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County profile

Orleans

United States · GDP 2024
#192 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$30.8B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
177,086
Employers
10,027
Avg. wage
$65.1k
Population
362,154
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$56.6k±$1.8k
Business applications
8,448 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Entergy CorporationUtilities$12.9B68B2Orpheum Property, Inc.Energy$263.8k——3BOL Bancshares Inc. PFDFinancial Services———4Entergy New Orleans, LLC First Mortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 1, 2052Utilities———5Avoca LLCBasic Materials———

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
Food & accommodation31%
Health care21%
Education19%
Professional services12%
Retail trade11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
362,154
residents · 2025 · -5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $71.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−30,880
International migration+8,554
Natural change+801

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$25.4B
2019
$23.2B
2020
$25.5B
2021
$28.4B
2022
$29.7B
2023
$30.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.7k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±0.6%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
882 (2.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 100Lightning 99Cold wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
648
2016
667
2017
681
2018
702
2019
719
2020
767
2021
828
2022
814
2023
807
2024
795
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
NS
Nearest port
4.9 km
Air Products and Chemicals, Michoud Canal Liquid- Oxygen Loading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
33.1 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):75,385,883 short tons/yr · New Orleans, LA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KEntergy Corporation06-23
8-KEntergy New Orleans, LLC First Mortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 1, 205205-27
8-KEntergy Corporation05-12
8-KEntergy Corporation05-07
DEF 14AEntergy Corporation03-27
8-KEntergy Corporation02-20
8-KEntergy Corporation12-11
8-KEntergy Corporation11-07
8-KEntergy Corporation11-03
8-KEntergy Corporation07-28
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$65.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hampden$30.6BDouglas$31.2BClackamas$30.4BLake$31.2BHidalgo$31.4BMobile$30.1B
The read

Orleans's economy produced $30.8B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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