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Counties in Louisiana by job creation rate

East Feliciana Parish had the highest job creation rate of 64 counties in 2022, at 31.216%. Evangeline Parish had the lowest, at 7.211%. The median was 13.506% and the figure for Louisiana was 14.679%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest31.216East Feliciana Parish
Lowest7.211Evangeline Parish
Median13.50664 counties
Louisiana14.679History

Map of counties, 2022

Acadia Parish: 12.09 %Allen Parish: 12.436 %Ascension Parish: 18.026 %Assumption Parish: 11.373 %Avoyelles Parish: 15.231 %Beauregard Parish: 13.919 %Bienville Parish: 14.488 %Bossier Parish: 19.957 %Caddo Parish: 13.527 %Calcasieu Parish: 14.339 %Caldwell Parish: 9.133 %Cameron Parish: 21.34 %Catahoula Parish: 13.7 %Claiborne Parish: 14.838 %Concordia Parish: 11.99 %De Soto Parish: 17.32 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 14.481 %East Carroll Parish: 15.81 %East Feliciana Parish: 31.216 %Evangeline Parish: 7.211 %Franklin Parish: 10.469 %Grant Parish: 23.114 %Iberia Parish: 13.605 %Iberville Parish: 13.079 %Jackson Parish: 11.934 %Jefferson Parish: 13.768 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 15.994 %Lafayette Parish: 15.57 %Lafourche Parish: 16.656 %LaSalle Parish: 10.831 %Lincoln Parish: 12.354 %Livingston Parish: 16.26 %Madison Parish: 14.72 %Morehouse Parish: 10.582 %Natchitoches Parish: 12.171 %Orleans Parish: 18.272 %Ouachita Parish: 12.177 %Plaquemines Parish: 12.604 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 13.652 %Rapides Parish: 12.886 %Red River Parish: 8.686 %Richland Parish: 17.595 %Sabine Parish: 11.728 %St. Bernard Parish: 17.248 %St. Charles Parish: 12.896 %St. Helena Parish: 13.485 %St. James Parish: 8.143 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 9.012 %St. Landry Parish: 10.5 %St. Martin Parish: 15.18 %St. Mary Parish: 12.875 %St. Tammany Parish: 17.993 %Tangipahoa Parish: 14.896 %Tensas Parish: 19.793 %Terrebonne Parish: 11.566 %Union Parish: 12.212 %Vermilion Parish: 12.817 %Vernon Parish: 11.926 %Washington Parish: 13.606 %Webster Parish: 14.016 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.171 %West Carroll Parish: 11.695 %West Feliciana Parish: 7.777 %Winn Parish: 9.783 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

