State

Louisiana

Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #50 of 51 US states. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), comfortable days (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), reading scores (low) and food insecurity (high).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #50 of 51 states
Population: 4,618,189 (2025)
Land area: 43,215 mi²
Density: 106.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 22

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety2#50/51
Economy2#50/51
Housing30#36/51
Health4#49/51
Healthcare30#36/51
Environment2#48/49
Education2#50/51
Infrastructure4#49/51
Community8#47/51
Leisure & amenities76#13/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
98/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comfortable days · high29.3%
83/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.0 /10k
83/100United States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Restaurants and bars · high11.1 /10k
82/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Effective property tax rate · low0.55%
76/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low135 min
76/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low1.8 /10k
0/100United States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Reading scores · low2.74
0/100United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food insecurity · high23.2%
0/100United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · high18.6%
0/100United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high26.0%
1/100United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Preventable hospital stays · high3,516 /100k
2/100United States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
7% (2021) → 52% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+45 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−79%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.5% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
52.3 /100k (2021) → 25.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
20.4 /100k (2021) → 11.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$51,575 (2019) → $70,172 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Louisiana improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 10 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Students / teacher−4.7×18.4× → 13.7×
Restaurants+14%9.7 /10k → 11.1 /10k
Broadband+11 points75.5% → 86.6%
Firearm deaths−22%25.4 /100k → 19.9 /100k
Gyms+20%1.2 /10k → 1.4 /10k

Declined3

New businesses−9.3%18.1 /1k → 16.4 /1k
Traffic deaths+14%16.2 /100k → 18.5 /100k
Price / income+0.3×3.3× → 3.6×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	60%
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Average weekly wage	$9992020	$1,2132025	+21%	Improved	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	17%
Broadband subscriptions	75.5%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	26.4%2019	25.0%2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Distance to an airport	80 mi2020	80 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	17%
Drug overdose deaths	39.7 /100k2020	25.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−36%	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	+0 points	Little change	1%
Firearm deaths	25.4 /100k2020	19.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Improved	89%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	60%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	87%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	72%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	91%
Homicide rate	18.8 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Improved	56%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,5752019	$70,1722024	+36%	Improved	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4952015-2019	0.4952020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$51,1082019	$61,0382024	+19%	Improved	13%
New business applications	18.1 /1k2020	16.4 /1k2025	−9.3%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	93%
Poverty rate	18.8%2019	18.6%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	85%
Public transit commuters	1.2%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	68%
Rent as share of income	32.5%2015-2019	32.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent-burdened households	54.4%2015-2019	54.8%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Restaurants and bars	9.7 /10k2020	11.1 /10k2025	+14%	Improved	95%
Students per teacher	18.4×2019	13.7×2024	−4.7×	Improved	99%
Suicide rate	13.8 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	44%
Traffic deaths	16.2 /100k2015-2019	18.5 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	17%
Unemployment rate	8.6%2020	4.3%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	81%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.3%2019	9.2%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	62%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Louisiana itself moved +3.1 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,611,961 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,804,780 households (±5,143)

Louisiana
United States share

Under $25k22%403,392
$25k–50k20%364,334
$50k–75k16%286,493

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,804,780 households (±5,143)

Louisiana
United States share

Own67%1,216,127
Rent33%588,653

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,988,865 workers (±8,862)

