Places/LA/Bienville Parish, LA
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
12,269
residents · 2025 · -5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration341
International migration+50
Natural change359

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$522.8M
2019
$482.3M
2020
$767.6M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$853.9M
2023
$824.6M
2024

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 · 20142025
142
2014
149
2015
142
2016
168
2017
157
2018
153
2019
169
2020
164
2021
177
2022
227
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
20% since 2021
15
2021
16
2022
15
2023
18
2024
18
2025

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 · 20192023
$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Bienville?

Bienville's economy produced $824.6M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over yearslower 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.