County profile
Calcasieu Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#279 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$18.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
75,412
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,705
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
208,466
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$67.6k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
17.4%±1.4%
Business applications
2,865 · 2025
Retail establishments
778
37.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Consolidated Eco-Systems, Inc.Industrials$30.0M——2Lakeside Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$19.5M41D3CKX Lands, Inc.Energy$838.5k72BHQ-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 care25%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing16%
Construction10%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
208,466
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $56.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−11,484
International migration+2,893
Natural change+1,354
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$16.4B2019
$11.9B2020
$16.4B2021
$19.1B2022
$19.1B2023
$18.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$217.0k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
18.4%±1.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$103.5M
468 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hurricane 98Tornado 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2622017
2712018
2742019
2762020
2922021
3152022
3132023
3122024
3082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20211,0202021
1,0962022
1,0162023
1,3612024
4682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.5 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
UP
Nearest port
4.4 km
TEXAS BUTYLENE CHEMICALS, BUTADIENE & GAS WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
17.3 km
LAKE CHARLES RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Calcasieu?
Calcasieu's economy produced $18.4B in 2024, contracting 3.7% year over year — slower than 89% 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.