Places/LA/Jackson Parish, LA
County profile

Jackson Parish, LA

United States · GDP 2024
#2270 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$603.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,883
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
253
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,834
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$44.9k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±2.7%
Poverty rate
22.3%±3.2%
Business applications
157 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
21.6/10k 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 care36%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
15,834
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $47.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration31
International migration+1,343
Natural change472

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$442.7M
2019
$433.3M
2020
$462.2M
2021
$558.4M
2022
$553.4M
2023
$603.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.6k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$736/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
22.9%±3.4%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 85Heat wave 71Strong wind 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
211
2016
226
2017
226
2018
228
2019
229
2020
244
2021
268
2022
279
2023
311
2024
342
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-100% since 2021
17
2021
17
2022
16
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.5 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
15.6 km
LAS
Nearest port
43.4 km
SUNSHINE OIL & STORAGE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
54.2 km
MONROE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$51.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Jackson?

Jackson's economy produced $603.7M in 2024, growing 9.1% 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.