
54St. Helena Parish9.817-0.17 pts
55Winn Parish9.669-2.75 pts
56Red River Parish9.635-5.24 pts
57Franklin Parish9.553+2.27 pts
58St. Charles Parish9.464-3.31 pts
59East Carroll Parish9.136-1.03 pts
60Union Parish8.932-0.32 pts
61Evangeline Parish8.928-6.81 pts
62East Feliciana Parish8.601-4.45 pts
63West Feliciana Parish7.844-12.26 pts
64Catahoula Parish7.656-15.81 pts

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About this ranking

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, 2012) [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, 2012. 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?period=2012. 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, 2012. 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?period=2012.

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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, 2012 [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?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Tensas Parish, with 32.516% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Catahoula Parish, with 7.656% in 2012.

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