Louisiana
United States share

Drive alone79%1,562,517
Carpool8.7%173,191
Public transit0.9%17,330

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Louisiana employ 419,990 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Louisiana by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons49,570 jobs	49,570	$29,490US $35,410	−17%	1.02×
Registered Nurses48,970 jobs	48,970	$80,230US $97,550	−18%	1.16×
Cashiers46,350 jobs	46,350	$26,750US $32,880	−19%	1.21×
Fast Food and Counter Workers45,720 jobs	45,720	$22,800US $31,200	−27%	0.95×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides45,060 jobs	45,060	$22,520US $35,800	−37%	0.84×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand43,730 jobs	43,730	$35,340US $40,240	−12%	1.19×
General and Operations Managers43,220 jobs	43,220	$101,790US $105,770	−4%	0.99×
Waiters and Waitresses33,870 jobs	33,870	$15,080US $35,230	−57%	1.2×
Office Clerks, General31,790 jobs	31,790	$32,480US $45,010	−28%	1.04×
Stockers and Order Fillers31,710 jobs	31,710	$34,490US $37,330	−8%	0.9×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Louisiana.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Louisiana has 108,561 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248), with 1,697,330 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,936. The Census Bureau also counts 436,534 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 108,561; 436,534 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248
Paid employees: 1,697,330
Average annual pay: $56,936; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Louisiana by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	9,514	20.7	0.99×About typical	108,927	$65,503	22,435
Restaurants and other eating places	8,018	17.4	0.95×About typical	154,817	$20,796	2,844
Specialty trade contractors	5,720	12.4	0.80×About typical	71,066	$66,124	29,253
Lessors of real estate	4,318	9.4	0.76×Fewer than typical	16,271	$45,108	37,544
Limited-service restaurants	3,759	8.2	1.02×About typical	71,389	$18,072	993
Legal services	3,628	7.9	1.47×More than typical	19,149	$87,439	4,991
Offices of physicians	3,156	6.9	1.06×About typical	37,209	$97,885	4,159
Full-service restaurants	3,085	6.7	0.87×About typical	71,744	$23,839	1,012
Religious organizations	2,929	6.4	1.15×About typical	27,256	$24,942	—
Building equipment contractors	2,787	6.1	1.01×About typical	37,819	$70,153	5,883
Offices of other health practitioners	2,607	5.7	0.93×About typical	16,946	$42,207	7,736
Construction of buildings	2,397	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	17,687	$65,930	13,492

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,598,777 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.4B on contracts performed in Louisiana: $1,176 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.4B; +14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,176; US $1,994
Sole-source: 50%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$2.4B43%
Department of the Army$803.8M15%
Department of the Navy$576.9M11%
Department of Energy$379.9M7.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$340.6M6.3%
Department of the Air Force$152.7M2.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$104.6M1.9%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$85.2M1.6%

Top recipients

BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.$2.3B42%
STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.$429.6M7.9%
PITTMAN-SEALEVEL, L.L.C.$419.7M7.7%
PLACID REFINING COMPANY LLC$160.6M3.0%
CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C$158.4M2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

2.8BFY2017
3BFY2018
3.4BFY2019
4BFY2020
4BFY2021
3.7BFY2022
4.5BFY2023
3.9B

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$2.7B50%
Facilities support services · 5612$554.5M10%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$479M8.8%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$173.4M3.2%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$169M3.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$108.6M

Largest awards

EXTERNAL TANK$3.5B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Orleans Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 19, 2019 – Mar 3, 2026· MSFC0198806DNAS836200
PRODUCTION AND O&M FOR 35 EXTERNAL TANKS$2.9B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Orleans Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 18, 2019 – Mar 3, 2026· MSFC0199911DNAS800016
LETTER CONTRACT AWARD OF ARCTIC SECURITY CUTTERS$2.1B
BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.· Lafourche Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 19, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· 70Z02326C93210002
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITIES.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $54.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Louisiana: $11,746 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $54.2B; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,746; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.4B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$14.9B27%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$14.1B26%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.9B5.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.5B4.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.2B4.1%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$2.1B3.8%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.4B2.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.3B2.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

LOUSIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$14.6B27%
BATON ROUGE, LA
HEALTH, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF$1.8B3.3%
NEW ORLEANS, LA
LA DEPT. OF ADMIN$1.7B3.1%
BATON ROUGE, LA
TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT LOUISIANA D$1.3B2.5%
BATON ROUGE, LA
HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY$1.1B

