Places/LA/Catahoula Parish, LA
County profile

Catahoula Parish, LA

United States · GDP 2024
#2831 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$235.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,401
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
175
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,223
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±3.8%
Poverty rate
24.3%±5.2%
Business applications
114 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
37.1/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade26%
Construction16%
Professional services10%
Other services9%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
8,223
residents · 2025 · -7.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration352
International migration1
Natural change273

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$188.1M
2019
$192.9M
2020
$203.9M
2021
$207.9M
2022
$219.6M
2023
$235.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$101.8k±$24.6k
Median gross rent
$821/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
28.4%±4.4%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Hurricane 74Heat wave 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20122021
118
2012
132
2013
142
2014
141
2015
141
2016
128
2017
144
2018
145
2019
151
2020
152
2021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-100% since 2021
3
2021
2
2022
76
2023
4
2024
0
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.4 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
41.1 km
NTZR
Nearest port
4.6 km
TRANS MONTAINE
Nearest commercial airport
52.5 km
HARDY-ANDERS FLD/NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$38.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Catahoula?

Catahoula's economy produced $235.2M in 2024, growing 7.1% year over yearfaster than most 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.