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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

Cameron Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2019, at 22.665%. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 4.335%. The median was 10.387% and the figure for Louisiana was 12.037%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.665Cameron Parish
Lowest4.335West Carroll Parish
Median10.38764 counties
Louisiana12.037History

Map of counties, 2019

Acadia Parish: 8.565 %Allen Parish: 8.836 %Ascension Parish: 17.635 %Assumption Parish: 12.783 %Avoyelles Parish: 8.141 %Beauregard Parish: 10.515 %Bienville Parish: 5.932 %Bossier Parish: 10.249 %Caddo Parish: 9.767 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.919 %Caldwell Parish: 7.029 %Cameron Parish: 22.665 %Catahoula Parish: 8.908 %Claiborne Parish: 7.025 %Concordia Parish: 10.771 %De Soto Parish: 13.442 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.588 %East Carroll Parish: 5.382 %East Feliciana Parish: 12.001 %Evangeline Parish: 14.979 %Franklin Parish: 8.767 %Grant Parish: 5.381 %Iberia Parish: 13.945 %Iberville Parish: 9.797 %Jackson Parish: 11.378 %Jefferson Parish: 11.981 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.395 %Lafayette Parish: 14.59 %Lafourche Parish: 15.104 %LaSalle Parish: 16.319 %Lincoln Parish: 9.755 %Livingston Parish: 13.653 %Madison Parish: 5.231 %Morehouse Parish: 9.325 %Natchitoches Parish: 12.092 %Orleans Parish: 11.012 %Ouachita Parish: 11.626 %Plaquemines Parish: 9.189 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 14.503 %Rapides Parish: 10.259 %Red River Parish: 5.192 %Richland Parish: 9.584 %Sabine Parish: 11.245 %St. Bernard Parish: 9.733 %St. Charles Parish: 8.819 %St. Helena Parish: 7.962 %St. James Parish: 10.865 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 11.94 %St. Landry Parish: 9.289 %St. Martin Parish: 10.024 %St. Mary Parish: 10.529 %St. Tammany Parish: 14.267 %Tangipahoa Parish: 11.707 %Tensas Parish: 4.948 %Terrebonne Parish: 11.248 %Union Parish: 8.035 %Vermilion Parish: 10.197 %Vernon Parish: 14.306 %Washington Parish: 10.596 %Webster Parish: 11.107 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 20.835 %West Carroll Parish: 4.335 %West Feliciana Parish: 6.643 %Winn Parish: 4.95 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Cameron Parish: 22.665 %Cameron Parish22.665West Baton Rouge Parish: 20.835 %West Baton Rouge Parish20.835Ascension Parish: 17.635 %Ascension Parish17.635LaSalle Parish: 16.319 %LaSalle Parish16.319Lafourche Parish: 15.104 %Lafourche Parish15.104Evangeline Parish: 14.979 %Evangeline Parish14.979Lafayette Parish: 14.59 %Lafayette Parish14.59Pointe Coupee Parish: 14.503 %Pointe Coupee Parish14.503Vernon Parish: 14.306 %Vernon Parish14.306St. Tammany Parish: 14.267 %St. Tammany Parish14.267Iberia Parish: 13.945 %Iberia Parish13.945Livingston Parish: 13.653 %Livingston Parish13.653De Soto Parish: 13.442 %De Soto Parish13.442Calcasieu Parish: 12.919 %Calcasieu Parish12.919Assumption Parish: 12.783 %Assumption Parish12.783East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.588 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.588Natchitoches Parish: 12.092 %Natchitoches Parish12.092East Feliciana Parish: 12.001 %East Feliciana Parish12.001Jefferson Parish: 11.981 %Jefferson Parish11.981St. John the Baptist Parish: 11.94 %St. John the Baptist Parish11.94Tangipahoa Parish: 11.707 %Tangipahoa Parish11.707Ouachita Parish: 11.626 %Ouachita Parish11.626Jackson Parish: 11.378 %Jackson Parish11.378Terrebonne Parish: 11.248 %Terrebonne Parish11.248Sabine Parish: 11.245 %Sabine Parish11.245Webster Parish: 11.107 %Webster Parish11.107Orleans Parish: 11.012 %Orleans Parish11.012St. James Parish: 10.865 %St. James Parish10.865Concordia Parish: 10.771 %Concordia Parish10.771Washington Parish: 10.596 %Washington Parish10.596St. Mary Parish: 10.529 %St. Mary Parish10.529Beauregard Parish: 10.515 %Beauregard Parish10.515Rapides Parish: 10.259 %Rapides Parish10.259Bossier Parish: 10.249 %Bossier Parish10.249Vermilion Parish: 10.197 %Vermilion Parish10.197St. Martin Parish: 10.024 %St. Martin Parish10.024Iberville Parish: 9.797 %Iberville Parish9.797Caddo Parish: 9.767 %Caddo Parish9.767Lincoln Parish: 9.755 %Lincoln Parish9.755St. Bernard Parish: 9.733 %St. Bernard Parish9.733Cameron Parish: 22.665 %Cameron Parish22.665West Baton Rouge Parish: 20.835 %West Baton Rouge Parish20.835Ascension Parish: 17.635 %Ascension Parish17.635LaSalle Parish: 16.319 %LaSalle Parish16.319Lafourche Parish: 15.104 %Lafourche Parish15.104Evangeline Parish: 14.979 %Evangeline Parish14.979Lafayette Parish: 14.59 %Lafayette Parish14.59Pointe Coupee Parish: 