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Counties in Louisiana by job destruction rate

East Carroll Parish had the highest job destruction rate of 64 counties in 2022, at 25.296%. East Feliciana Parish had the lowest, at 6.17%. The median was 10.981% and the figure for Louisiana was 11.634%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25.296East Carroll Parish
Lowest6.17East Feliciana Parish
Median10.98164 counties
Louisiana11.634History

Map of counties, 2022

Acadia Parish: 14.387 %Allen Parish: 16.861 %Ascension Parish: 13.471 %Assumption Parish: 17.261 %Avoyelles Parish: 8.366 %Beauregard Parish: 10.819 %Bienville Parish: 7.945 %Bossier Parish: 10.65 %Caddo Parish: 10.884 %Calcasieu Parish: 12.657 %Caldwell Parish: 12.836 %Cameron Parish: 10.88 %Catahoula Parish: 12.986 %Claiborne Parish: 10.973 %Concordia Parish: 14.621 %De Soto Parish: 13.262 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.67 %East Carroll Parish: 25.296 %East Feliciana Parish: 6.17 %Evangeline Parish: 10.817 %Franklin Parish: 11.418 %Grant Parish: 8.428 %Iberia Parish: 11.874 %Iberville Parish: 13.892 %Jackson Parish: 7.057 %Jefferson Parish: 10.818 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 10.557 %Lafayette Parish: 10.595 %Lafourche Parish: 16.461 %LaSalle Parish: 12.253 %Lincoln Parish: 9.22 %Livingston Parish: 11.596 %Madison Parish: 18.694 %Morehouse Parish: 9.103 %Natchitoches Parish: 9.773 %Orleans Parish: 10.509 %Ouachita Parish: 13.358 %Plaquemines Parish: 15.403 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 9.726 %Rapides Parish: 15.205 %Red River Parish: 11.524 %Richland Parish: 8.336 %Sabine Parish: 16.846 %St. Bernard Parish: 8.332 %St. Charles Parish: 10.275 %St. Helena Parish: 6.453 %St. James Parish: 7.436 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.989 %St. Landry Parish: 10.649 %St. Martin Parish: 13.738 %St. Mary Parish: 8.511 %St. Tammany Parish: 10.96 %Tangipahoa Parish: 12.695 %Tensas Parish: 10.357 %Terrebonne Parish: 12.727 %Union Parish: 14.013 %Vermilion Parish: 13.556 %Vernon Parish: 10.573 %Washington Parish: 8.593 %Webster Parish: 9.738 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 15.898 %West Carroll Parish: 11.629 %West Feliciana Parish: 9.681 %Winn Parish: 11.954 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

