County profile
Jefferson Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#184 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
177,065
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
11,728
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
431,398
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$65.3k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
30.5%±0.9%
Poverty rate
16.6%±1.0%
Business applications
7,348 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,643
38.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1MBT Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$35.6M51D2Biloxi Marsh Lands CorporationEnergy-$102.1k34D3Eureka Homestead Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———4Entergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MTUtilities———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 care27%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Admin & support13%
Professional services10%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
431,398
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $65.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−36,782
International migration+25,551
Natural change+2,659
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$25.1B2019
$24.1B2020
$26.8B2021
$29.0B2022
$30.5B2023
$31.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$251.4k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$13/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±0.6%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$166.2M
410 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 100Lightning 99Heat wave 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4822016
4972017
5142018
5372019
5562020
5972021
6662022
6692023
6622024
6772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -59% since 20219952021
4842022
7752023
5012024
4102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
NOGC
Nearest port
4.2 km
SEMCO SHIPYARD WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
31.4 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $31.8B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.