Rankings › Cities for Business › Louisiana
Louisiana #40
36.4 composite of 100 Based on 61% of intended metrics
JL
Jeff Landry R
Mayor · since 2024-01-08
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Establishment entry rate (new business formation)9.637% · Census BDS 2022 ·
18.1
Job creation rate14.679% · Census BDS 2022 ·
19.8
Nonfarm job growth (YoY)0.54% · April 2026 ·
80.6
Not yet sourced: Metro GDP growth (BEA metro GDP key blocked by signup CAPTCHA); Business survival rate (BLS BED ingest pending); Cost of doing business (C2ER + Tax Foundation feed pending).