Scores by category

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

Safety16#2,614/3,096
Economy43#1,793/3,143
Housing6#2,948/3,140
Health38#1,955/3,144
Healthcare82#557/3,143
Environment8#2,849/3,108
Education32#2,141/3,144
Infrastructure64#1,132/3,144
Community27#2,296/3,144
Leisure & amenities95#162/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
98/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
97/100Louisiana 5.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Access to exercise opportunities · high97.7%
96/100Louisiana 75.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high33.3%
96/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
93/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
92/100Louisiana 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high97.9
2/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Homicide rate · high8.5 /100k
5/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Rent-burdened households · high54.4%
6/100Louisiana 54.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drug overdose deaths · high30.1 /100k
7/100Louisiana 25.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.489
7/100Louisiana 0.495United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Rent as share of income · high32.5%
8/100Louisiana 32.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
4% (2021) → 52% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+48 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
75.8 /100k (2021) → 30.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 88.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
16.8 /100k (2021) → 8.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 36.0% (2023)
−9 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

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, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Students / teacher−6.6×21.1× → 14.5×
Unemployment−5.6 points9.6% → 4.0%
Firearm deaths−40%22.1 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Homicides−53%18.0 /100k → 8.5 /100k
Overdose deaths−45%54.4 /100k → 30.1 /100k

Declined3

New businesses−19%21.0 /1k → 17.0 /1k
Inequality+0.0230.466 → 0.489
Price / income+0.4×3.5× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.3 /10k2020	5.9 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	62%
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Average weekly wage	$1,0442020	$1,2752025	+22%	Improved	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	23.3%2019	25.4%2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	8 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	54.4 /100k2020	30.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−45%	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Firearm deaths	22.1 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−40%	Improved	93%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+7.2%	Within the margin of error	75%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+25%	Within the margin of error	76%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	51%
Homicide rate	18.0 /100k2020	8.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−53%	Improved	75%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,1482019	$70,9432024	+33%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.4892020-2024	+0.023	Declined	20%
Median household income	$55,9092019	$63,6922024	+14%	Improved	7%
New business applications	21.0 /1k2020	17.0 /1k2025	−19%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	3.3 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	86%
Poverty rate	14.6%2019	17.1%2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Property crime rate	2,380 /100k2020	1,921 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	25%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+0.4%	Within the margin of error	60%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	43%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	53.5%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	12.6 /10k2020	13.6 /10k2025	+8.4%	Within the margin of error	71%
Students per teacher	21.1×2019	14.5×2024	−6.6×	Improved	100%
Suicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	39%
Traffic deaths	7.0 /100k2015-2019	7.8 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2020	4.0%2025	−5.6 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.9%2019	13.0%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Violent crime rate	344 /100k2020	264 /100k2025	−23%	Improved	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Jefferson Parish, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jefferson Parish, 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, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana itself moved +1.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

430,920 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.9 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

430,920 residents

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White47%203,428
Black25%108,244
Hispanic or Latino19%81,368

Education

302,446 residents (±73)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma14%41,323
High school or GED27%82,622
Some college21%64,714

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

177,003 households (±1,136)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k19%33,774
$25k–50k20%35,592
$50k–75k17%29,796
$75k–100k12%21,981
$100k–150k15%26,923
$150k–200k7.7%13,652
$200k or more8.6%15,285

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.0 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

177,003 households (±1,136)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own63%110,857
Rent37%66,146

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.4 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

63,463 households (±2,002)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $7509.0%5,697
$750–1,00021%13,169
$1,000–1,50045%28,693

Home values

110,857 homes (±1,919)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k17%18,611
$150k–250k33%36,403
$250k–400k32%35,467

Age of homes

194,418 homes (±143)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later5.1%10,003
2000–20098.6%16,693
1980–199924%46,760

Size of homes

194,418 homes (±143)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio3.2%6,187
1 bedroom13%24,625
2 bedrooms23%44,284

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

199,979 workers (±2,299)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone77%153,008
Carpool11%21,743
Public transit0.9%1,708
Walk1.6%3,239
Bike0.2%†403
Work from home8.2%16,475
Other1.7%3,403

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

183,504 workers (±2,385)

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min24%44,617
15–29 min42%77,387
30–44 min22%41,124

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA

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.

Jefferson Parish has 11,728 employer establishments, 273 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Louisiana's), with 177,065 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,036. The Census Bureau also counts 49,378 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,728; 49,378 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 273; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 177,065
Average annual pay: $60,036; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,111	25.9	1.24×About typical	13,470	$68,364	1,843
Restaurants and other eating places	921	21.5	1.17×About typical	15,187	$23,147	397
Specialty trade contractors	689	16.1	1.04×About typical	6,249	$67,895	3,657
Lessors of real estate	498	11.6	0.94×About typical	2,302	$55,488	4,528
Limited-service restaurants	418	9.7	1.21×About typical	6,883	$21,089	113
Legal services	403	9.4	1.75×More than typical	2,316	$77,195	706
Building equipment contractors	392	9.1	1.52×More than typical	3,770	$66,425	805
Offices of physicians	380	8.9	1.37×More than typical	5,554	$96,086	420
Full-service restaurants	364	8.5	1.10×About typical	6,887	$25,728	174
Insurance agencies and brokerages	362	8.4	1.92×More than typical	2,599	$93,524	713
Construction of buildings	292	6.8	0.90×About typical	2,344	$58,761	2,666
Clothing and accessories stores	285	6.6	1.83×More than typical	3,192	$24,480	558

