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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#184 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.8B
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
177,065
Employers
11,728
Avg. wage
$62.0k
Population
431,398
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$65.3k±$2.0k
Business applications
7,348 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$25.1B
2019
$24.1B
2020
$26.8B
2021
$29.0B
2022
$30.5B
2023
$31.8B
2024

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
410 (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
482
2016
497
2017
514
2018
537
2019
556
2020
597
2021
666
2022
669
2023
662
2024
677
2025

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 EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT06-30
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT05-12
10-QEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT05-01
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT04-29
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT03-30
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT02-26
10-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT02-19
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT02-12
8-KEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT11-06
10-QEntergy Louisiana, LLC COLLATERAL TR MT10-31
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Prince William$31.7BLehigh$31.7BOcean$31.7BHamilton$31.6BStanislaus$32.1BAnchorage Municipality$32.1B
The read

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.
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