Places/LA/Tensas Parish, LA
County profile

Tensas Parish, LA

United States · GDP 2024
#2961 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$160.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
447
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
69
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,700
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
9.7%
Median HH income
$36.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±3.9%
Poverty rate
34.4%±4.9%
Business applications
65 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
39.3/10k 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
Retail trade31%
Health care18%
Wholesale trade17%
Admin & support16%
Finance & insurance9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
3,700
residents · 2025 · -9.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration238
International migration+0
Natural change179

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$135.0M
2019
$120.3M
2020
$146.6M
2021
$142.3M
2022
$157.4M
2023
$160.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$86.3k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$601/mo±$146/mo
Vacancy rate
43.5%±4.2%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Hurricane 70Hail 61
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-100% since 2021
2
2021
2
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.2 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
46.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
16.2 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, ST. JOSEPH ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
43.3 km
HARDY-ANDERS FLD/NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
West Carroll$236.8MCatahoula$235.2MEast Carroll$165.8M
The read

What is the GDP of Tensas?

Tensas's economy produced $160.0M in 2024, growing 1.7% year over yearslower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.