Retail_Trade_____ | Number of establish- ments | Retail sales | Number of employees | Payroll ($1,000) | Popu- lation | Retail sales per capita ($) | |
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($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.