- #1 Deal of the Year for 2024 and 2025: Meta A.I. Data Center in North Louisiana and Hyundai Steel in Ascension Parish.
- #1 Year for investment and job creation, 2025.
- A Top Ten state for doing business.-Area Development 2025
- Corporate Franchise Tax Eliminated.
- Top 10 corporate tax climate, 5.5% corporate income tax rate.
- #8 for Business Environment, highest gains nationally–WalletHub 2025
- $50M startup fund and statewide AI research institute.
- 120+ Certified Sites ready for projects.
- $1.25B Super Bowl LIX impact.
- #2 State Workforce Development Program in the U.S.
- 2nd Lowest flat income tax in the U.S.
- #3 State Tech Talent Pipeline in the U.S.
- 3rd Lowest housing prices in the U.S.
- #4 Nationally in export value.
- Louisiana ranks #1 for affordable energy costs.-Area Development 2025
- #7 Cost of doing business-CNBC
- LED FastStart provided custom training and recruitment for 74 companies creating 13,116 jobs, retaining 11,843 jobs and investing $30.3B in Louisiana in 2025.
- LED participated in more than 77 project wins in 2025, representing over $62B in new capex and 9,713 jobs.
- Gold Shovel Award for #1 Capital Investment and Job Creation Project in 2024 and 2025.
- Green Shovel Award for #1 Energy Innovation Investment and Job Creation in 2024 and 2025.
- Louisiana’s population increased nearly 10K in 2024, first increase in 5 years.
- The New Orleans metro area ranked #2 in America for economic development projects (Mid-Metro). – Site Selection 2025
- Louisiana ranked in the Top Ten for wins per capita – Site Selection 2025
- Biggest National Science Foundation Grant ever awarded– $160 Million to LSU Future Use of Energy team.
- 2nd Lowest Industrial Electricity Prices in the U.S.
- New Orleans named a New Innovation Hotspot for growth in utility patents.
- Military spending in Louisiana up 77%, generating $17B economic impact statewide.
- 117K jobs supported by defense activity across Louisiana.
- 1 of only 3 U.S. States approved to regulate all underground wells.
- Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies with more than 363K displays across North America.
- Louisiana’s timber industry has a $11B Annual Economic Impact.
- Exports passing through the state’s expansive port system support 550K jobs statewide.
- Domino in Chalmette is the largest sugar refinery in the Western Hemisphere.
- The official bats of the MLB are made by Marucci in Baton Rouge.
- North Louisiana’s family- and woman-owned Kennedy Rice mill supplies rice for Kellogg’s Homestyle Rice Krispie Treats.
- New Orleans is the #1 City in America for College Students and Graduates.
- Central Louisiana’s Union Tank Car Company produces nearly 40 tank cars per week.
- 80,000 Louisianans received a degree or industry certification in 2025.
- Oceaneering in Morgan City is the world’s largest manufacturer of ROVs.
- Nearly 10,000 software development graduates in five years.
- Acadiana-based education software startup SchoolMint already serves over 11 million students and families and more than half of the largest school districts in the U.S.
- Bollinger Shipyards has built more than 185 vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard.
- Louisiana is in the Top 2 for Foreign Direct Investment per capita since 2008.
- Louisiana is one of the world’s largest LNG exporters, responsible for 61% of all U.S. Liquified Natural Gas exports.
- Many NASA missions to space have utilized components manufactured or assembled in Louisiana.
- Louisiana’s 50K miles of pipelines are enough to wrap around the globe twice.
- Louisiana’s five deep draft ports on the lower Mississippi River together represent the largest port complex in the world.
- Louisiana small businesses employed 889,000 workers in 2025, representing 99.5% of all Louisiana businesses and 54.1% of the entire Louisiana workforce.
- Space X drones are built at Port Fourchon.
- More than 12,000 Louisiana college students graduated with a STEM degree in 2024 – up 98% since 2010.
- 50% of Louisiana is covered in woods, supporting the paper and timber industry with 14 million acres of forestland.
- Louisiana produces more than 850 million pounds of seafood each year.
- 90% of U.S. crawfish supply comes from Louisiana waterways.
- Poultry production is the largest animal agricultural industry in Louisiana, valued at $2 billion per year.
- One of global industrial giant BASF’s largest manufacturing sites in the world is in Geismar.
- Dow’s Plaquemines facility is one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the world.
- Woodland Biofuels plans to build one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels production facilities at the Port of South Louisiana.
- RoyOMartin’s Chopin plant is the largest plywood plant in North America.
- ExxonMobil Baton Rouge manufactures approximately 8 million pounds of paraffin wax annually, enough to create around 7.5 million crayons daily.