14.503 %Pointe Coupee Parish14.503Vernon Parish: 14.306 %Vernon Parish14.306St. Tammany Parish: 14.267 %St. Tammany Parish14.267Iberia Parish: 13.945 %Iberia Parish13.945Livingston Parish: 13.653 %Livingston Parish13.653De Soto Parish: 13.442 %De Soto Parish13.442Calcasieu Parish: 12.919 %Calcasieu Parish12.919Assumption Parish: 12.783 %Assumption Parish12.783East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.588 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.588Natchitoches Parish: 12.092 %Natchitoches Parish12.092East Feliciana Parish: 12.001 %East Feliciana Parish12.001Jefferson Parish: 11.981 %Jefferson Parish11.981St. John the Baptist Parish: 11.94 %St. John the Baptist Parish11.94Tangipahoa Parish: 11.707 %Tangipahoa Parish11.707Ouachita Parish: 11.626 %Ouachita Parish11.626Jackson Parish: 11.378 %Jackson Parish11.378Terrebonne Parish: 11.248 %Terrebonne Parish11.248Sabine Parish: 11.245 %Sabine Parish11.245Webster Parish: 11.107 %Webster Parish11.107Orleans Parish: 11.012 %Orleans Parish11.012St. James Parish: 10.865 %St. James Parish10.865Concordia Parish: 10.771 %Concordia Parish10.771Washington Parish: 10.596 %Washington Parish10.596St. Mary Parish: 10.529 %St. Mary Parish10.529Beauregard Parish: 10.515 %Beauregard Parish10.515Rapides Parish: 10.259 %Rapides Parish10.259Bossier Parish: 10.249 %Bossier Parish10.249Vermilion Parish: 10.197 %Vermilion Parish10.197St. Martin Parish: 10.024 %St. Martin Parish10.024Iberville Parish: 9.797 %Iberville Parish9.797Caddo Parish: 9.767 %Caddo Parish9.767Lincoln Parish: 9.755 %Lincoln Parish9.755St. Bernard Parish: 9.733 %St. Bernard Parish9.733
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Cameron Parish22.665-13.83 pts
2West Baton Rouge Parish20.835+9.19 pts
3Ascension Parish17.635+5.93 pts
4LaSalle Parish16.319+6.14 pts
5Lafourche Parish15.104+2.44 pts
6Evangeline Parish14.979+4.24 pts
7Lafayette Parish14.59+2.25 pts
8Pointe Coupee Parish14.503+5.06 pts
9Vernon Parish14.306+1.45 pts
10St. Tammany Parish14.267+1.79 pts
11Iberia Parish13.945+0.61 pts
12Livingston Parish13.653-2.36 pts
13De Soto Parish13.442+0.65 pts
14Calcasieu Parish12.919+0.75 pts
15Assumption Parish12.783-7.98 pts
16East Baton Rouge Parish12.588+0.4 pts
17Natchitoches Parish12.092-0.04 pts
18East Feliciana Parish12.001+2.95 pts
19Jefferson Parish11.981+0.77 pts
20St. John the Baptist Parish11.94+4.03 pts
21Tangipahoa Parish11.707-3.47 pts
22Ouachita Parish11.626+0.87 pts
23Jackson Parish11.378+4.67 pts
24Terrebonne Parish11.248-0.8 pts
25Sabine Parish11.245-1.78 pts
26Webster Parish11.107-0.62 pts
27Orleans Parish11.012-0.59 pts
28St. James Parish10.865+1.52 pts
29Concordia Parish10.771-4.7 pts
30Washington Parish10.596+1.15 pts
31St. Mary Parish10.529-2.07 pts
32Beauregard Parish10.515+1.17 pts
33Rapides Parish10.259-1.22 pts
34Bossier Parish10.249-1.7 pts
35Vermilion Parish10.197-3.48 pts
36St. Martin Parish10.024-3.26 pts
37Iberville Parish9.797-9.5 pts
38Caddo Parish9.767-2.05 pts
39Lincoln Parish9.755-0.81 pts
40St. Bernard Parish9.733-2.67 pts
41Richland Parish9.584-0.29 pts
42Jefferson Davis Parish9.395-1.18 pts
43Morehouse Parish9.325-1.49 pts
44St. Landry Parish9.289-0.85 pts
45Plaquemines Parish9.189-3.32 pts
46Catahoula Parish8.908-3.36 pts
47Allen Parish8.836+0.97 pts
48St. Charles Parish8.819-1.89 pts
49Franklin Parish8.767+0.35 pts
50Acadia Parish8.565-2.94 pts
51Avoyelles Parish8.141-0.69 pts
52Union Parish8.035-9.25 pts
53St. Helena Parish7.962-0.38 pts
54Caldwell Parish7.029+0.38 pts
55Claiborne Parish7.025-5.89 pts
56West Feliciana Parish6.643-4.58 pts
57Bienville Parish5.932-2.67 pts
58East Carroll Parish5.382-4.78 pts
59Grant Parish5.381-4.54 pts
60Madison Parish5.231-4.04 pts
61Red River Parish5.192-7.45 pts
62Winn Parish4.95-5.91 pts
63Tensas Parish4.948-3.28 pts
64West Carroll Parish4.335-2 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, 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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by job creation 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/job-creation-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2019. 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, 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/job-creation-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2019.

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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, 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/job-creation-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Cameron Parish, with 22.665% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

West Carroll Parish, with 4.335% in 2019.

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