East Feliciana Parish: 31.216 %East Feliciana Parish31.216Grant Parish: 23.114 %Grant Parish23.114Cameron Parish: 21.34 %Cameron Parish21.34Bossier Parish: 19.957 %Bossier Parish19.957Tensas Parish: 19.793 %Tensas Parish19.793Orleans Parish: 18.272 %Orleans Parish18.272Ascension Parish: 18.026 %Ascension Parish18.026St. Tammany Parish: 17.993 %St. Tammany Parish17.993Richland Parish: 17.595 %Richland Parish17.595De Soto Parish: 17.32 %De Soto Parish17.32St. Bernard Parish: 17.248 %St. Bernard Parish17.248Lafourche Parish: 16.656 %Lafourche Parish16.656Livingston Parish: 16.26 %Livingston Parish16.26Jefferson Davis Parish: 15.994 %Jefferson Davis Parish15.994East Carroll Parish: 15.81 %East Carroll Parish15.81Lafayette Parish: 15.57 %Lafayette Parish15.57Avoyelles Parish: 15.231 %Avoyelles Parish15.231St. Martin Parish: 15.18 %St. Martin Parish15.18Tangipahoa Parish: 14.896 %Tangipahoa Parish14.896Claiborne Parish: 14.838 %Claiborne Parish14.838Madison Parish: 14.72 %Madison Parish14.72Bienville Parish: 14.488 %Bienville Parish14.488East Baton Rouge Parish: 14.481 %East Baton Rouge Parish14.481Calcasieu Parish: 14.339 %Calcasieu Parish14.339Webster Parish: 14.016 %Webster Parish14.016Beauregard Parish: 13.919 %Beauregard Parish13.919Jefferson Parish: 13.768 %Jefferson Parish13.768Catahoula Parish: 13.7 %Catahoula Parish13.7Pointe Coupee Parish: 13.652 %Pointe Coupee Parish13.652Washington Parish: 13.606 %Washington Parish13.606Iberia Parish: 13.605 %Iberia Parish13.605Caddo Parish: 13.527 %Caddo Parish13.527St. Helena Parish: 13.485 %St. Helena Parish13.485West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.171 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.171Iberville Parish: 13.079 %Iberville Parish13.079St. Charles Parish: 12.896 %St. Charles Parish12.896Rapides Parish: 12.886 %Rapides Parish12.886St. Mary Parish: 12.875 %St. Mary Parish12.875Vermilion Parish: 12.817 %Vermilion Parish12.817Plaquemines Parish: 12.604 %Plaquemines Parish12.604East Feliciana Parish: 31.216 %East Feliciana Parish31.216Grant Parish: 23.114 %Grant Parish23.114Cameron Parish: 21.34 %Cameron Parish21.34Bossier Parish: 19.957 %Bossier Parish19.957Tensas Parish: 19.793 %Tensas Parish19.793Orleans Parish: 18.272 %Orleans Parish18.272Ascension Parish: 18.026 %Ascension Parish18.026St. Tammany Parish: 17.993 %St. Tammany Parish17.993Richland Parish: 17.595 %Richland Parish17.595De Soto Parish: 17.32 %De Soto Parish17.32St. Bernard Parish: 17.248 %St. Bernard Parish17.248Lafourche Parish: 16.656 %Lafourche Parish16.656Livingston Parish: 16.26 %Livingston Parish16.26Jefferson Davis Parish: 15.994 %Jefferson Davis Parish15.994East Carroll Parish: 15.81 %East Carroll Parish15.81Lafayette Parish: 15.57 %Lafayette Parish15.57Avoyelles Parish: 15.231 %Avoyelles Parish15.231St. Martin Parish: 15.18 %St. Martin Parish15.18Tangipahoa Parish: 14.896 %Tangipahoa Parish14.896Claiborne Parish: 14.838 %Claiborne Parish14.838Madison Parish: 14.72 %Madison Parish14.72Bienville Parish: 14.488 %Bienville Parish14.488East Baton Rouge Parish: 14.481 %East Baton Rouge Parish14.481Calcasieu Parish: 14.339 %Calcasieu Parish14.339Webster Parish: 14.016 %Webster Parish14.016Beauregard Parish: 13.919 %Beauregard Parish13.919Jefferson Parish: 13.768 %Jefferson Parish13.768Catahoula Parish: 13.7 %Catahoula Parish13.7Pointe Coupee Parish: 13.652 %Pointe Coupee Parish13.652Washington Parish: 13.606 %Washington Parish13.606Iberia Parish: 13.605 %Iberia Parish13.605Caddo Parish: 13.527 %Caddo Parish13.527St. Helena Parish: 13.485 %St. Helena Parish13.485West Baton Rouge Parish: 13.171 %West Baton Rouge Parish13.171Iberville Parish: 13.079 %Iberville Parish13.079St. Charles Parish: 12.896 %St. Charles Parish12.896Rapides Parish: 12.886 %Rapides Parish12.886St. Mary Parish: 12.875 %St. Mary Parish12.875Vermilion Parish: 12.817 %Vermilion Parish12.817Plaquemines Parish: 12.604 %Plaquemines Parish12.604
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1East Feliciana Parish31.216+22.92 pts
2Grant Parish23.114+13.44 pts
3Cameron Parish21.34+15.56 pts
4Bossier Parish19.957+9.55 pts
5Tensas Parish19.793+10.74 pts
6Orleans Parish18.272+9.27 pts
7Ascension Parish18.026+6.05 pts
8St. Tammany Parish17.993+5.37 pts
9Richland Parish17.595+10.5 pts
10De Soto Parish17.32+6.92 pts
11St. Bernard Parish17.248+3.87 pts
12Lafourche Parish16.656+8.05 pts
13Livingston Parish16.26+1.09 pts
14Jefferson Davis Parish15.994+3.58 pts
15East Carroll Parish15.81-0.58 pts
16Lafayette Parish15.57+4.73 pts
17Avoyelles Parish15.231+7.77 pts
18St. Martin Parish15.18+3.87 pts
19Tangipahoa Parish14.896+4.78 pts
20Claiborne Parish14.838+4.94 pts
21Madison Parish14.72+4.23 pts
22Bienville Parish14.488+7.84 pts
23East Baton Rouge Parish14.481+5.98 pts
24Calcasieu Parish14.339+6 pts
25Webster Parish14.016+4.73 pts
26Beauregard Parish13.919+3.63 pts
27Jefferson Parish13.768+1.8 pts
28Catahoula Parish13.7+6.17 pts
29Pointe Coupee Parish13.652+0.77 pts
30Washington Parish13.606+3.34 pts
31Iberia Parish13.605+4.25 pts
32Caddo Parish13.527+3.32 pts
33St. Helena Parish13.485+4 pts
34West Baton Rouge Parish13.171+1.52 pts
35Iberville Parish13.079+3.52 pts
36St. Charles Parish12.896+5.67 pts
37Rapides Parish12.886+1.63 pts
38St. Mary Parish12.875+5.94 pts
39Vermilion Parish12.817+2.69 pts
40Plaquemines Parish12.604+2.78 pts
41Allen Parish12.436-1.83 pts
42Lincoln Parish12.354+3.06 pts
43Union Parish12.212+4.49 pts
44Ouachita Parish12.177+1.71 pts
45Natchitoches Parish12.171+2.9 pts
46Acadia Parish12.09+0.42 pts
47Concordia Parish11.99-1.55 pts
48Jackson Parish11.934+2.71 pts
49Vernon Parish11.926+4.49 pts
50Sabine Parish11.728-2.67 pts
51West Carroll Parish11.695-2.26 pts
52Terrebonne Parish11.566+2.55 pts
53Assumption Parish11.373-3.29 pts
54LaSalle Parish10.831-3.05 pts
55Morehouse Parish10.582-2.8 pts
56St. Landry Parish10.5+1.52 pts
57Franklin Parish10.469+2.28 pts
58Winn Parish9.783+1.79 pts
59Caldwell Parish9.133-0.76 pts
60St. John the Baptist Parish9.012+0.17 pts
61Red River Parish8.686-0.56 pts
62St. James Parish8.143+2.94 pts
63West Feliciana Parish7.777+0.66 pts
64Evangeline Parish7.211-4.32 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

East Feliciana Parish, with 31.216% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Evangeline Parish, with 7.211% in 2022.

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