County profile
Bienville Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#2006 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$824.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,277
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
209
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,269
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$35.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
13.2%±3.1%
Poverty rate
29.2%±2.8%
Business applications
171 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
24.3/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care20%
Retail trade11%
Transportation8%
Mining & energy7%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,269
residents · 2025 · -5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−341
International migration+50
Natural change−359
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$522.8M2019
$482.3M2020
$767.6M2021
$1.0B2022
$853.9M2023
$824.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.5k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$606/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
19.3%±3.7%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
18 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 95Heat wave 71Strong wind 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1422014
1492015
1422016
1682017
1572018
1532019
1692020
1642021
1772022
2272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021152021
162022
152023
182024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
LAS
Nearest port
49.8 km
HANNA DOCK RED RIVER PORT
Nearest commercial airport
73.0 km
SHREVEPORT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bienville?
Bienville's economy produced $824.6M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.