Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
Louisiana

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Retail_Trade_____ Number of establish- ments Retail sales Number of employees Payroll ($1,000) Popu- lation Retail sales per capita ($)
($1,000) rank
 
United States 1,120,249 2,460,963,028   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,195
 
Louisiana 17,863 35,807,894   224,412 3,307,929 4,353,646 8,225
 
Jefferson Parish 2,038 5,787,025 1 32,403 535,796 451,651 12,813
East Baton Rouge Parish 1,822 4,468,835 2 27,428 423,675 394,667 11,323
Orleans Parish 1,871 2,771,305 3 20,405 315,558 469,127 5,907
Lafayette Parish 990 2,465,351 4 14,462 231,629 184,246 13,381
Caddo Parish 1,053 2,338,221 5 13,945 221,491 243,763 9,592
Calcasieu Parish 775 1,606,171 6 10,400 147,139 179,277 8,959
St. Tammany Parish 749 1,511,469 7 9,479 135,300 184,428 8,195
Ouachita Parish 753 1,483,524 8 9,649 133,968 146,995 10,092
Rapides Parish 586 1,188,345 9 7,397 108,486 126,575 9,388
Terrebonne Parish 482 1,064,086 10 6,237 93,342 103,084 10,323
Tangipahoa Parish 415 894,806 11 5,442 74,553 95,401 9,379
Bossier Parish 363 834,057 12 4,838 72,924 92,953 8,973
Iberia Parish 282 613,890 13 3,354 54,074 72,304 8,490
Ascension Parish 304 577,961 14 3,777 48,882 69,944 8,263
Lafourche Parish 323 569,976 15 3,869 50,357 88,230 6,460
St. Landry Parish 327 515,842 16 3,522 43,871 83,399 6,185
St. Mary Parish 256 396,132 17 2,829 38,283 56,920 6,959
Livingston Parish 213 368,926 18 2,403 32,394 85,554 4,312
St. Bernard Parish 214 362,658 19 2,887 33,570 66,306 5,469
Lincoln Parish 163 328,014 20 2,233 28,821 42,005 7,809
Webster Parish 197 293,496 21 1,844 24,514 42,626 6,885
Acadia Parish 199 278,048 22 2,093 27,905 57,587 4,828
Vermilion Parish 198 277,531 23 1,836 23,700 51,634 5,375
Washington Parish 184 241,180 24 1,627 20,048 43,098 5,596
Jefferson Davis Parish 131 232,871 25 1,406 18,737 31,688 7,349
St. John the Baptist Parish 119 231,457 26 1,643 19,917 41,948 5,518
Natchitoches Parish 141 230,365 27 1,612 19,701 37,310 6,174
Beauregard Parish 115 222,385 28 1,293 18,872 31,826 6,988
Morehouse Parish 126 216,236 29 1,263 16,288 31,713 6,819
Vernon Parish 143 216,137 30 1,392 19,256 51,829 4,170
Avoyelles Parish 169 211,996 31 1,606 18,160 40,681 5,211
St. Charles Parish 119 210,806 32 1,316 17,492 47,636 4,425
St. Martin Parish 121 192,393 33 1,260 17,161 46,840 4,107
Richland Parish 85 188,033 34 844 12,804 20,937 8,981
Franklin Parish 90 168,147 35 1,119 13,698 22,133 7,597
Iberville Parish 100 159,144 36 1,036 14,329 31,084 5,120
Pointe Coupee Parish 84 159,000 37 807 11,556 23,596 6,738
Evangeline Parish 129 144,491 38 1,012 13,411 34,099 4,237
Concordia Parish 94 126,042 39 853 10,754 20,667 6,099
West Baton Rouge Parish 63 124,259 40 843 11,948 20,418 6,086
Sabine Parish 93 120,160 41 840 11,193 23,782 5,053
De Soto Parish 83 116,324 42 748 9,598 25,050 4,644
Allen Parish 93 99,081 43 672 7,832 23,945 4,138
Union Parish 73 92,297 44 578 7,810 21,815 4,231
Plaquemines Parish 76 85,793 45 674 8,411 26,070 3,291
Madison Parish 53 83,761 46 512 6,484 12,963 6,462
Winn Parish 65 81,053 47 692 7,912 17,758 4,564
Assumption Parish 59 75,131 48 599 7,460 22,834 3,290
St. James Parish 55 72,383 49 609 7,437 20,961 3,453
La Salle Parish 64 68,416 50 515 6,023 13,764 4,971
Claiborne Parish 63 63,710 51 486 6,338 16,893 3,771
Catahoula Parish 52 62,161 52 407 4,898 11,052 5,624
Jackson Parish 53 59,846 53 521 5,640 15,607 3,835
Bienville Parish 65 57,309 54 414 5,035 15,850 3,616
West Carroll Parish 37 54,001 55 426 4,560 12,207 4,424
Red River Parish 39 53,571 56 265 3,714 9,629 5,564
Grant Parish 31 49,303 57 168 3,293 18,617 2,648
Caldwell Parish 34 48,377 58 274 3,709 10,327 4,685
East Feliciana Parish 45 44,969 59 373 4,315 20,788 2,163
East Carroll Parish 36 41,265 60 245 3,465 8,967 4,602
West Feliciana Parish 35 40,679 61 275 3,493 13,252 3,070
Cameron Parish 34 29,098 62 240 2,368 8,943 3,254
Tensas Parish 22 27,534 63 114 1,492 6,709 4,104
St. Helena Parish 17 11,061 64 101 1,085 9,684 1,142

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/18/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.