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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

St. John the Baptist Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2016, at 20.082%. Claiborne Parish had the lowest, at 5.11%. The median was 10.889% and the figure for Louisiana was 11.564%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest20.082St. John the Baptist Parish
Lowest5.11Claiborne Parish
Median10.88964 counties
Louisiana11.564History

Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 12.134 %Allen Parish: 11.177 %Ascension Parish: 11.673 %Assumption Parish: 9.868 %Avoyelles Parish: 12.194 %Beauregard Parish: 11.028 %Bienville Parish: 12.873 %Bossier Parish: 12.56 %Caddo Parish: 10.207 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.8 %Caldwell Parish: 8.492 %Cameron Parish: 10.477 %Catahoula Parish: 8.628 %Claiborne Parish: 5.11 %Concordia Parish: 8.929 %De Soto Parish: 17.492 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.578 %East Carroll Parish: 13.537 %East Feliciana Parish: 10.215 %Evangeline Parish: 6.318 %Franklin Parish: 8.542 %Grant Parish: 11.702 %Iberia Parish: 6.202 %Iberville Parish: 16.339 %Jackson Parish: 8.414 %Jefferson Parish: 11.575 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 11.138 %Lafayette Parish: 10.591 %Lafourche Parish: 10.343 %LaSalle Parish: 7.972 %Lincoln Parish: 13.652 %Livingston Parish: 14.126 %Madison Parish: 11.591 %Morehouse Parish: 9.775 %Natchitoches Parish: 8.471 %Orleans Parish: 12.18 %Ouachita Parish: 10.436 %Plaquemines Parish: 9.199 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.66 %Rapides Parish: 8.756 %Red River Parish: 9.9 %Richland Parish: 7.472 %Sabine Parish: 15.759 %St. Bernard Parish: 16.531 %St. Charles Parish: 8.719 %St. Helena Parish: 9.703 %St. James Parish: 11.57 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 20.082 %St. Landry Parish: 10.559 %St. Martin Parish: 8.456 %St. Mary Parish: 8.778 %St. Tammany Parish: 13.276 %Tangipahoa Parish: 10.749 %Tensas Parish: 9.29 %Terrebonne Parish: 8.909 %Union Parish: 14.95 %Vermilion Parish: 12.588 %Vernon Parish: 13.716 %Washington Parish: 13.436 %Webster Parish: 6.172 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.987 %West Carroll Parish: 12.755 %West Feliciana Parish: 15.574 %Winn Parish: 16.315 %
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%, 2016. 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, 2016

St. John the Baptist Parish: 20.082 %St. John the Baptist Parish20.082De Soto Parish: 17.492 %De Soto Parish17.492St. Bernard Parish: 16.531 %St. Bernard Parish16.531Iberville Parish: 16.339 %Iberville Parish16.339Winn Parish: 16.315 %Winn Parish16.315Sabine Parish: 15.759 %Sabine Parish15.759West Feliciana Parish: 15.574 %West Feliciana Parish15.574Union Parish: 14.95 %Union Parish14.95Livingston Parish: 14.126 %Livingston Parish14.126West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.987 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.987Vernon Parish: 13.716 %Vernon Parish13.716Lincoln Parish: 13.652 %Lincoln Parish13.652East Carroll Parish: 13.537 %East Carroll Parish13.537Washington Parish: 13.436 %Washington Parish13.436St. Tammany Parish: 13.276 %St. Tammany Parish13.276Bienville Parish: 12.873 %Bienville Parish12.873Calcasieu Parish: 12.8 %Calcasieu Parish12.8West Carroll Parish: 12.755 %West Carroll Parish12.755Vermilion Parish: 12.588 %Vermilion Parish12.588East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.578 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.578Bossier Parish: 12.56 %Bossier Parish12.56Avoyelles Parish: 12.194 %Avoyelles Parish12.194Orleans Parish: 12.18 %Orleans Parish12.18Acadia Parish: 12.134 %Acadia Parish12.134Grant Parish: 11.702 %Grant Parish11.702Ascension Parish: 11.673 %Ascension Parish11.673Madison Parish: 11.591 %Madison Parish11.591Jefferson Parish: 11.575 %Jefferson Parish11.575St. James Parish: 11.57 %St. James Parish11.57Allen Parish: 11.177 %Allen Parish11.177Jefferson Davis Parish: 11.138 %Jefferson Davis Parish11.138Beauregard Parish: 11.028 %Beauregard Parish11.028Tangipahoa Parish: 10.749 %Tangipahoa Parish10.749Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.66 %Pointe Coupee Parish10.66Lafayette Parish: 10.591 %Lafayette Parish10.591St. Landry Parish: 10.559 %St. Landry Parish10.559Cameron Parish: 10.477 %Cameron Parish10.477Ouachita Parish: 10.436 %Ouachita Parish10.436Lafourche Parish: 10.343 %Lafourche Parish10.343East Feliciana Parish: 10.215 %East Feliciana Parish10.215St. John the Baptist Parish: 20.082 %St. John the Baptist Parish20.082De Soto Parish: 17.492 %De Soto Parish17.492St. Bernard Parish: 16.531 %St. Bernard Parish16.531Iberville Parish: 16.339 %Iberville Parish16.339Winn Parish: 16.315 %Winn Parish16.315Sabine Parish: 15.759 %Sabine Parish15.759West Feliciana Parish: 15.574 %West Feliciana Parish15.574Union Parish: 14.95 %Union Parish14.95Livingston Parish: 14.126 %Livingston Parish14.126West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.987 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.987Vernon Parish: 13.716 %Vernon Parish13.716Lincoln Parish: 13.652 %Lincoln Parish13.652East Carroll Parish: 13.537 %East Carroll Parish13.537Washington Parish: 13.436 %Washington Parish13.436St. Tammany Parish: 13.276 %St. Tammany Parish13.276Bienville Parish: 12.873 %Bienville Parish12.873Calcasieu Parish: 12.8 %Calcasieu Parish12.8West Carroll Parish: 12.755 %West Carroll Parish12.755Vermilion Parish: 12.588 %Vermilion Parish12.588East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.578 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.578Bossier Parish: 12.56 %Bossier Parish12.56Avoyelles Parish: 12.194 %Avoyelles Parish12.194Orleans Parish: 12.18 %Orleans Parish12.18Acadia Parish: 12.134 %Acadia Parish12.134Grant Parish: 11.702 %Grant Parish11.702Ascension Parish: 11.673 %Ascension Parish11.673Madison Parish: 11.591 %Madison Parish11.591Jefferson Parish: 11.575 %Jefferson Parish11.575St. James Parish: 11.57 %St. James Parish11.57Allen Parish: 11.177 %Allen Parish11.177Jefferson Davis Parish: 11.138 %Jefferson Davis Parish11.138Beauregard Parish: 11.028 %Beauregard Parish11.028Tangipahoa Parish: 10.749 %Tangipahoa Parish10.749Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.66 %Pointe Coupee Parish10.66Lafayette Parish: 10.591 %Lafayette Parish10.591St. Landry Parish: 10.559 %St. Landry Parish10.559Cameron Parish: 10.477 %Cameron Parish10.477Ouachita Parish: 10.436 %Ouachita Parish10.436Lafourche Parish: 10.343 %Lafourche Parish10.343East Feliciana Parish: 10.215 %East Feliciana Parish10.215
%. 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

