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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

Cameron Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2018, at 36.499%. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 6.338%. The median was 11.555% and the figure for Louisiana was 12.046%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest36.499Cameron Parish
Lowest6.338West Carroll Parish
Median11.55564 counties
Louisiana12.046History

Map of counties, 2018

Acadia Parish: 11.504 %Allen Parish: 7.87 %Ascension Parish: 11.707 %Assumption Parish: 20.766 %Avoyelles Parish: 8.829 %Beauregard Parish: 9.342 %Bienville Parish: 8.601 %Bossier Parish: 11.953 %Caddo Parish: 11.814 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.165 %Caldwell Parish: 6.651 %Cameron Parish: 36.499 %Catahoula Parish: 12.267 %Claiborne Parish: 12.916 %Concordia Parish: 15.468 %De Soto Parish: 12.795 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.19 %East Carroll Parish: 10.162 %East Feliciana Parish: 9.055 %Evangeline Parish: 10.741 %Franklin Parish: 8.412 %Grant Parish: 9.916 %Iberia Parish: 13.332 %Iberville Parish: 19.301 %Jackson Parish: 6.711 %Jefferson Parish: 11.216 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 10.575 %Lafayette Parish: 12.342 %Lafourche Parish: 12.665 %LaSalle Parish: 10.176 %Lincoln Parish: 10.565 %Livingston Parish: 16.01 %Madison Parish: 9.269 %Morehouse Parish: 10.816 %Natchitoches Parish: 12.134 %Orleans Parish: 11.606 %Ouachita Parish: 10.76 %Plaquemines Parish: 12.507 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.443 %Rapides Parish: 11.477 %Red River Parish: 12.645 %Richland Parish: 9.878 %Sabine Parish: 13.028 %St. Bernard Parish: 12.4 %St. Charles Parish: 10.711 %St. Helena Parish: 8.343 %St. James Parish: 9.349 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.911 %St. Landry Parish: 10.143 %St. Martin Parish: 13.28 %St. Mary Parish: 12.597 %St. Tammany Parish: 12.477 %Tangipahoa Parish: 15.179 %Tensas Parish: 8.23 %Terrebonne Parish: 12.052 %Union Parish: 17.286 %Vermilion Parish: 13.678 %Vernon Parish: 12.852 %Washington Parish: 9.443 %Webster Parish: 11.724 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.649 %West Carroll Parish: 6.338 %West Feliciana Parish: 11.224 %Winn Parish: 10.861 %
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%, 2018. 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, 2018

Cameron Parish: 36.499 %Cameron Parish36.499Assumption Parish: 20.766 %Assumption Parish20.766Iberville Parish: 19.301 %Iberville Parish19.301Union Parish: 17.286 %Union Parish17.286Livingston Parish: 16.01 %Livingston Parish16.01Concordia Parish: 15.468 %Concordia Parish15.468Tangipahoa Parish: 15.179 %Tangipahoa Parish15.179Vermilion Parish: 13.678 %Vermilion Parish13.678Iberia Parish: 13.332 %Iberia Parish13.332St. Martin Parish: 13.28 %St. Martin Parish13.28Sabine Parish: 13.028 %Sabine Parish13.028Claiborne Parish: 12.916 %Claiborne Parish12.916Vernon Parish: 12.852 %Vernon Parish12.852De Soto Parish: 12.795 %De Soto Parish12.795Lafourche Parish: 12.665 %Lafourche Parish12.665Red River Parish: 12.645 %Red River Parish12.645St. Mary Parish: 12.597 %St. Mary Parish12.597Plaquemines Parish: 12.507 %Plaquemines Parish12.507St. Tammany Parish: 12.477 %St. Tammany Parish12.477St. Bernard Parish: 12.4 %St. Bernard Parish12.4Lafayette Parish: 12.342 %Lafayette Parish12.342Catahoula Parish: 12.267 %Catahoula Parish12.267East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.19 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.19Calcasieu Parish: 12.165 %Calcasieu Parish12.165Natchitoches Parish: 12.134 %Natchitoches Parish12.134Terrebonne Parish: 12.052 %Terrebonne Parish12.052Bossier Parish: 11.953 %Bossier Parish11.953Caddo Parish: 11.814 %Caddo Parish11.814Webster Parish: 11.724 %Webster Parish11.724Ascension Parish: 11.707 %Ascension Parish11.707West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.649 %West Baton Rouge Parish11.649Orleans Parish: 11.606 %Orleans Parish11.606Acadia Parish: 11.504 %Acadia Parish11.504Rapides Parish: 11.477 %Rapides Parish11.477West Feliciana Parish: 11.224 %West Feliciana Parish11.224Jefferson Parish: 11.216 %Jefferson Parish11.216Winn Parish: 10.861 %Winn Parish10.861Morehouse Parish: 10.816 %Morehouse Parish10.816Ouachita Parish: 10.76 %Ouachita Parish10.76Evangeline Parish: 10.741 %Evangeline Parish10.741Cameron Parish: 36.499 %Cameron Parish36.499Assumption Parish: 20.766 %Assumption Parish20.766Iberville Parish: 19.301 %Iberville Parish19.301Union Parish: 17.286 %Union Parish17.286Livingston Parish: 16.01 %Livingston Parish16.01Concordia Parish: 15.468 %Concordia Parish15.468Tangipahoa Parish: 15.179 %Tangipahoa Parish15.179Vermilion Parish: 13.678 %Vermilion Parish13.678Iberia Parish: 13.332 %Iberia Parish13.332St. Martin Parish: 13.28 %St. Martin Parish13.28Sabine Parish: 13.028 %Sabine Parish13.028Claiborne Parish: 12.916 %Claiborne Parish12.916Vernon Parish: 12.852 %Vernon Parish12.852De Soto Parish: 12.795 %De Soto Parish12.795Lafourche Parish: 12.665 %Lafourche Parish12.665Red River Parish: 12.645 %Red River Parish12.645St. Mary Parish: 12.597 %St. Mary Parish12.597Plaquemines Parish: 12.507 %Plaquemines Parish12.507St. Tammany Parish: 12.477 %St. Tammany Parish12.477St. Bernard Parish: 12.4 %St. Bernard Parish12.4Lafayette Parish: 12.342 %Lafayette Parish12.342Catahoula Parish: 12.267 %Catahoula Parish12.267East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.19 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.19Calcasieu Parish: 12.165 %Calcasieu Parish12.165Natchitoches Parish: 12.134 %Natchitoches Parish12.134Terrebonne Parish: 12.052 %Terrebonne Parish12.052Bossier Parish: 11.953 %Bossier Parish11.953Caddo Parish: 11.814 %Caddo Parish11.814Webster Parish: 11.724 %Webster Parish11.724Ascension Parish: 11.707 %Ascension Parish11.707West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.649 %West Baton Rouge Parish11.649Orleans Parish: 11.606 %Orleans Parish11.606Acadia Parish: 11.504 %Acadia Parish11.504Rapides Parish: 11.477 %Rapides Parish11.477West Feliciana Parish: 11.224 %West Feliciana Parish11.224Jefferson Parish: 11.216 %Jefferson Parish11.216Winn Parish: 10.861 %Winn Parish10.861Morehouse Parish: 10.816 %Morehouse Parish10.816Ouachita Parish: 10.76 %Ouachita Parish10.76Evangeline Parish: 10.741 %Evangeline Parish10.741
%. 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

