Places/LA/Bossier Parish, LA
County profile

Bossier Parish, LA

United States · GDP 2024
#549 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
37,246
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,649
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
131,867
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$69.6k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
28.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.9%±1.5%
Business applications
1,918 · 2025
Retail establishments
433
33.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Bonvenu Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$83.3M46D

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
Food & accommodation28%
Retail trade25%
Health care21%
Manufacturing10%
Professional services9%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
131,867
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $59.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration919
International migration+2,643
Natural change+1,401

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$5.6B
2019
$5.2B
2020
$6.2B
2021
$7.0B
2022
$7.4B
2023
$7.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$227.2k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±1.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$139.0M
664 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Heat wave 98Lightning 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
242
2016
247
2017
250
2018
253
2019
259
2020
273
2021
301
2022
317
2023
329
2024
334
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-15% since 2021
785
2021
531
2022
690
2023
779
2024
664
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-220
Nearest freight rail
11.3 km
LAS
Nearest port
35.6 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
33.2 km
SHREVEPORT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Bossier?

Bossier's economy produced $7.7B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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.