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1St. John the Baptist Parish20.082+3.96 pts
2De Soto Parish17.492+1.55 pts
3St. Bernard Parish16.531+5.5 pts
4Iberville Parish16.339-5.86 pts
5Winn Parish16.315+5.52 pts
6Sabine Parish15.759+0.24 pts
7West Feliciana Parish15.574-0.58 pts
8Union Parish14.95+6.11 pts
9Livingston Parish14.126-7.63 pts
10West Baton Rouge Parish13.987-4.89 pts
11Vernon Parish13.716+2.34 pts
12Lincoln Parish13.652+2.3 pts
13East Carroll Parish13.537-8.4 pts
14Washington Parish13.436-3.31 pts
15St. Tammany Parish13.276-0.54 pts
16Bienville Parish12.873+4.66 pts
17Calcasieu Parish12.8-2.16 pts
18West Carroll Parish12.755+3.64 pts
19Vermilion Parish12.588+1.39 pts
20East Baton Rouge Parish12.578-1.22 pts
21Bossier Parish12.56+0.73 pts
22Avoyelles Parish12.194+2.87 pts
23Orleans Parish12.18-1.69 pts
24Acadia Parish12.134+2.1 pts
25Grant Parish11.702+0.46 pts
26Ascension Parish11.673-4.38 pts
27Madison Parish11.591+2.84 pts
28Jefferson Parish11.575-1.74 pts
29St. James Parish11.57+2.49 pts
30Allen Parish11.177+0.37 pts
31Jefferson Davis Parish11.138+1.08 pts
32Beauregard Parish11.028+0.16 pts
33Tangipahoa Parish10.749-3.43 pts
34Pointe Coupee Parish10.66-0.42 pts
35Lafayette Parish10.591-1.89 pts
36St. Landry Parish10.559+1.23 pts
37Cameron Parish10.477-14.61 pts
38Ouachita Parish10.436-3.14 pts
39Lafourche Parish10.343+1.16 pts
40East Feliciana Parish10.215+2.82 pts
41Caddo Parish10.207-2.54 pts
42Red River Parish9.9+0.06 pts
43Assumption Parish9.868-2.46 pts
44Morehouse Parish9.775+0.54 pts
45St. Helena Parish9.703-4.12 pts
46Tensas Parish9.29+0.65 pts
47Plaquemines Parish9.199+0.04 pts
48Concordia Parish8.929-1.97 pts
49Terrebonne Parish8.909-2.06 pts
50St. Mary Parish8.778-2.38 pts
51Rapides Parish8.756-2.53 pts
52St. Charles Parish8.719-3.25 pts
53Catahoula Parish8.628-6.62 pts
54Franklin Parish8.542-2.79 pts
55Caldwell Parish8.492-8.56 pts
56Natchitoches Parish8.471-1.31 pts
57St. Martin Parish8.456-5.5 pts
58Jackson Parish8.414-0.33 pts
59LaSalle Parish7.972-5.3 pts
60Richland Parish7.472-8.02 pts
61Evangeline Parish6.318-5.35 pts
62Iberia Parish6.202-5.04 pts
63Webster Parish6.172-3.17 pts
64Claiborne Parish5.11-1.08 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

St. John the Baptist Parish, with 20.082% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Claiborne Parish, with 5.11% in 2016.

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