Louisiana
#48of 5141C
Above: Rhode Island (44). Below: Arkansas (40).
Pillar by pillar
Starting up
How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.
65+10 vs median
- Business applications per 1,000 residents1.658 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- State tax collected per resident$3,56372 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections
Population health
One comparable public-health read, asked the same way of every state.
7-43 vs median
- Adult obesity, 202439.2%4 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Firearm-injury deaths per 100,000 (crude)22.510 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC NCIPC, CDC NCIPC 2024
Productive base
Output per worker and how much of the job base is manufacturing.
41-10 vs median
- Output per worker$161,13142 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Manufacturing share of jobs7.1%40 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labour market
How tight the market is, and which way it moved last month.
61+12 vs median
- Unemployment rate4.4%28 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment change, latest month+0.28%94 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prosperity
What the average person in the state actually earns.
10-42 vs median
- Per-capita personal income$63,94014 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher27.8%6 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year
Housing permits and prices
Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers, and what housing costs. It counts permits issued, not buildings finished, and says nothing about industrial or infrastructure approvals.
63+5 vs median
- Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers0.528 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- House price index (FHFA)381.698 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsFederal Housing Finance Agency
Fiscal standing
How Moody’s rates the state as a borrower: on its general-obligation bonds or, where it has none, as an issuer.
84-8 vs median
- Credit ratingAa2 · Stable84 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsMoody's, indicative 2025
Openness
Whether the state publishes in a form a machine can read: an open-data portal that answers; incentive, permit and finance records as data; and newsroom feeds.
0-51 vs median
- Open-data portal answers an APIPublished address answers nothing0 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
- Incentive, permit & finance datasets00 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA discovery, 2026-09
- Government or agency newsroom feeds10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
Industrial project records
Companies in Louisiana named in a research file of 60 curated records, compiled October 1, 2026. Each carries the status that file gives it. None is an Applied America project. Most are foreign-owned; U.S. operators appear where the research names them as counterparties. It is not a census, and amounts are announcement scopes that are never added together.
6 records · 4 documented projects · 1 announced investment · 1 u.s. operator
- Aclara ResourcesDocumented project
Canada · Rare earth separation / metals · Project Dynamo
Port of Vinton, Louisiana — Permitting / pre-construction
Air permit announced; construction targeted for Q1 2027. Company describes a USD 277 million separation plant.
Canadian corporate registration; Chile/Brazil feedstock. Selected site, not an open location search. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
2026-09-14Source
- Ucore Rare MetalsDocumented project
Canada · Rare earth separation · Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex
Alexandria, Louisiana — Development / engineering
Louisiana processing design optimized around three RapidSX lines.
Site selected; confirm procurement schedule and feedstock requirements. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
2026-05-28Source
- Shintech / Shin-Etsu ChemicalDocumented project
Japan · PVC / chemical processing · Louisiana facility expansion
Louisiana — Announced expansion
Company announces USD 3.4 billion Louisiana expansion.
Existing selected facilities; request project development or procurement routing. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
2026-03-04Source
- Hyundai SteelDocumented project
South Korea · Steelmaking / metals processing · Louisiana electric arc furnace steel mill
Donaldsonville, Louisiana — Announced development
Louisiana identifies USD 5.8 billion steel project at RiverPlex Megapark.
Site selected. Do not equate state project contact with company decision-maker. Contact deliverability and investment authority unverified. No open site-selection mandate confirmed.
undated in the sourceSource
- Hyundai Motor GroupAnnounced investment
South Korea · Automotive, steel and robotics
Louisiana and wider U.S. footprint — Multiple investments; open sites not verified
U.S. investment plan increased to $26bn for 2025–2028
Announced scope: 26bn
2025-08-26Source
- ElementUSAU.S. operator
United States · Rare earth recovery / industrial residues
Gramercy, Louisiana — Processing plant development
DOE award supports proposed rare-earth recovery from alumina tailings; award is not total project capex.
2026-06-02Source