East Carroll Parish: 25.296 %East Carroll Parish25.296Madison Parish: 18.694 %Madison Parish18.694Assumption Parish: 17.261 %Assumption Parish17.261Allen Parish: 16.861 %Allen Parish16.861Sabine Parish: 16.846 %Sabine Parish16.846Lafourche Parish: 16.461 %Lafourche Parish16.461West Baton Rouge Parish: 15.898 %West Baton Rouge Parish15.898Plaquemines Parish: 15.403 %Plaquemines Parish15.403Rapides Parish: 15.205 %Rapides Parish15.205Concordia Parish: 14.621 %Concordia Parish14.621Acadia Parish: 14.387 %Acadia Parish14.387Union Parish: 14.013 %Union Parish14.013Iberville Parish: 13.892 %Iberville Parish13.892St. Martin Parish: 13.738 %St. Martin Parish13.738Vermilion Parish: 13.556 %Vermilion Parish13.556Ascension Parish: 13.471 %Ascension Parish13.471Ouachita Parish: 13.358 %Ouachita Parish13.358De Soto Parish: 13.262 %De Soto Parish13.262Catahoula Parish: 12.986 %Catahoula Parish12.986Caldwell Parish: 12.836 %Caldwell Parish12.836Terrebonne Parish: 12.727 %Terrebonne Parish12.727Tangipahoa Parish: 12.695 %Tangipahoa Parish12.695Calcasieu Parish: 12.657 %Calcasieu Parish12.657LaSalle Parish: 12.253 %LaSalle Parish12.253Winn Parish: 11.954 %Winn Parish11.954Iberia Parish: 11.874 %Iberia Parish11.874East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.67 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.67West Carroll Parish: 11.629 %West Carroll Parish11.629Livingston Parish: 11.596 %Livingston Parish11.596Red River Parish: 11.524 %Red River Parish11.524Franklin Parish: 11.418 %Franklin Parish11.418St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.989 %St. John the Baptist Parish10.989Claiborne Parish: 10.973 %Claiborne Parish10.973St. Tammany Parish: 10.96 %St. Tammany Parish10.96Caddo Parish: 10.884 %Caddo Parish10.884Cameron Parish: 10.88 %Cameron Parish10.88Beauregard Parish: 10.819 %Beauregard Parish10.819Jefferson Parish: 10.818 %Jefferson Parish10.818Evangeline Parish: 10.817 %Evangeline Parish10.817Bossier Parish: 10.65 %Bossier Parish10.65East Carroll Parish: 25.296 %East Carroll Parish25.296Madison Parish: 18.694 %Madison Parish18.694Assumption Parish: 17.261 %Assumption Parish17.261Allen Parish: 16.861 %Allen Parish16.861Sabine Parish: 16.846 %Sabine Parish16.846Lafourche Parish: 16.461 %Lafourche Parish16.461West Baton Rouge Parish: 15.898 %West Baton Rouge Parish15.898Plaquemines Parish: 15.403 %Plaquemines Parish15.403Rapides Parish: 15.205 %Rapides Parish15.205Concordia Parish: 14.621 %Concordia Parish14.621Acadia Parish: 14.387 %Acadia Parish14.387Union Parish: 14.013 %Union Parish14.013Iberville Parish: 13.892 %Iberville Parish13.892St. Martin Parish: 13.738 %St. Martin Parish13.738Vermilion Parish: 13.556 %Vermilion Parish13.556Ascension Parish: 13.471 %Ascension Parish13.471Ouachita Parish: 13.358 %Ouachita Parish13.358De Soto Parish: 13.262 %De Soto Parish13.262Catahoula Parish: 12.986 %Catahoula Parish12.986Caldwell Parish: 12.836 %Caldwell Parish12.836Terrebonne Parish: 12.727 %Terrebonne Parish12.727Tangipahoa Parish: 12.695 %Tangipahoa Parish12.695Calcasieu Parish: 12.657 %Calcasieu Parish12.657LaSalle Parish: 12.253 %LaSalle Parish12.253Winn Parish: 11.954 %Winn Parish11.954Iberia Parish: 11.874 %Iberia Parish11.874East Baton Rouge Parish: 11.67 %East Baton Rouge Parish11.67West Carroll Parish: 11.629 %West Carroll Parish11.629Livingston Parish: 11.596 %Livingston Parish11.596Red River Parish: 11.524 %Red River Parish11.524Franklin Parish: 11.418 %Franklin Parish11.418St. John the Baptist Parish: 10.989 %St. John the Baptist Parish10.989Claiborne Parish: 10.973 %Claiborne Parish10.973St. Tammany Parish: 10.96 %St. Tammany Parish10.96Caddo Parish: 10.884 %Caddo Parish10.884Cameron Parish: 10.88 %Cameron Parish10.88Beauregard Parish: 10.819 %Beauregard Parish10.819Jefferson Parish: 10.818 %Jefferson Parish10.818Evangeline Parish: 10.817 %Evangeline Parish10.817Bossier Parish: 10.65 %Bossier Parish10.65
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1East Carroll Parish25.296+13.77 pts
2Madison Parish18.694+7.53 pts
3Assumption Parish17.261+3.59 pts
4Allen Parish16.861+0.44 pts
5Sabine Parish16.846+5.24 pts
6Lafourche Parish16.461+0.41 pts
7West Baton Rouge Parish15.898+2.05 pts
8Plaquemines Parish15.403+1.8 pts
9Rapides Parish15.205+3.14 pts
10Concordia Parish14.621+2.14 pts
11Acadia Parish14.387+2.73 pts
12Union Parish14.013+2.35 pts
13Iberville Parish13.892+1.67 pts
14St. Martin Parish13.738-4.97 pts
15Vermilion Parish13.556+1.96 pts
16Ascension Parish13.471-5.8 pts
17Ouachita Parish13.358-0.21 pts
18De Soto Parish13.262-0.07 pts
19Catahoula Parish12.986+2.78 pts
20Caldwell Parish12.836+1.92 pts
21Terrebonne Parish12.727-1.76 pts
22Tangipahoa Parish12.695+1.82 pts
23Calcasieu Parish12.657-11.47 pts
24LaSalle Parish12.253+2.56 pts
25Winn Parish11.954-0.41 pts
26Iberia Parish11.874-11.46 pts
27East Baton Rouge Parish11.67-5.21 pts
28West Carroll Parish11.629-3.44 pts
29Livingston Parish11.596-3.94 pts
30Red River Parish11.524+5.64 pts
31Franklin Parish11.418+2.07 pts
32St. John the Baptist Parish10.989-3.8 pts
33Claiborne Parish10.973-0.55 pts
34St. Tammany Parish10.96-3.18 pts
35Caddo Parish10.884-3.9 pts
36Cameron Parish10.88-9.44 pts
37Beauregard Parish10.819+0.68 pts
38Jefferson Parish10.818-5.52 pts
39Evangeline Parish10.817+2.24 pts
40Bossier Parish10.65-9.44 pts
41St. Landry Parish10.649-0.57 pts
42Lafayette Parish10.595-5.25 pts
43Vernon Parish10.573-2.69 pts
44Jefferson Davis Parish10.557-2.45 pts
45Orleans Parish10.509-13.95 pts
46Tensas Parish10.357-5.65 pts
47St. Charles Parish10.275-5.83 pts
48Natchitoches Parish9.773+0.22 pts
49Webster Parish9.738-5.95 pts
50Pointe Coupee Parish9.726-2.49 pts
51West Feliciana Parish9.681-0.55 pts
52Lincoln Parish9.22-2.85 pts
53Morehouse Parish9.103-8.69 pts
54Washington Parish8.593-4.95 pts
55St. Mary Parish8.511-7.75 pts
56Grant Parish8.428-3.52 pts
57Avoyelles Parish8.366-8.13 pts
58Richland Parish8.336-5.21 pts
59St. Bernard Parish8.332-5.07 pts
60Bienville Parish7.945-9.34 pts
61St. James Parish7.436-8.91 pts
62Jackson Parish7.057-0.27 pts
63St. Helena Parish6.453-2.7 pts
64East Feliciana Parish6.17-0.85 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, 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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Louisiana by job destruction 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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2022. 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, 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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2022.

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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, 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-destruction-rate/louisiana-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

East Carroll Parish, with 25.296% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

East Feliciana Parish, with 6.17% in 2022.

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