Manufacturing facilities in Louisiana
Map, counties and cities
Biggest counties
Jefferson312East Baton Rouge294Lafayette202Orleans171Calcasieu166Caddo164St. Tammany126Ascension125All 63 counties
Jefferson 312East Baton Rouge 294Lafayette 202Orleans 171Calcasieu 166Caddo 164St. Tammany 126Ascension 125Ouachita 115Terrebonne 114Iberia 101Rapides 81Tangipahoa 75Bossier 75St. Mary 74St. Charles 68Lafourche 64West Baton Rouge 63Iberville 61Livingston 57St. Martin 55Plaquemines 52St. James 43St. John the Baptist 41Lincoln 33Acadia 31St. Landry 30Vermilion 28Webster 28Beauregard 27St. Bernard 24Washington 24Natchitoches 17Assumption 17Jefferson Davis 15Avoyelles 15Evangeline 14Bienville 13Morehouse 12Winn 12East Feliciana 12Sabine 11Vernon 11Pointe Coupee 11LaSalle 10De Soto 10Concordia 10Union 8Cameron 8Allen 8West Feliciana 6Grant 6Red River 6Catahoula 6Richland 6Franklin 6Claiborne 4East Carroll 4Caldwell 3Jackson 3St. Helena 3Madison 2West Carroll 2
Biggest cities
Baton Rouge278New Orleans212Shreveport164Lafayette118Houma95New Iberia85Broussard69Geismar67Lake Charles63West Monroe58Bossier City56Port Allen56
Federal labor statistics counted at least 4,577 manufacturing establishments in Louisiana in 2024, employing about 140,582 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 3,527, about 77% of that figure.
What Louisiana makes21 INDUSTRIES
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing812Chemical Manufacturing529Food Manufacturing299Transportation Equipment Manufacturing267Machinery Manufacturing261Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing243Paper Manufacturing180Wood Product Manufacturing163Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing143Miscellaneous Manufacturing125Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing112Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing95Printing and Related Support Activities88Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing80Primary Metal Manufacturing69Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing53Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing32Textile Product Mills21Apparel Manufacturing15Textile Mills9Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2
Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count.

