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Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate

Plaquemines Parish had the highest job destruction rate of 64 counties in 2017, at 21.795%. West Feliciana Parish had the lowest, at 7.641%. The median was 13.334% and the figure for Louisiana was 13.481%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.795Plaquemines Parish
Lowest7.641West Feliciana Parish
Median13.33464 counties
Louisiana13.481History

Map of counties, 2017

Acadia Parish: 10.197 %Allen Parish: 11.835 %Ascension Parish: 11.914 %Assumption Parish: 18.593 %Avoyelles Parish: 11.656 %Beauregard Parish: 13.178 %Bienville Parish: 12.819 %Bossier Parish: 13.749 %Caddo Parish: 13.614 %Calcasieu Parish: 11.118 %Caldwell Parish: 15.289 %Cameron Parish: 16.296 %Catahoula Parish: 8.931 %Claiborne Parish: 15.843 %Concordia Parish: 14.916 %De Soto Parish: 19.282 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.127 %East Carroll Parish: 15.378 %East Feliciana Parish: 9.836 %Evangeline Parish: 9.198 %Franklin Parish: 11.328 %Grant Parish: 9.005 %Iberia Parish: 17.596 %Iberville Parish: 14.564 %Jackson Parish: 8.975 %Jefferson Parish: 15.406 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 17.322 %Lafayette Parish: 13.386 %Lafourche Parish: 14.173 %LaSalle Parish: 15.778 %Lincoln Parish: 12.914 %Livingston Parish: 15.105 %Madison Parish: 13.409 %Morehouse Parish: 10.703 %Natchitoches Parish: 12.601 %Orleans Parish: 12.665 %Ouachita Parish: 13.741 %Plaquemines Parish: 21.795 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 11.924 %Rapides Parish: 14.389 %Red River Parish: 11.014 %Richland Parish: 11.609 %Sabine Parish: 14.631 %St. Bernard Parish: 13.283 %St. Charles Parish: 11.558 %St. Helena Parish: 7.845 %St. James Parish: 14.834 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.478 %St. Landry Parish: 10.845 %St. Martin Parish: 13.794 %St. Mary Parish: 16.319 %St. Tammany Parish: 15.075 %Tangipahoa Parish: 11.841 %Tensas Parish: 13.418 %Terrebonne Parish: 18.455 %Union Parish: 11.363 %Vermilion Parish: 15.452 %Vernon Parish: 16.482 %Washington Parish: 9.713 %Webster Parish: 10.094 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 8.735 %West Carroll Parish: 15.367 %West Feliciana Parish: 7.641 %Winn Parish: 17.603 %
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%, 2017. 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, 2017

Plaquemines Parish: 21.795 %Plaquemines Parish21.795De Soto Parish: 19.282 %De Soto Parish19.282Assumption Parish: 18.593 %Assumption Parish18.593Terrebonne Parish: 18.455 %Terrebonne Parish18.455Winn Parish: 17.603 %Winn Parish17.603Iberia Parish: 17.596 %Iberia Parish17.596Jefferson Davis Parish: 17.322 %Jefferson Davis Parish17.322Vernon Parish: 16.482 %Vernon Parish16.482St. Mary Parish: 16.319 %St. Mary Parish16.319Cameron Parish: 16.296 %Cameron Parish16.296Claiborne Parish: 15.843 %Claiborne Parish15.843LaSalle Parish: 15.778 %LaSalle Parish15.778Vermilion Parish: 15.452 %Vermilion Parish15.452Jefferson Parish: 15.406 %Jefferson Parish15.406East Carroll Parish: 15.378 %East Carroll Parish15.378West Carroll Parish: 15.367 %West Carroll Parish15.367Caldwell Parish: 15.289 %Caldwell Parish15.289Livingston Parish: 15.105 %Livingston Parish15.105St. Tammany Parish: 15.075 %St. Tammany Parish15.075Concordia Parish: 14.916 %Concordia Parish14.916St. James Parish: 14.834 %St. James Parish14.834Sabine Parish: 14.631 %Sabine Parish14.631Iberville Parish: 14.564 %Iberville Parish14.564Rapides Parish: 14.389 %Rapides Parish14.389Lafourche Parish: 14.173 %Lafourche Parish14.173St. Martin Parish: 13.794 %St. Martin Parish13.794Bossier Parish: 13.749 %Bossier Parish13.749Ouachita Parish: 13.741 %Ouachita Parish13.741Caddo Parish: 13.614 %Caddo Parish13.614Tensas Parish: 13.418 %Tensas Parish13.418Madison Parish: 13.409 %Madison Parish13.409Lafayette Parish: 13.386 %Lafayette Parish13.386St. Bernard Parish: 13.283 %St. Bernard Parish13.283Beauregard Parish: 13.178 %Beauregard Parish13.178Lincoln Parish: 12.914 %Lincoln Parish12.914Bienville Parish: 12.819 %Bienville Parish12.819Orleans Parish: 12.665 %Orleans Parish12.665Natchitoches Parish: 12.601 %Natchitoches Parish12.601East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.127 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.127Pointe Coupee Parish: 11.924 %Pointe Coupee Parish11.924Plaquemines Parish: 21.795 %Plaquemines Parish21.795De Soto Parish: 19.282 %De Soto Parish19.282Assumption Parish: 18.593 %Assumption Parish18.593Terrebonne Parish: 18.455 %Terrebonne Parish18.455Winn Parish: 17.603 %Winn Parish17.603Iberia Parish: 17.596 %Iberia Parish17.596Jefferson Davis Parish: 17.322 %Jefferson Davis Parish17.322Vernon Parish: 16.482 %Vernon Parish16.482St. Mary Parish: 16.319 %St. Mary Parish16.319Cameron Parish: 16.296 %Cameron Parish16.296Claiborne Parish: 15.843 %Claiborne Parish15.843LaSalle Parish: 15.778 %LaSalle Parish15.778Vermilion Parish: 15.452 %Vermilion Parish15.452Jefferson Parish: 15.406 %Jefferson Parish15.406East Carroll Parish: 15.378 %East Carroll Parish15.378West Carroll Parish: 15.367 %West Carroll Parish15.367Caldwell Parish: 15.289 %Caldwell Parish15.289Livingston Parish: 15.105 %Livingston Parish15.105St. Tammany Parish: 15.075 %St. Tammany Parish15.075Concordia Parish: 14.916 %Concordia Parish14.916St. James Parish: 14.834 %St. James Parish14.834Sabine Parish: 14.631 %Sabine Parish14.631Iberville Parish: 14.564 %Iberville Parish14.564Rapides Parish: 14.389 %Rapides Parish14.389Lafourche Parish: 14.173 %Lafourche Parish14.173St. Martin Parish: 13.794 %St. Martin Parish13.794Bossier Parish: 13.749 %Bossier Parish13.749Ouachita Parish: 13.741 %Ouachita Parish13.741Caddo Parish: 13.614 %Caddo Parish13.614Tensas Parish: 13.418 %Tensas Parish13.418Madison Parish: 13.409 %Madison Parish13.409Lafayette Parish: 13.386 %Lafayette Parish13.386St. Bernard Parish: 13.283 %St. Bernard Parish13.283Beauregard Parish: 13.178 %Beauregard Parish13.178Lincoln Parish: 12.914 %Lincoln Parish12.914Bienville Parish: 12.819 %Bienville Parish12.819Orleans Parish: 12.665 %Orleans Parish12.665Natchitoches Parish: 12.601 %Natchitoches Parish12.601East Baton Rouge Parish: 12.127 %East Baton Rouge Parish12.127Pointe Coupee Parish: 11.924 %Pointe Coupee Parish11.924
%. 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

