County profile
Orleans Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#192 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$30.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
177,086
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
10,027
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
362,154
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$56.6k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
42.4%±0.9%
Poverty rate
22.6%±0.9%
Business applications
8,448 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,297
35.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Entergy CorporationUtilities$12.9B68B2Orpheum Property, Inc.Energy$263.8k——3Entergy New Orleans, LLC First Mortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 1, 2052Utilities———4Avoca LLCBasic Materials———5BOL Bancshares Inc. PFDFinancial Services———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
$25.4B2019
$23.2B2020
$25.5B2021
$28.4B2022
$29.7B2023
$30.8B2024
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
$149.5M
882 units · 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
6482016
6672017
6812018
7022019
7192020
7672021
8282022
8142023
8072024
7952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20211,5762021
8912022
1,0672023
7102024
8822025
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) (CY2023):75,385,883 short tons/yr · New Orleans, LA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orleans?
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.