County profile
Lafourche Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#625 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
28,210
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,685
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
95,505
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±1.4%
Poverty rate
17.0%±1.5%
Business applications
1,132 · 2025
Retail establishments
270
28.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 care23%
Transportation22%
Retail trade19%
Mining & energy13%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
95,505
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $64.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,860
International migration+676
Natural change+135
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B2019
$4.0B2020
$4.4B2021
$5.0B2022
$6.0B2023
$6.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.9k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$928/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
8.9%±1.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$84.2M
344 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Tornado 95Heat wave 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2632016
2652017
2702018
2762019
2772020
2872021
3132022
3222023
3352024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 20213792021
4972022
3222023
3232024
3442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.5 km
I-310
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
LDRR
Nearest port
2.7 km
LAROSE SCRAP & SALVAGE HOUMA
Nearest commercial airport
50.8 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):7,594,087 short tons/yr · Greater Lafourche Port, LA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.8k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Lafourche?
Lafourche's economy produced $6.3B in 2024, growing 5.1% 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.