RankCounties2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Cameron Parish36.499+7.18 pts
2Assumption Parish20.766+7.94 pts
3Iberville Parish19.301+7.22 pts
4Union Parish17.286+6.18 pts
5Livingston Parish16.01+2.97 pts
6Concordia Parish15.468+4.78 pts
7Tangipahoa Parish15.179+2.8 pts
8Vermilion Parish13.678+2.84 pts
9Iberia Parish13.332-0.03 pts
10St. Martin Parish13.28-1.74 pts
11Sabine Parish13.028-12.3 pts
12Claiborne Parish12.916+5.75 pts
13Vernon Parish12.852+1.32 pts
14De Soto Parish12.795+0.3 pts
15Lafourche Parish12.665-1.07 pts
16Red River Parish12.645+4.52 pts
17St. Mary Parish12.597+4.97 pts
18Plaquemines Parish12.507+3.65 pts
19St. Tammany Parish12.477-0.24 pts
20St. Bernard Parish12.4+1.15 pts
21Lafayette Parish12.342-0.71 pts
22Catahoula Parish12.267-4.37 pts
23East Baton Rouge Parish12.19-0.56 pts
24Calcasieu Parish12.165+0.05 pts
25Natchitoches Parish12.134+2.51 pts
26Terrebonne Parish12.052-0.73 pts
27Bossier Parish11.953+0.46 pts
28Caddo Parish11.814-1.65 pts
29Webster Parish11.724-0.57 pts
30Ascension Parish11.707-5.49 pts
31West Baton Rouge Parish11.649+1.21 pts
32Orleans Parish11.606-1.78 pts
33Acadia Parish11.504-0.21 pts
34Rapides Parish11.477+1.52 pts
35West Feliciana Parish11.224+4.11 pts
36Jefferson Parish11.216-1.5 pts
37Winn Parish10.861+0.9 pts
38Morehouse Parish10.816-0.77 pts
39Ouachita Parish10.76-1.21 pts
40Evangeline Parish10.741-1.2 pts
41St. Charles Parish10.711+3.56 pts
42Jefferson Davis Parish10.575-1.65 pts
43Lincoln Parish10.565-1.29 pts
44LaSalle Parish10.176-1.9 pts
45East Carroll Parish10.162+6.56 pts
46St. Landry Parish10.143-0.84 pts
47Grant Parish9.916-0.72 pts
48Richland Parish9.878+2.69 pts
49Pointe Coupee Parish9.443-6.33 pts
49Washington Parish9.443-2.83 pts
51St. James Parish9.349-6.04 pts
52Beauregard Parish9.342-1.48 pts
53Madison Parish9.269+2.72 pts
54East Feliciana Parish9.055+1.68 pts
55Avoyelles Parish8.829-2.38 pts
56Bienville Parish8.601-19.24 pts
57Franklin Parish8.412-9.57 pts
58St. Helena Parish8.343-0.92 pts
59Tensas Parish8.23-3.38 pts
60St. John the Baptist Parish7.911-0.41 pts
61Allen Parish7.87+0.35 pts
62Jackson Parish6.711-1.87 pts
63Caldwell Parish6.651-2.66 pts
64West Carroll Parish6.338-5.92 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Cameron Parish, with 36.499% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

West Carroll Parish, with 6.338% in 2018.

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