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East Baton Rouge

United States · GDP 2024
#124 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$47.1B
GDP growth
+6.8%
Jobs tracked
244,574
Employers
12,542
Avg. wage
$64.0k
Population
456,180
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$2.1k
Business applications
8,971 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Lamar Advertising CompanyReal Estate$2.3B58C2Business First Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$10.7M59C3Adhera Therapeutics IncHealthcare$252.0k——4Investar Holding CorporationFinancial Services———5Vartech Systems Inc.Technology———

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
Construction28%
Health care22%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
Professional services11%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
456,180
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $70.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−18,848
International migration+14,476
Natural change+4,390

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$36.5B
2019
$33.9B
2020
$37.2B
2021
$41.5B
2022
$44.1B
2023
$47.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.8k±$3.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±0.7%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
2,631 (5.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Cold wave 99Lightning 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
442
2016
463
2017
473
2018
485
2019
491
2020
519
2021
570
2022
578
2023
587
2024
604
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

11 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KInvestar Holding Corporation06-22
8-KBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.05-27
8-KInvestar Holding Corporation05-22
8-KLamar Advertising Company05-19
8-KLamar Advertising Company05-14
10-QInvestar Holding Corporation05-08
8-KLamar Advertising Company05-07
10-QLamar Advertising Company05-07
10-QBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.05-01
8-KBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.04-27
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$64.0k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Guilford$46.9BProvidence$46.7BSan Joaquin$46.5BUtah$47.9BJefferson$46.2BAlbany$46.1B
The read

East Baton Rouge's economy produced $47.1B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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.
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