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Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate

Washington Parish had the highest job destruction rate of 64 counties in 2019, at 17.124%. Cameron Parish had the lowest, at 5.561%. The median was 9.894% and the figure for Louisiana was 10.26%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest17.124Washington Parish
Lowest5.561Cameron Parish
Median9.89464 counties
Louisiana10.26History

Map of counties, 2019

Acadia Parish: 15.498 %Allen Parish: 9.572 %Ascension Parish: 11.268 %Assumption Parish: 16.232 %Avoyelles Parish: 13.584 %Beauregard Parish: 9.782 %Bienville Parish: 7.234 %Bossier Parish: 9.915 %Caddo Parish: 10.06 %Calcasieu Parish: 9.24 %Caldwell Parish: 6.188 %Cameron Parish: 5.561 %Catahoula Parish: 10.322 %Claiborne Parish: 12.001 %Concordia Parish: 11.328 %De Soto Parish: 10.609 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 10.962 %East Carroll Parish: 8.629 %East Feliciana Parish: 8.925 %Evangeline Parish: 7.29 %Franklin Parish: 7.151 %Grant Parish: 9.217 %Iberia Parish: 11.522 %Iberville Parish: 10.892 %Jackson Parish: 7.929 %Jefferson Parish: 9.712 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.379 %Lafayette Parish: 11.416 %Lafourche Parish: 9.647 %LaSalle Parish: 9.884 %Lincoln Parish: 10.74 %Livingston Parish: 10.761 %Madison Parish: 8.41 %Morehouse Parish: 9.178 %Natchitoches Parish: 8.408 %Orleans Parish: 9.676 %Ouachita Parish: 12.169 %Plaquemines Parish: 12.676 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.197 %Rapides Parish: 9.315 %Red River Parish: 10.384 %Richland Parish: 10.629 %Sabine Parish: 13.444 %St. Bernard Parish: 8.081 %St. Charles Parish: 9.072 %St. Helena Parish: 6.825 %St. James Parish: 6.564 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 7.276 %St. Landry Parish: 8.385 %St. Martin Parish: 11.482 %St. Mary Parish: 7.968 %St. Tammany Parish: 9.511 %Tangipahoa Parish: 9.903 %Tensas Parish: 10.722 %Terrebonne Parish: 8.2 %Union Parish: 9.625 %Vermilion Parish: 13.169 %Vernon Parish: 14.082 %Washington Parish: 17.124 %Webster Parish: 12.645 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 14.899 %West Carroll Parish: 8.67 %West Feliciana Parish: 9.071 %Winn Parish: 10.105 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Washington Parish: 17.124 %Washington Parish17.124Assumption Parish: 16.232 %Assumption Parish16.232Acadia Parish: 15.498 %Acadia Parish15.498West Baton Rouge Parish: 14.899 %West Baton Rouge Parish14.899Vernon Parish: 14.082 %Vernon Parish14.082Avoyelles Parish: 13.584 %Avoyelles Parish13.584Sabine Parish: 13.444 %Sabine Parish13.444Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.379 %Jefferson Davis Parish13.379Vermilion Parish: 13.169 %Vermilion Parish13.169Plaquemines Parish: 12.676 %Plaquemines Parish12.676Webster Parish: 12.645 %Webster Parish12.645Ouachita Parish: 12.169 %Ouachita Parish12.169Claiborne Parish: 12.001 %Claiborne Parish12.001Iberia Parish: 11.522 %Iberia Parish11.522St. Martin Parish: 11.482 %St. Martin Parish11.482Lafayette Parish: 11.416 %Lafayette Parish11.416Concordia Parish: 11.328 %Concordia Parish11.328Ascension Parish: 11.268 %Ascension Parish11.268East Baton Rouge Parish: 10.962 %East Baton Rouge Parish10.962Iberville Parish: 10.892 %Iberville Parish10.892Livingston Parish: 10.761 %Livingston Parish10.761Lincoln Parish: 10.74 %Lincoln Parish10.74Tensas Parish: 10.722 %Tensas Parish10.722Richland Parish: 10.629 %Richland Parish10.629De Soto Parish: 10.609 %De Soto Parish10.609Red River Parish: 10.384 %Red River Parish10.384Catahoula Parish: 10.322 %Catahoula Parish10.322Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.197 %Pointe Coupee Parish10.197Winn Parish: 10.105 %Winn Parish10.105Caddo Parish: 10.06 %Caddo Parish10.06Bossier Parish: 9.915 %Bossier Parish9.915Tangipahoa Parish: 9.903 %Tangipahoa Parish9.903LaSalle Parish: 9.884 %LaSalle Parish9.884Beauregard Parish: 9.782 %Beauregard Parish9.782Jefferson Parish: 9.712 %Jefferson Parish9.712Orleans Parish: 9.676 %Orleans Parish9.676Lafourche Parish: 9.647 %Lafourche Parish9.647Union Parish: 9.625 %Union Parish9.625Allen Parish: 9.572 %Allen Parish9.572St. Tammany Parish: 9.511 %St. Tammany Parish9.511Washington Parish: 17.124 %Washington Parish17.124Assumption Parish: 16.232 %Assumption Parish16.232Acadia Parish: 15.498 %Acadia Parish15.498West Baton Rouge Parish: 14.899 %West Baton Rouge Parish14.899Vernon Parish: 14.082 %Vernon Parish14.082Avoyelles Parish: 13.584 %Avoyelles Parish13.584Sabine Parish: 13.444 %Sabine Parish13.444Jefferson Davis Parish: 13.379 %Jefferson Davis Parish13.379Vermilion Parish: 13.169 %Vermilion Parish13.169Plaquemines Parish: 12.676 %Plaquemines Parish12.676Webster Parish: 12.645 %Webster Parish12.645Ouachita Parish: 12.169 %Ouachita Parish12.169Claiborne Parish: 12.001 %Claiborne Parish12.001Iberia Parish: 11.522 %Iberia Parish11.522St. Martin Parish: 11.482 %St. Martin Parish11.482Lafayette Parish: 11.416 %Lafayette Parish11.416Concordia Parish: 11.328 %Concordia Parish11.328Ascension Parish: 11.268 %Ascension Parish11.268East Baton Rouge Parish: 10.962 %East Baton Rouge Parish10.962Iberville Parish: 10.892 %Iberville Parish10.892Livingston Parish: 10.761 %Livingston Parish10.761Lincoln Parish: 10.74 %Lincoln Parish10.74Tensas Parish: 10.722 %Tensas Parish10.722Richland Parish: 10.629 %Richland Parish10.629De Soto Parish: 10.609 %De Soto Parish10.609Red River Parish: 10.384 %Red River Parish10.384Catahoula Parish: 10.322 %Catahoula Parish10.322Pointe Coupee Parish: 10.197 %Pointe Coupee Parish10.197Winn Parish: 10.105 %Winn Parish10.105Caddo Parish: 10.06 %Caddo Parish10.06Bossier Parish: 9.915 %Bossier Parish9.915Tangipahoa Parish: 9.903 %Tangipahoa Parish9.903LaSalle Parish: 9.884 %LaSalle Parish9.884Beauregard Parish: 9.782 %Beauregard Parish9.782Jefferson Parish: 9.712 %Jefferson Parish9.712Orleans Parish: 9.676 %Orleans Parish9.676Lafourche Parish: 9.647 %Lafourche Parish9.647Union Parish: 9.625 %Union Parish9.625Allen Parish: 9.572 %Allen Parish9.572St. Tammany Parish: 9.511 %St. Tammany Parish9.511
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Washington Parish17.124+3.85 pts
2Assumption Parish16.232-2.89 pts
3Acadia Parish15.498+6.39 pts
4West Baton Rouge Parish14.899-3.14 pts
5Vernon Parish14.082-0.23 pts
6Avoyelles Parish13.584+0.09 pts
7Sabine Parish13.444-12.21 pts
8Jefferson Davis Parish13.379+3.33 pts
9Vermilion Parish13.169-1.58 pts
10Plaquemines Parish12.676-1.6 pts
11Webster Parish12.645+0.49 pts
12Ouachita Parish12.169-0.39 pts
13Claiborne Parish12.001+4.97 pts
14Iberia Parish11.522-3.64 pts
15St. Martin Parish11.482-0.17 pts
16Lafayette Parish11.416+0.22 pts
17Concordia Parish11.328+0.47 pts
18Ascension Parish11.268-5.1 pts
19East Baton Rouge Parish10.962-0.9 pts
20Iberville Parish10.892-0.67 pts
21Livingston Parish10.761-3.23 pts
22Lincoln Parish10.74+0.45 pts
23Tensas Parish10.722-5.16 pts
24Richland Parish10.629+3.51 pts
25De Soto Parish10.609+0.4 pts
26Red River Parish10.384+3.04 pts
27Catahoula Parish10.322+2.14 pts
28Pointe Coupee Parish10.197-9.86 pts
29Winn Parish10.105+1.61 pts
30Caddo Parish10.06-0.83 pts
31Bossier Parish9.915-3.81 pts
32Tangipahoa Parish9.903-4.01 pts
33LaSalle Parish9.884+2.93 pts
34Beauregard Parish9.782-3.29 pts
35Jefferson Parish9.712-2.68 pts
36Orleans Parish9.676-1.61 pts
37Lafourche Parish9.647-3.56 pts
38Union Parish9.625+2.13 pts
39Allen Parish9.572+2.01 pts
40St. Tammany Parish9.511-2.78 pts
41Rapides Parish9.315-1.48 pts
42Calcasieu Parish9.24-1.38 pts
43Grant Parish9.217-0.8 pts
44Morehouse Parish9.178-4.36 pts
45St. Charles Parish9.072-0.14 pts
46West Feliciana Parish9.071+2.41 pts
47East Feliciana Parish8.925+1.93 pts
48West Carroll Parish8.67-3.52 pts
49East Carroll Parish8.629+1.03 pts
50Madison Parish8.41+1.1 pts
51Natchitoches Parish8.408-0.67 pts
52St. Landry Parish8.385+0.71 pts
53Terrebonne Parish8.2-4.48 pts
54St. Bernard Parish8.081-5.76 pts
55St. Mary Parish7.968-4.18 pts
56Jackson Parish7.929-1.54 pts
57Evangeline Parish7.29-7.82 pts
58St. John the Baptist Parish7.276-3.29 pts
59Bienville Parish7.234-17.67 pts
60Franklin Parish7.151-6.65 pts
61St. Helena Parish6.825-7.16 pts
62St. James Parish6.564-2.7 pts
63Caldwell Parish6.188-4.08 pts
64Cameron Parish5.561-6.58 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Washington Parish, with 17.124% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Cameron Parish, with 5.561% in 2019.

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