County profile
Cameron Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1804 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,160
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
125
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$105.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,718
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$75.3k±$11.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±4.8%
Poverty rate
7.4%±2.5%
Business applications
73 · 2025
Retail establishments
14
29.3/10k 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
Utilities31%
Manufacturing28%
Admin & support18%
Professional services9%
Transportation8%
Real estate7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,718
residents · 2025 · -16.1% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,019
International migration+67
Natural change+80
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.1B2022
$958.6M2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.5k±$21.0k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$778/mo
Vacancy rate
41.7%±7.2%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
16 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Wildfire 87Coastal flooding 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1672014
1482015
1702016
1582017
1632018
1682019
1682020
1882021
1992022
2002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -64% since 2021442021
262022
162023
272024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.8 km
I-210
Nearest freight rail
25.4 km
UP
Nearest port
13.0 km
Lake Charles Harbor District, LA
Nearest commercial airport
28.0 km
LAKE CHARLES RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):64,163,423 short tons/yr · Lake Charles Harbor District, LA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$105.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Cameron?
Cameron's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 10.2% year over year — faster than 91% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.
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.