# Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate, 2023

All 64 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs lost at closing and shrinking establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. James Parish | 18.337 |
| 2 | Assumption Parish | 15.848 |
| 3 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 15.626 |
| 4 | Iberville Parish | 14.666 |
| 5 | East Carroll Parish | 14.164 |
| 6 | Bossier Parish | 13.452 |
| 7 | West Carroll Parish | 13.396 |
| 8 | LaSalle Parish | 13.019 |
| 9 | Livingston Parish | 12.825 |
| 10 | Iberia Parish | 12.296 |
| 11 | St. Tammany Parish | 11.744 |
| 12 | Grant Parish | 11.579 |
| 13 | St. Charles Parish | 11.571 |
| 14 | Jefferson Parish | 11.493 |
| 15 | Franklin Parish | 11.293 |
| 16 | Plaquemines Parish | 11.279 |
| 17 | Allen Parish | 11.261 |
| 18 | Claiborne Parish | 11.184 |
| 19 | Richland Parish | 11.156 |
| 20 | Terrebonne Parish | 11.098 |
| 21 | Lincoln Parish | 10.918 |
| 22 | St. Martin Parish | 10.905 |
| 23 | Sabine Parish | 10.878 |
| 24 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 10.637 |
| 25 | Concordia Parish | 10.582 |
| 26 | Vermilion Parish | 10.399 |
| 27 | Tangipahoa Parish | 10.321 |
| 28 | Lafayette Parish | 10.241 |
| 29 | Washington Parish | 10.237 |
| 30 | Ouachita Parish | 10.061 |
| 31 | Ascension Parish | 9.986 |
| 32 | Acadia Parish | 9.971 |
| 33 | Caddo Parish | 9.683 |
| 34 | Avoyelles Parish | 9.678 |
| 35 | Rapides Parish | 9.676 |
| 36 | Natchitoches Parish | 9.564 |
| 37 | Calcasieu Parish | 9.523 |
| 38 | Winn Parish | 9.507 |
| 39 | De Soto Parish | 9.41 |
| 40 | Red River Parish | 9.389 |
| 41 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 9.276 |
| 42 | Morehouse Parish | 9.003 |
| 43 | Webster Parish | 8.973 |
| 44 | St. Helena Parish | 8.934 |
| 45 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 8.906 |
| 46 | St. Mary Parish | 8.892 |
| 47 | Catahoula Parish | 8.808 |
| 48 | Vernon Parish | 8.807 |
| 49 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 8.723 |
| 50 | Orleans Parish | 8.7 |
| 51 | Tensas Parish | 8.686 |
| 52 | Beauregard Parish | 8.512 |
| 53 | Madison Parish | 8.383 |
| 54 | Bienville Parish | 8.378 |
| 55 | St. Bernard Parish | 8.344 |
| 56 | St. Landry Parish | 7.835 |
| 57 | Caldwell Parish | 7.609 |
| 58 | Evangeline Parish | 7.472 |
| 59 | Jackson Parish | 7.394 |
| 60 | West Feliciana Parish | 7.26 |
| 61 | East Feliciana Parish | 7.23 |
| 62 | Union Parish | 6.633 |
| 63 | Cameron Parish | 6.427 |
| 64 | Lafourche Parish | 6.066 |