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 429,256 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 $478.3M on contracts performed in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: $1,109 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $478.3M; +58% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,109; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$379.9M79%
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$35.4M7.4%
U.S. Coast Guard$34.5M7.2%
Maritime Administration$18.4M3.8%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$3.1M0.7%
Department of the Army$2.4M0.5%
USTRANSCOM$1.3M0.3%
Defense Logistics Agency$592.3K0.1%

Top recipients

STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.$429.6M90%
BIRDON AMERICA INC$28.5M6.0%
PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC$28.3M5.9%
PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$13.1M2.7%
DIXIE MARINE INC$6.6M1.4%

Spending by fiscal year

451.8MFY2017
303.1MFY2018
296.8MFY2019
334.5MFY2020
243.3MFY2021
369.2MFY2022
234.1MFY2023
335.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$366.9M77%
Support activities for mining · 2131$30.6M6.4%
Ship and boat building · 3366$29.3M6.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$12.1M2.5%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$11.8M2.5%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITIES.$2.1B
FLUOR FEDERAL PETROLEUM OPERATIONS, LLC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Professional services· Oct 7, 2016 – Sep 11, 2026· DEFE0011020
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITIES$430.1M
STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.· Jefferson Parish, LA· Professional services· Apr 3, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 89243525CCR000073
PURCHASE OF LLTM FOR WLR AND WLIC #1$105.9M
BIRDON AMERICA INC· Jefferson Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 30, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· 70Z02324F93270004
DUNE AND BEACH SAND FILL

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $5.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: $13,301 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.7B; +2.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13,301; US $12,975
Loan face value: $93.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$1.6B28%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.6B27%

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.

How Jefferson Parish, Louisiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2017	$1,035	$1,436
FY2018	$697	$1,552
FY2019	$684	$1,654
FY2020	$761	$1,880
FY2021	$560	$1,810
FY2022	$859	$1,917
FY2023	$545	$2,079
FY2024	$777	$2,047
FY2025	$701	$2,165
FY2026	$1,109 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2017	$127	$93.28
FY2018	$160	$105
FY2019	$58.24	$128
FY2020	$163	$145
FY2021	$60.55	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$916	$5,748
FY2022	$1,269	$5,221
FY2023	$958	$5,364
FY2024	$1,070	$5,501
FY2025	$1,167	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$230	$298
FY2022	$324	$357
FY2023	$313	$301
FY2024	$201	$319
FY2025	$248	$360
FY2026	$208

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$168	$239
FY2022	$161	$185
FY2023	$177	$229
FY2024	$179	$229
FY2025	$204	$249
FY2026	$161

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$89.83	$2,304
FY2022	$49.19	$2,197
FY2023	$51.30	$2,274
FY2024	$40.96	$2,267
FY2025	$61.40	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
FY2021	$1,840	$1,186
FY2022	$955	$465
FY2023	-$6.85	$76.52
FY2024	$427	$120
FY2025	$76.60	$148
FY2026	$108

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.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	0.2%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/22051

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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.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Jefferson Parish belongs to. A county is in at most one.

New Orleans-Metairie, LA35Central county

Cities and towns in Jefferson Parish

Places whose residents live mostly in Jefferson Parish, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
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Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+4.6%	+6.8%
2019	+8.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.4%	+19.4%
2021	+20.2%	+26.1%
2022	+26.7%	+30.6%
2023	+31.8%	+35.0%
2024	+35.6%	+41.0%
2025	+40.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−2.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+4.1%
2018	+5.7%	+8.9%
2019	+8.6%	+13.5%
2020	+18.8%	+20.8%
2021	+31.8%	+32.1%
2022	+27.5%	+35.4%
2023	+34.9%	+42.9%
2024	+41.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−5.3%	−6.9%
2015	−0.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.7%
2018	+2.4%	+7.5%
2019	+12.5%	+14.0%
2020	+17.9%	+16.9%
2021	+12.9%	+21.0%
2022	+23.1%	+29.7%
2023	+23.1%	+34.9%
2024	+28.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	−10.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+27.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+25.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+10.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+7.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+12.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	5.9%	6.2%
2015	5.7%	5.3%
2016	5.3%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	9.6%	8.1%
2021	6.1%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	15.8%	15.5%
2015	16.3%	14.7%
2016	16.1%	14.0%
2017	17.1%	13.4%
2018	15.6%	13.1%
2019	14.6%	12.3%
2020	16.1%	11.9%
2021	17.5%	12.8%
2022	15.0%	12.6%
2023	17.1%	12.5%
2024	17.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2015	−1.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.5% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+26.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+32.5% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+39.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+45.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+43.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	18.3%	13.5%
2015	15.5%	10.9%
2016	14.0%	10.0%
2017	11.6%	10.2%
2018	12.0%	10.4%
2019	12.9%	10.8%
2020	11.3%	10.4%
2021	10.8%	10.2%
2022	10.9%	9.5%
2023	10.9%	9.5%
2024	13.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	United States
2014	10.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	13.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	13.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	21.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	23.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	18.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.0/1k	16.6/1k

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