County profile
St. Mary Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#889 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,400
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,083
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,552
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$52.6k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
13.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
20.8%±2.6%
Business applications
665 · 2025
Retail establishments
175
37.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Conrad Industries, Inc.Industrials$327.5M75B+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
Manufacturing26%
Mining & energy21%
Health care16%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,552
residents · 2025 · -5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $53.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,125
International migration+898
Natural change−359
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.9k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$848/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±2.1%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$13.2M
40 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$947/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Coastal flooding 93Drought 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2222017
2262018
2222019
2292020
2332021
2412022
2532023
2682024
2572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -42% since 2021692021
122022
342023
472024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.8 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
LDRR
Nearest port
3.5 km
BIRLA CARBON U.S.A., FRANKLIN PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
56.4 km
ACADIANA RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,449,971 short tons/yr · West St. Mary Parish Port, LA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Mary?
St. Mary's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% of 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.