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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

East Carroll Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2021, at 16.389%. St. James Parish had the lowest, at 5.208%. The median was 9.856% and the figure for Louisiana was 10.136%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest16.389East Carroll Parish
Lowest5.208St. James Parish
Median9.85664 counties
Louisiana10.136History

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 11.667 %Allen Parish: 14.262 %Ascension Parish: 11.971 %Assumption Parish: 14.66 %Avoyelles Parish: 7.46 %Beauregard Parish: 10.288 %Bienville Parish: 6.647 %Bossier Parish: 10.411 %Caddo Parish: 10.208 %Calcasieu Parish: 8.343 %Caldwell Parish: 9.888 %Cameron Parish: 5.784 %Catahoula Parish: 7.533 %Claiborne Parish: 9.894 %Concordia Parish: 13.543 %De Soto Parish: 10.401 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 8.498 %East Carroll Parish: 16.389 %East Feliciana Parish: 8.297 %Evangeline Parish: 11.527 %Franklin Parish: 8.19 %Grant Parish: 9.676 %Iberia Parish: 9.357 %Iberville Parish: 9.557 %Jackson Parish: 9.226 %Jefferson Parish: 11.969 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.415 %Lafayette Parish: 10.835 %Lafourche Parish: 8.603 %LaSalle Parish: 13.883 %Lincoln Parish: 9.291 %Livingston Parish: 15.173 %Madison Parish: 10.491 %Morehouse Parish: 13.384 %Natchitoches Parish: 9.273 %Orleans Parish: 9 %Ouachita Parish: 10.468 %Plaquemines Parish: 9.824 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.879 %Rapides Parish: 11.252 %Red River Parish: 9.249 %Richland Parish: 7.09 %Sabine Parish: 14.4 %St. Bernard Parish: 13.377 %St. Charles Parish: 7.227 %St. Helena Parish: 9.48 %St. James Parish: 5.208 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 8.841 %St. Landry Parish: 8.979 %St. Martin Parish: 11.313 %St. Mary Parish: 6.938 %St. Tammany Parish: 12.619 %Tangipahoa Parish: 10.113 %Tensas Parish: 9.049 %Terrebonne Parish: 9.018 %Union Parish: 7.725 %Vermilion Parish: 10.123 %Vernon Parish: 7.438 %Washington Parish: 10.269 %Webster Parish: 9.286 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.654 %West Carroll Parish: 13.958 %West Feliciana Parish: 7.113 %Winn Parish: 7.99 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

