County profile
Tangipahoa Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#616 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
39,823
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,617
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
141,346
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±1.6%
Poverty rate
19.2%±1.9%
Business applications
2,277 · 2025
Retail establishments
448
32.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Guaranty 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 care31%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation21%
Manufacturing9%
Transportation8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
141,346
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,333
International migration+904
Natural change+1,419
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.6B2019
$4.4B2020
$5.1B2021
$5.8B2022
$6.1B2023
$6.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.9k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±1.4%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$204.8M
1,163 units · 8.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Lightning 94Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2682016
2742017
2772018
2862019
2912020
3092021
3572022
3652023
3822024
3832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211,5082021
1,4582022
1,2132023
1,0852024
1,1632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.4 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
8.6 km
CN
Nearest port
33.5 km
TRINITY INDUSTRIES MARINE GROUP MADISONVILLE DOCKING SLIPS
Nearest commercial airport
71.7 km
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Tangipahoa?
Tangipahoa's economy produced $6.4B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.