- Made in Louisiana, cont’d: Tide Pods (Rapides Parish), Elmer’s Candy (Tangipahoa Parish), Scott’s Miracle-Gro (Ascension Parish), Metal Shark Boats (Iberia Parish).
- No. 2 largest sugarcane-producing state in the U.S.
- No. 3 largest rice-producing state in the U.S.
- Supreme Rice produces more than 1 billion pounds of rice annually, including all of the rice for Costco’s Kirkland Signature Brand.
- Tabasco, the most recognizable hot sauce brand in the world since 1868, produces 700,000 bottles a day.
- MOJO Outdoors in Ouachita Parish is the No. 1 producer of hunting decoys in the world.
- Graphic Packaging’s Monroe facility is the largest folding carton plant in the world by both sales and volume produced.
- Baton Rouge is a Top 10 U.S. metro for job growth in energy and petrochemical sectors.
- Baton Rouge is a Top 10 U.S. Metro for economic development in areas with 200,000 to 1M residents.
- No. 1 State Innovation and Entrepreneurism Programs and Initiatives in the U.S.
- No. 2 Digital Media Program in the U.S., LED FastStart Virtual Reality Workforce Training Program.
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center is a global leader in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia research.
- Tides Medical in Lafayette manufactures advanced skin substitutes for burn victims and patients with chronic skin wounds and illnesses.
- Louisiana has 7 National Blue Ribbon schools, more than most Southeastern states.
- Highest education ranking in state history, 2025.
- 184 public Louisiana schools – including 22 high schools – receive an A-rating.
- New Orleans is the No. 4 Most Entrepreneurial Metro in the U.S.
- Southern University’s School of Nursing (SUSON) was voted Best Nursing School in the United States.
- Louisiana was voted America’s Safest Workforce in 2024.
- Port of South Louisiana ranked No. 1 U.S. Foreign Trade Zone.
- Louisiana is home to four of the nation’s eight active LNG export facilities.
- Louisiana has seven primary airports and 68 public-use airports.
- The Mississippi River is a gateway to international markets and provides direct access by barge to 17 states.
- The Port of South Louisiana is the No. 2 energy transfer site in the U.S., with 63% of crude oil, petroleum products and other mineral fuels imports passing through its channels.
- The Port of New Orleans is the No. 1 port in the Western Hemisphere for most tons of cargo.
- Louisiana is the only state that has deep-water ports with access to six Class 1 railroads.
- Louisiana has 6 interstate highways connecting manufacturers to domestic markets to the east, west, north and south.
- In addition to the Mississippi River, Louisiana provides shippers access to 14,500 miles of inland waterways.
- Louisiana ports process over $80 billion in imports and exports annually.
- 50+ foreign nations have businesses operating in the state.
- Louisiana is a Top 3 natural gas producing state, Top 10 crude oil producer and the highest number of refineries per capita.
- Louisiana produces 2 billion gallons of biofuels annually, Top 10 among U.S. states.
- Louisiana’s cost of living is 11% lower than the national average.
- Louisiana’s unique geography offers low-carbon manufacturers 753 billion metric tons of carbon capture safe storage potential.
- Louisiana invested $238M to deepen 256 nautical miles of the lower portion of the Mississippi River from 45 feet to 50 feet, providing deep draft access to importers and exporters.
- More than 30,000 farms spanning 8,000 acres support Louisiana’s booming agribusiness sector.
- Louisiana’s ports carry 20% of U.S. waterborne commerce, more than 50% of the nation’s grain and 23% of the nation’s coal.
- The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is the only deepwater oil port in the U.S., handling 13% of the nation’s foreign oil.
- Louisiana is home to four of the nation’s top 15 ports.
- 60% of the nation’s grain exports pass through the Port of South Louisiana.
- The Port of New Orleans is one of the top ports for coffee imports and exports in the U.S.
- Nasdaq ranked Louisiana No. 2 for Hispanic Entrepreneurial Success.
- Amazon ranked Louisiana a Top 5 state for Digital Entrepreneurs.
- The LED Growth Network has 766 participating businesses that generate more than $4.5B in annual sales and employ more than 24,200 full-time equivalent employees.
- Louis Armstrong International (MSY) was named the Best Airport in North America.
- Louisiana is home to over 400 annual festivals that provide non-stop cultural enrichment for visitors and residents alike.
- Louisiana has the No. 5 average lowest home prices in America.
- Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans create a $900 million economic impact.
- Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux MSA is ranked Top 10 nationally in leading Metro Locations.
- Louisiana has hosted over 2,500 film and television productions.
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