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Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate

De Soto Parish had the highest job destruction rate of 64 counties in 2016, at 25.51%. Madison Parish had the lowest, at 6.629%. The median was 11.525% and the figure for Louisiana was 12.587%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25.51De Soto Parish
Lowest6.629Madison Parish
Median11.52564 counties
Louisiana12.587History

Map of counties, 2016

Acadia Parish: 12.558 %Allen Parish: 9.432 %Ascension Parish: 11.322 %Assumption Parish: 16.388 %Avoyelles Parish: 10.334 %Beauregard Parish: 8.689 %Bienville Parish: 11.486 %Bossier Parish: 13.126 %Caddo Parish: 12.304 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.291 %Caldwell Parish: 8.764 %Cameron Parish: 21.189 %Catahoula Parish: 21.272 %Claiborne Parish: 13.026 %Concordia Parish: 14.177 %De Soto Parish: 25.51 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.079 %East Carroll Parish: 21.272 %East Feliciana Parish: 9.67 %Evangeline Parish: 8.3 %Franklin Parish: 17.192 %Grant Parish: 10.366 %Iberia Parish: 23.304 %Iberville Parish: 17.165 %Jackson Parish: 7.155 %Jefferson Parish: 11.708 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 16.615 %Lafayette Parish: 15.178 %Lafourche Parish: 18.541 %LaSalle Parish: 14.44 %Lincoln Parish: 9.332 %Livingston Parish: 14.232 %Madison Parish: 6.629 %Morehouse Parish: 8.872 %Natchitoches Parish: 8.659 %Orleans Parish: 10.47 %Ouachita Parish: 10.688 %Plaquemines Parish: 18.837 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.815 %Rapides Parish: 8.76 %Red River Parish: 10.008 %Richland Parish: 10.28 %Sabine Parish: 9.232 %St. Bernard Parish: 9.611 %St. Charles Parish: 9.006 %St. Helena Parish: 12.739 %St. James Parish: 10.257 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 9.669 %St. Landry Parish: 9.851 %St. Martin Parish: 19.965 %St. Mary Parish: 18.663 %St. Tammany Parish: 11.564 %Tangipahoa Parish: 10.296 %Tensas Parish: 12.971 %Terrebonne Parish: 20.143 %Union Parish: 7.631 %Vermilion Parish: 15.028 %Vernon Parish: 16.414 %Washington Parish: 11.071 %Webster Parish: 17.613 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 9.98 %West Carroll Parish: 11.376 %West Feliciana Parish: 11.933 %Winn Parish: 14.24 %
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%, 2016. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