East Carroll Parish: 16.389 %East Carroll Parish16.389Livingston Parish: 15.173 %Livingston Parish15.173Assumption Parish: 14.66 %Assumption Parish14.66Sabine Parish: 14.4 %Sabine Parish14.4Allen Parish: 14.262 %Allen Parish14.262West Carroll Parish: 13.958 %West Carroll Parish13.958LaSalle Parish: 13.883 %LaSalle Parish13.883Concordia Parish: 13.543 %Concordia Parish13.543Morehouse Parish: 13.384 %Morehouse Parish13.384St. Bernard Parish: 13.377 %St. Bernard Parish13.377Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.879 %Pointe Coupee Parish12.879St. Tammany Parish: 12.619 %St. Tammany Parish12.619Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.415 %Jefferson Davis Parish12.415Ascension Parish: 11.971 %Ascension Parish11.971Jefferson Parish: 11.969 %Jefferson Parish11.969Acadia Parish: 11.667 %Acadia Parish11.667West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.654 %West Baton Rouge Parish11.654Evangeline Parish: 11.527 %Evangeline Parish11.527St. Martin Parish: 11.313 %St. Martin Parish11.313Rapides Parish: 11.252 %Rapides Parish11.252Lafayette Parish: 10.835 %Lafayette Parish10.835Madison Parish: 10.491 %Madison Parish10.491Ouachita Parish: 10.468 %Ouachita Parish10.468Bossier Parish: 10.411 %Bossier Parish10.411De Soto Parish: 10.401 %De Soto Parish10.401Beauregard Parish: 10.288 %Beauregard Parish10.288Washington Parish: 10.269 %Washington Parish10.269Caddo Parish: 10.208 %Caddo Parish10.208Vermilion Parish: 10.123 %Vermilion Parish10.123Tangipahoa Parish: 10.113 %Tangipahoa Parish10.113Claiborne Parish: 9.894 %Claiborne Parish9.894Caldwell Parish: 9.888 %Caldwell Parish9.888Plaquemines Parish: 9.824 %Plaquemines Parish9.824Grant Parish: 9.676 %Grant Parish9.676Iberville Parish: 9.557 %Iberville Parish9.557St. Helena Parish: 9.48 %St. Helena Parish9.48Iberia Parish: 9.357 %Iberia Parish9.357Lincoln Parish: 9.291 %Lincoln Parish9.291Webster Parish: 9.286 %Webster Parish9.286Natchitoches Parish: 9.273 %Natchitoches Parish9.273East Carroll Parish: 16.389 %East Carroll Parish16.389Livingston Parish: 15.173 %Livingston Parish15.173Assumption Parish: 14.66 %Assumption Parish14.66Sabine Parish: 14.4 %Sabine Parish14.4Allen Parish: 14.262 %Allen Parish14.262West Carroll Parish: 13.958 %West Carroll Parish13.958LaSalle Parish: 13.883 %LaSalle Parish13.883Concordia Parish: 13.543 %Concordia Parish13.543Morehouse Parish: 13.384 %Morehouse Parish13.384St. Bernard Parish: 13.377 %St. Bernard Parish13.377Pointe Coupee Parish: 12.879 %Pointe Coupee Parish12.879St. Tammany Parish: 12.619 %St. Tammany Parish12.619Jefferson Davis Parish: 12.415 %Jefferson Davis Parish12.415Ascension Parish: 11.971 %Ascension Parish11.971Jefferson Parish: 11.969 %Jefferson Parish11.969Acadia Parish: 11.667 %Acadia Parish11.667West Baton Rouge Parish: 11.654 %West Baton Rouge Parish11.654Evangeline Parish: 11.527 %Evangeline Parish11.527St. Martin Parish: 11.313 %St. Martin Parish11.313Rapides Parish: 11.252 %Rapides Parish11.252Lafayette Parish: 10.835 %Lafayette Parish10.835Madison Parish: 10.491 %Madison Parish10.491Ouachita Parish: 10.468 %Ouachita Parish10.468Bossier Parish: 10.411 %Bossier Parish10.411De Soto Parish: 10.401 %De Soto Parish10.401Beauregard Parish: 10.288 %Beauregard Parish10.288Washington Parish: 10.269 %Washington Parish10.269Caddo Parish: 10.208 %Caddo Parish10.208Vermilion Parish: 10.123 %Vermilion Parish10.123Tangipahoa Parish: 10.113 %Tangipahoa Parish10.113Claiborne Parish: 9.894 %Claiborne Parish9.894Caldwell Parish: 9.888 %Caldwell Parish9.888Plaquemines Parish: 9.824 %Plaquemines Parish9.824Grant Parish: 9.676 %Grant Parish9.676Iberville Parish: 9.557 %Iberville Parish9.557St. Helena Parish: 9.48 %St. Helena Parish9.48Iberia Parish: 9.357 %Iberia Parish9.357Lincoln Parish: 9.291 %Lincoln Parish9.291Webster Parish: 9.286 %Webster Parish9.286Natchitoches Parish: 9.273 %Natchitoches Parish9.273
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1East Carroll Parish16.389+8.46 pts
2Livingston Parish15.173-1.22 pts
3Assumption Parish14.66+1.82 pts
4Sabine Parish14.4+6.65 pts
5Allen Parish14.262+2.88 pts
6West Carroll Parish13.958+4.97 pts
7LaSalle Parish13.883+2.26 pts
8Concordia Parish13.543+4.74 pts
9Morehouse Parish13.384+3.42 pts
10St. Bernard Parish13.377+4.61 pts
11Pointe Coupee Parish12.879+3.93 pts
12St. Tammany Parish12.619+0.07 pts
13Jefferson Davis Parish12.415+1.61 pts
14Ascension Parish11.971-5.91 pts
15Jefferson Parish11.969+0.57 pts
16Acadia Parish11.667+2.22 pts
17West Baton Rouge Parish11.654+4.38 pts
18Evangeline Parish11.527+2.69 pts
19St. Martin Parish11.313+0.93 pts
20Rapides Parish11.252+0.36 pts
21Lafayette Parish10.835-0.16 pts
22Madison Parish10.491-4.36 pts
23Ouachita Parish10.468-0.63 pts
24Bossier Parish10.411-2.91 pts
25De Soto Parish10.401-4.81 pts
26Beauregard Parish10.288+1.56 pts
27Washington Parish10.269+1.01 pts
28Caddo Parish10.208+0.66 pts
29Vermilion Parish10.123-1.79 pts
30Tangipahoa Parish10.113-2.96 pts
31Claiborne Parish9.894+1.65 pts
32Caldwell Parish9.888+0.27 pts
33Plaquemines Parish9.824+0.94 pts
34Grant Parish9.676+1.21 pts
35Iberville Parish9.557+1.2 pts
36St. Helena Parish9.48-1.14 pts
37Iberia Parish9.357-0.8 pts
38Lincoln Parish9.291-2.45 pts
39Webster Parish9.286-1.13 pts
40Natchitoches Parish9.273+1.02 pts
41Red River Parish9.249+3.5 pts
42Jackson Parish9.226-2.62 pts
43Tensas Parish9.049-1.81 pts
44Terrebonne Parish9.018-1.4 pts
45Orleans Parish9-1.55 pts
46St. Landry Parish8.979+0.94 pts
47St. John the Baptist Parish8.841-0.67 pts
48Lafourche Parish8.603-1.66 pts
49East Baton Rouge Parish8.498-1.71 pts
50Calcasieu Parish8.343-3.79 pts
51East Feliciana Parish8.297+2.73 pts
52Franklin Parish8.19-4.53 pts
53Winn Parish7.99+0.34 pts
54Union Parish7.725-0.37 pts
55Catahoula Parish7.533-2.4 pts
56Avoyelles Parish7.46-2.23 pts
57Vernon Parish7.438-4.56 pts
58St. Charles Parish7.227-5.65 pts
59West Feliciana Parish7.113-3.21 pts
60Richland Parish7.09-0.92 pts
61St. Mary Parish6.938-2.04 pts
62Bienville Parish6.647-1.79 pts
63Cameron Parish5.784-5.72 pts
64St. James Parish5.208-11.36 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

East Carroll Parish, with 16.389% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

St. James Parish, with 5.208% in 2021.

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