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County profile

St. John the Baptist

United States · GDP 2024
#793 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.1B
GDP growth
-2.5%
Jobs tracked
15,023
Employers
658
Avg. wage
$70.1k
Population
39,875
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$66.6k±$7.0k
Business applications
819 · 2025

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
Construction42%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade15%
Transportation9%
Health care8%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,875
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,166
International migration+417
Natural change+113

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.8B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$3.6B
2021
$4.3B
2022
$4.2B
2023
$4.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.2k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±2.2%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
60 (1.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
81.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Drought 81Tornado 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
253
2016
261
2017
270
2018
279
2019
292
2020
304
2021
340
2022
358
2023
343
2024
372
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.2 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
CN
Nearest port
8.5 km
CGB BUOYS MILE134
Nearest commercial airport
25.2 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$70.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Shelby$4.1BNavajo$4.1BRice$4.1BCayuga$4.1BLeavenworth$4.1BSandusky$4.1B
The read

St. John the Baptist's economy produced $4.1B in 2024, contracting 2.5% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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.
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