County profile
Avoyelles Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1706 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,754
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
692
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,941
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$39.3k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
11.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
27.8%±3.1%
Business applications
437 · 2025
Retail establishments
141
36.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care32%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction15%
Finance & insurance7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,941
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $50.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,293
International migration+140
Natural change−558
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$962.2M2019
$968.1M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.4k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$757/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
21.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
16 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$857/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Ice storm 92Hurricane 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1992016
2102017
2052018
2112019
2132020
2282021
2532022
3042023
2652024
2812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021132021
222022
172023
152024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.2 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CPKC
Nearest port
22.4 km
AVOYELLES PARISH PORT COMMISSION, SIMMESPORT
Nearest commercial airport
59.1 km
ALEXANDRIA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Avoyelles?
Avoyelles's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.