Which counties in Louisiana are adding jobs fastest?

East Feliciana Parish (+28.5%), St. Helena Parish (+26.3%) and Cameron Parish (+19.7%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Louisiana between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Louisiana counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	East Feliciana Parish	+28.5%	4,287	18,911
2	St. Helena Parish	+26.3%	1,406	10,758
3	Cameron Parish	+19.7%	2,160	4,718
4	Ascension Parish	+19.6%	45,262	135,105
5	De Soto Parish	+17.0%	5,364	27,381
6	Jackson Parish	+12.6%	2,883	15,834
7	St. Tammany Parish	+12.5%	86,457	279,108
8	Livingston Parish	+12.3%	24,542	155,036
9	St. Bernard Parish	+12.0%	8,913	45,642
10	Vernon Parish	+11.4%	8,355	45,091
11	Grant Parish	+11.0%	2,091	22,075
12	LaSalle Parish	+10.9%	3,720	15,154
13	Evangeline Parish	+9.9%	6,677	31,980
14	Lafourche Parish	+8.4%	28,210	95,505
15	Tangipahoa Parish	+8.3%	39,823	141,346
16	Caldwell Parish	+7.8%	1,763	9,344
17	Beauregard Parish	+6.4%	7,013	36,673
18	Natchitoches Parish	+5.5%	11,991	36,089
19	Lafayette Parish	+5.2%	132,799	257,949
20	Bienville Parish	+5.0%	3,277	12,269
21	Pointe Coupee Parish	+4.5%	4,127	19,520
22	Jefferson Davis Parish	+2.9%	6,660	31,471
23	Union Parish	+2.2%	4,627	20,561
24	Bossier Parish	+2.2%	37,246	131,867
25	Rapides Parish	+2.0%	46,374	125,877
26	Tensas Parish	+1.6%	447	3,700
27	West Feliciana Parish	+0.6%	3,202	15,134
28	Jefferson Parish	−0.0%	177,065	431,398
29	Vermilion Parish	−0.3%	9,362	57,671
30	Orleans Parish	−0.3%	177,086	362,154
31	Webster Parish	−1.1%	9,969	34,948
32	St. Mary Parish	−1.1%	18,400	46,552
33	Franklin Parish	−1.2%	3,587	19,002
34	West Baton Rouge Parish	−1.3%	11,187	28,756
35	East Baton Rouge Parish	−1.3%	244,574	456,180
36	Madison Parish	−1.4%	2,539	8,844
37	Allen Parish	−2.0%	3,450	22,672
38	St. Charles Parish	−2.0%	20,789	50,586
39	St. Martin Parish	−2.1%	10,761	51,106
40	St. James Parish	−2.7%	6,480	18,938
41	Caddo Parish	−2.8%	96,381	224,226
42	Lincoln Parish	−3.4%	15,124	48,360
43	Ouachita Parish	−3.5%	59,407	158,542
44	Calcasieu Parish	−4.1%	75,412	208,466
45	Acadia Parish	−4.2%	12,018	57,032
46	Morehouse Parish	−4.9%	5,329	23,705
47	Catahoula Parish	−5.1%	1,401	8,223
48	Richland Parish	−5.2%	5,355	19,582
49	Concordia Parish	−5.4%	3,628	17,836
50	Terrebonne Parish	−5.5%	41,983	104,163
51	Washington Parish	−5.6%	8,133	44,937
52	Sabine Parish	−5.9%	4,251	21,834
53	St. Landry Parish	−6.1%	21,089	80,765
54	West Carroll Parish	−7.4%	1,474	9,156
55	East Carroll Parish	−7.7%	1,106	6,760
56	Plaquemines Parish	−8.6%	8,089	22,256
57	Red River Parish	−9.4%	1,707	7,165
58	Avoyelles Parish	−9.7%	7,754	37,941
59	St. John the Baptist Parish	−11.1%	15,023	39,875
60	Claiborne Parish	−11.1%	2,180	13,354
61	Iberia Parish	−12.9%	19,477	66,846
62	Winn Parish	−13.9%	3,479	14,961
63	Assumption Parish	−14.7%	2,459	19,720
64	Iberville Parish	−16.0%	10,214	29,579

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Louisiana has the fastest job growth?

East Feliciana Parish: +28.5%, ahead of St. Helena Parish (+26.3%) and Cameron Parish (+19.7%), of 64 Louisiana counties ranked.

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