County profile
Rapides Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#562 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
46,374
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
125,877
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±1.3%
Poverty rate
19.9%±1.4%
Business applications
1,747 · 2025
Retail establishments
528
41.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Red River Bancshares, Inc.Financial 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
Health care39%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction12%
Manufacturing8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
125,877
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $58.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,145
International migration+1,348
Natural change−1,043
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B2019
$6.0B2020
$6.6B2021
$6.8B2022
$7.2B2023
$7.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$181.1k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$950/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±1.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$55.6M
241 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$994/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 96Cold wave 93Heat wave 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2622016
2682017
2722018
2762019
2792020
2982021
3232022
3372023
3432024
3482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 20212872021
3022022
2212023
2372024
2412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.6 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
5.1 km
UP
Nearest port
0.1 km
Central Louisiana Regional, LA
Nearest commercial airport
14.5 km
ALEXANDRIA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,727,726 short tons/yr · Central Louisiana Regional, LA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rapides?
Rapides's economy produced $7.4B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of 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.