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$21B39%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$19B35%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.3B6.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2.4B4.4%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

59.9BFY2021
50.1BFY2022
54.7BFY2023
52.5BFY2024
55BFY2025
54.2BFY2026

County aggregates

53%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Louisiana, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Louisiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2017	$600	$1,436
FY2018	$648	$1,552
FY2019	$729	$1,654
FY2020	$854	$1,880
FY2021	$862	$1,810
FY2022	$804	$1,917
FY2023	$982	$2,079
FY2024	$835	$2,047
FY2025	$1,030	$2,165
FY2026	$1,176 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2017	$150	$93.28
FY2018	$185	$105
FY2019	$193	$128
FY2020	$244	$145
FY2021	$262	$117
FY2022	$198

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$6,604	$5,748
FY2022	$5,408	$5,221
FY2023	$6,688	$5,364
FY2024	$5,941	$5,501
FY2025	$5,966	$5,732
FY2026	$6,001

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$272	$298
FY2022	$295	$357
FY2023	$356	$301
FY2024	$337	$319
FY2025	$324	$360
FY2026	$376 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$192	$239
FY2022	$323	$185
FY2023	$787	$229
FY2024	$234	$229
FY2025	$245	$249
FY2026	$203 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$3,447	$2,304
FY2022	$2,808	$2,197
FY2023	$3,443	$2,274
FY2024	$3,284	$2,267
FY2025	$3,492	$2,397
FY2026	$3,548

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$1,458	$1,186
FY2022	$531	$465
FY2023	$40.68	$76.52
FY2024	$133	$120
FY2025	$96.44	$148
FY2026	$91.43 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Louisiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Louisiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	1.6%	2.0%
2015	0.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Louisiana whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

East Feliciana Parish, LAContracts and grants · FY2024$6,803 (9.8×)
Plaquemines Parish, LATransportation grants · FY2024$1,471 (3.4×)
Union Parish, LASBA lending volume · FY2024$684 (2.3×)
Bossier Parish, LATransportation grants · FY2024$436 (2.5×)
Terrebonne Parish, LAContracts and grants · FY2023$5,672 (4.9×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/22

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Louisiana

All 64 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Louisiana

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Louisiana, largest first.

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	−0.6%	−4.2%
2015	+0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+8.1%	+10.5%
2020	+13.9%	+19.4%
2021	+18.0%	+26.1%
2022	+24.1%	+30.6%
2023	+29.5%	+35.0%
2024	+34.4%	+41.0%
2025	+38.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	+1.0%	−5.5%
2015	+0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+11.6%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+30.8%	+32.1%
2022	+31.5%	+35.4%
2023	+40.0%	+42.9%
2024	+46.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	3.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	−1.5%	−6.9%
2015	+1.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.7%
2018	+5.8%	+7.5%
2019	+12.6%	+14.0%
2020	+14.0%	+16.9%
2021	+14.8%	+21.0%
2022	+22.2%	+29.7%
2023	+28.4%	+34.9%
2024	+34.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	−6.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+0.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+17.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+20.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+16.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+15.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+15.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	5.1%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	4.6%	3.7%
2020	8.6%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	4.3%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	19.9%	15.5%
2015	19.5%	14.7%
2016	20.1%	14.0%
2017	19.6%	13.4%
2018	18.7%	13.1%
2019	18.8%	12.3%
2020	17.8%	11.9%
2021	19.5%	12.8%
2022	18.6%	12.6%
2023	18.9%	12.5%
2024	18.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	16.9%	13.5%
2015	13.8%	10.9%
2016	11.8%	10.0%
2017	9.6%	10.2%
2018	9.3%	10.4%
2019	10.3%	10.8%
2020	9.6%	10.4%
2021	9.2%	10.2%
2022	8.3%	9.5%
2023	8.3%	9.5%
2024	9.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Louisiana	United States
2014	8.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	11.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	18.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	21.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	17.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	17.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.4/1k	16.6/1k

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