Places/LA/Richland Parish, LA
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
19,582
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration369
International migration+75
Natural change149

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$706.3M
2019
$680.0M
2020
$742.4M
2021
$809.3M
2022
$863.5M
2023
$857.4M
2024

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 · 20162025
230
2016
222
2017
232
2018
238
2019
240
2020
258
2021
288
2022
251
2023
306
2024
312
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
64% since 2021
25
2021
36
2022
11
2023
26
2024
41
2025

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 · 20192023
$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Richland?

Richland's economy produced $857.4M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over yearslower 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.