County profile
Richland Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1972 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$857.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,355
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
414
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,582
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$53.5k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
24.0%±3.4%
Business applications
281 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
34.6/10k 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 care43%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing14%
Construction12%
Wholesale trade7%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,582
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−369
International migration+75
Natural change−149
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$706.3M2019
$680.0M2020
$742.4M2021
$809.3M2022
$863.5M2023
$857.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$141.9k±$21.7k
Median gross rent
$903/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±2.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$10.0M
41 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$944/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 75Heat wave 74Ice storm 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2302016
2222017
2322018
2382019
2402020
2582021
2882022
2512023
3062024
3122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 64% since 2021252021
362022
112023
262024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.4 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
CPKC
Nearest port
32.7 km
SUNSHINE OIL & STORAGE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.5 km
MONROE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Richland?
Richland's economy produced $857.4M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% 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.