RankCounties2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Plaquemines Parish21.795+2.96 pts
2De Soto Parish19.282-6.23 pts
3Assumption Parish18.593+2.2 pts
4Terrebonne Parish18.455-1.69 pts
5Winn Parish17.603+3.36 pts
6Iberia Parish17.596-5.71 pts
7Jefferson Davis Parish17.322+0.71 pts
8Vernon Parish16.482+0.07 pts
9St. Mary Parish16.319-2.34 pts
10Cameron Parish16.296-4.89 pts
11Claiborne Parish15.843+2.82 pts
12LaSalle Parish15.778+1.34 pts
13Vermilion Parish15.452+0.42 pts
14Jefferson Parish15.406+3.7 pts
15East Carroll Parish15.378-5.89 pts
16West Carroll Parish15.367+3.99 pts
17Caldwell Parish15.289+6.53 pts
18Livingston Parish15.105+0.87 pts
19St. Tammany Parish15.075+3.51 pts
20Concordia Parish14.916+0.74 pts
21St. James Parish14.834+4.58 pts
22Sabine Parish14.631+5.4 pts
23Iberville Parish14.564-2.6 pts
24Rapides Parish14.389+5.63 pts
25Lafourche Parish14.173-4.37 pts
26St. Martin Parish13.794-6.17 pts
27Bossier Parish13.749+0.62 pts
28Ouachita Parish13.741+3.05 pts
29Caddo Parish13.614+1.31 pts
30Tensas Parish13.418+0.45 pts
31Madison Parish13.409+6.78 pts
32Lafayette Parish13.386-1.79 pts
33St. Bernard Parish13.283+3.67 pts
34Beauregard Parish13.178+4.49 pts
35Lincoln Parish12.914+3.58 pts
36Bienville Parish12.819+1.33 pts
37Orleans Parish12.665+2.19 pts
38Natchitoches Parish12.601+3.94 pts
39East Baton Rouge Parish12.127+1.05 pts
40Pointe Coupee Parish11.924+2.11 pts
41Ascension Parish11.914+0.59 pts
42Tangipahoa Parish11.841+1.54 pts
43Allen Parish11.835+2.4 pts
44Avoyelles Parish11.656+1.32 pts
45Richland Parish11.609+1.33 pts
46St. Charles Parish11.558+2.55 pts
47Union Parish11.363+3.73 pts
48Franklin Parish11.328-5.86 pts
49Calcasieu Parish11.118-1.17 pts
50Red River Parish11.014+1.01 pts
51St. Landry Parish10.845+0.99 pts
52Morehouse Parish10.703+1.83 pts
53St. John the Baptist Parish10.478+0.81 pts
54Acadia Parish10.197-2.36 pts
55Webster Parish10.094-7.52 pts
56East Feliciana Parish9.836+0.17 pts
57Washington Parish9.713-1.36 pts
58Evangeline Parish9.198+0.9 pts
59Grant Parish9.005-1.36 pts
60Jackson Parish8.975+1.82 pts
61Catahoula Parish8.931-12.34 pts
62West Baton Rouge Parish8.735-1.25 pts
63St. Helena Parish7.845-4.89 pts
64West Feliciana Parish7.641-4.29 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Plaquemines Parish, with 21.795% in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

West Feliciana Parish, with 7.641% in 2017.

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