County profile
Plaquemines Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#807 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,089
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
644
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$78.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,256
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$86.3k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.5%±3.2%
Poverty rate
12.9%±3.2%
Business applications
345 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
29.5/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Transportation24%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction12%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,256
residents · 2025 · -5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,714
International migration+184
Natural change+234
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.7B2022
$3.7B2023
$4.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$282.9k±$36.9k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$118/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.7%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$19.1M
47 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Coastal flooding 83Drought 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2122016
2102017
2182018
2242019
2302020
2432021
2532022
2572023
2612024
2572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 20211262021
822022
1042023
882024
472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
67.7 km
I-910
Nearest freight rail
41.4 km
NOGC
Nearest port
5.5 km
EMPIRE FLOODGATE
Nearest commercial airport
87.5 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):50,511,758 short tons/yr · Plaquemines Port District, LA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$78.8k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Plaquemines?
Plaquemines's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 7.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.