De Soto Parish: 25.51 %De Soto Parish25.51Iberia Parish: 23.304 %Iberia Parish23.304Catahoula Parish: 21.272 %Catahoula Parish21.272East Carroll Parish: 21.272 %East Carroll Parish21.272Cameron Parish: 21.189 %Cameron Parish21.189Terrebonne Parish: 20.143 %Terrebonne Parish20.143St. Martin Parish: 19.965 %St. Martin Parish19.965Plaquemines Parish: 18.837 %Plaquemines Parish18.837St. Mary Parish: 18.663 %St. Mary Parish18.663Lafourche Parish: 18.541 %Lafourche Parish18.541Webster Parish: 17.613 %Webster Parish17.613Franklin Parish: 17.192 %Franklin Parish17.192Iberville Parish: 17.165 %Iberville Parish17.165Jefferson Davis Parish: 16.615 %Jefferson Davis Parish16.615Vernon Parish: 16.414 %Vernon Parish16.414Assumption Parish: 16.388 %Assumption Parish16.388Lafayette Parish: 15.178 %Lafayette Parish15.178Vermilion Parish: 15.028 %Vermilion Parish15.028LaSalle Parish: 14.44 %LaSalle Parish14.44Winn Parish: 14.24 %Winn Parish14.24Livingston Parish: 14.232 %Livingston Parish14.232Concordia Parish: 14.177 %Concordia Parish14.177Bossier Parish: 13.126 %Bossier Parish13.126Claiborne Parish: 13.026 %Claiborne Parish13.026Tensas Parish: 12.971 %Tensas Parish12.971St. Helena Parish: 12.739 %St. Helena Parish12.739Acadia Parish: 12.558 %Acadia Parish12.558Caddo Parish: 12.304 %Caddo Parish12.304Calcasieu Parish: 12.291 %Calcasieu Parish12.291West Feliciana Parish: 11.933 %West Feliciana Parish11.933Jefferson Parish: 11.708 %Jefferson Parish11.708St. Tammany Parish: 11.564 %St. Tammany Parish11.564Bienville Parish: 11.486 %Bienville Parish11.486West Carroll Parish: 11.376 %West Carroll Parish11.376Ascension Parish: 11.322 %Ascension Parish11.322East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.079 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.079Washington Parish: 11.071 %Washington Parish11.071Ouachita Parish: 10.688 %Ouachita Parish10.688Orleans Parish: 10.47 %Orleans Parish10.47Grant Parish: 10.366 %Grant Parish10.366De Soto Parish: 25.51 %De Soto Parish25.51Iberia Parish: 23.304 %Iberia Parish23.304Catahoula Parish: 21.272 %Catahoula Parish21.272East Carroll Parish: 21.272 %East Carroll Parish21.272Cameron Parish: 21.189 %Cameron Parish21.189Terrebonne Parish: 20.143 %Terrebonne Parish20.143St. Martin Parish: 19.965 %St. Martin Parish19.965Plaquemines Parish: 18.837 %Plaquemines Parish18.837St. Mary Parish: 18.663 %St. Mary Parish18.663Lafourche Parish: 18.541 %Lafourche Parish18.541Webster Parish: 17.613 %Webster Parish17.613Franklin Parish: 17.192 %Franklin Parish17.192Iberville Parish: 17.165 %Iberville Parish17.165Jefferson Davis Parish: 16.615 %Jefferson Davis Parish16.615Vernon Parish: 16.414 %Vernon Parish16.414Assumption Parish: 16.388 %Assumption Parish16.388Lafayette Parish: 15.178 %Lafayette Parish15.178Vermilion Parish: 15.028 %Vermilion Parish15.028LaSalle Parish: 14.44 %LaSalle Parish14.44Winn Parish: 14.24 %Winn Parish14.24Livingston Parish: 14.232 %Livingston Parish14.232Concordia Parish: 14.177 %Concordia Parish14.177Bossier Parish: 13.126 %Bossier Parish13.126Claiborne Parish: 13.026 %Claiborne Parish13.026Tensas Parish: 12.971 %Tensas Parish12.971St. Helena Parish: 12.739 %St. Helena Parish12.739Acadia Parish: 12.558 %Acadia Parish12.558Caddo Parish: 12.304 %Caddo Parish12.304Calcasieu Parish: 12.291 %Calcasieu Parish12.291West Feliciana Parish: 11.933 %West Feliciana Parish11.933Jefferson Parish: 11.708 %Jefferson Parish11.708St. Tammany Parish: 11.564 %St. Tammany Parish11.564Bienville Parish: 11.486 %Bienville Parish11.486West Carroll Parish: 11.376 %West Carroll Parish11.376Ascension Parish: 11.322 %Ascension Parish11.322East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.079 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.079Washington Parish: 11.071 %Washington Parish11.071Ouachita Parish: 10.688 %Ouachita Parish10.688Orleans Parish: 10.47 %Orleans Parish10.47Grant Parish: 10.366 %Grant Parish10.366
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1De Soto Parish25.51+3.16 pts
2Iberia Parish23.304+2.71 pts
3Catahoula Parish21.272+0.85 pts
3East Carroll Parish21.272+15.9 pts
5Cameron Parish21.189+5.14 pts
6Terrebonne Parish20.143+6.01 pts
7St. Martin Parish19.965+8.52 pts
8Plaquemines Parish18.837+7.39 pts
9St. Mary Parish18.663+6.94 pts
10Lafourche Parish18.541+5.74 pts
11Webster Parish17.613+8.21 pts
12Franklin Parish17.192+6.37 pts
13Iberville Parish17.165+7.17 pts
14Jefferson Davis Parish16.615+6.38 pts
15Vernon Parish16.414-0.59 pts
16Assumption Parish16.388+7.32 pts
17Lafayette Parish15.178+3.22 pts
18Vermilion Parish15.028+4.38 pts
19LaSalle Parish14.44+1.91 pts
20Winn Parish14.24-0.23 pts
21Livingston Parish14.232+4.75 pts
22Concordia Parish14.177+2.49 pts
23Bossier Parish13.126+1.95 pts
24Claiborne Parish13.026+0.17 pts
25Tensas Parish12.971-0.58 pts
26St. Helena Parish12.739+7.22 pts
27Acadia Parish12.558-3.51 pts
28Caddo Parish12.304-1.33 pts
29Calcasieu Parish12.291+2.94 pts
30West Feliciana Parish11.933+5.92 pts
31Jefferson Parish11.708+0.54 pts
32St. Tammany Parish11.564+0.11 pts
33Bienville Parish11.486-1.13 pts
34West Carroll Parish11.376+2.32 pts
35Ascension Parish11.322+0.85 pts
36East Baton Rouge Parish11.079-6.14 pts
37Washington Parish11.071+0.3 pts
38Ouachita Parish10.688-2.37 pts
39Orleans Parish10.47-1.26 pts
40Grant Parish10.366+1.36 pts
41Avoyelles Parish10.334-3.69 pts
42Tangipahoa Parish10.296-0.09 pts
43Richland Parish10.28+0.46 pts
44St. James Parish10.257+3.11 pts
45Red River Parish10.008+2.9 pts
46West Baton Rouge Parish9.98+0.7 pts
47St. Landry Parish9.851-0.96 pts
48Pointe Coupee Parish9.815+0.75 pts
49East Feliciana Parish9.67+0.04 pts
50St. John the Baptist Parish9.669+0.44 pts
51St. Bernard Parish9.611-1.69 pts
52Allen Parish9.432-4.09 pts
53Lincoln Parish9.332+0.33 pts
54Sabine Parish9.232-1.1 pts
55St. Charles Parish9.006+0.8 pts
56Morehouse Parish8.872-0.07 pts
57Caldwell Parish8.764-2.2 pts
58Rapides Parish8.76-3.11 pts
59Beauregard Parish8.689+1.1 pts
60Natchitoches Parish8.659+0.64 pts
61Evangeline Parish8.3-7.44 pts
62Union Parish7.631-6.01 pts
63Jackson Parish7.155-0.27 pts
64Madison Parish6.629-3.31 pts

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About this ranking

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.

A gross flow: jobs added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. 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 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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate, 2016) [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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate, 2016. 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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate, 2016. 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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate, 2016 [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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

De Soto Parish, with 25.51% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Madison Parish, with 6.629% in 2016.

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