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The area reaches into Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. James... counties.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Counties",[17],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":32},"table",[20,21,22],"County","Warehousing jobs","Share of the metro",[24,28],[25,26,27],"Jefferson","1,148","54.9 percent",[29,30,31],"Orleans","680","32.5 percent","BLS QCEW 2025, counties with disclosed data.",{"h2":34,"blocks":35},"ZIP codes with the most warehouses",[36,58],{"t":18,"head":37,"rows":41,"caption":57},[38,39,40],"ZIP","Town","Establishments",[42,46,49,52,55],[43,44,45],"70121","New Orleans","9",[47,44,48],"70123","8",[50,51,48],"70001","Metairie",[53,44,54],"70126","4",[56,44,54],"70115","Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023.",{"t":10,"text":59},"The five largest ZIP codes hold 33 establishments between them. New Orleans (70121) leads with 9, 27.3 percent of the five.",{"h2":61,"blocks":62},"Reading the numbers",[63],{"t":64,"items":65},"ul",[66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82],"Jefferson County has 1,148 warehousing jobs, 54.9 percent of the 2,090 in the New Orleans area.","Orleans County has 680 warehousing jobs, 32.5 percent of the 2,090 in the New Orleans area, 468 fewer than Jefferson.","New Orleans (70123) has 1 fewer warehousing establishments than New Orleans (70121), 8 against 9.","Metairie (70001) has 1 fewer warehousing establishments than New Orleans (70121), 8 against 9.","New Orleans (70126) has 5 fewer warehousing establishments than New Orleans (70121), 4 against 9.","New Orleans (70115) has 5 fewer warehousing establishments than New Orleans (70121), 4 against 9.","Jefferson County's 1,148 is 7.5 percent of all 15,312 warehousing jobs in Louisiana.","Orleans County's 680 is 4.4 percent of all 15,312 warehousing jobs in Louisiana.","ZIP 70121 in New Orleans ranks number 1 of the five, with 9 warehousing establishments, 27.3 percent of their combined total and 2.25 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 70123 in New Orleans ranks number 2 of the five, with 8 warehousing establishments, 24.2 percent of their combined total and 2.00 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 70001 in Metairie ranks number 3 of the five, with 8 warehousing establishments, 24.2 percent of their combined total and 2.00 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 70126 in New Orleans ranks number 4 of the five, with 4 warehousing establishments, 12.1 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 70115 in New Orleans ranks number 5 of the five, with 4 warehousing establishments, 12.1 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.","Chemical manufacturing employs 4,936 in the area (partial), 2.36 for every warehousing job.","Food manufacturing employs 3,516 in the area (partial), 1.68 for every warehousing job.","Louisiana's chemical manufacturing employment, 28,918, is 13.84 times the New Orleans area's warehousing jobs.","Louisiana's food manufacturing employment, 16,970, is 8.12 times the New Orleans area's warehousing jobs.",{"h2":84,"blocks":85},"Who ships pallets here",[86,101],{"t":18,"head":87,"rows":91,"caption":100},[88,89,90],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[92,96],[93,94,95],"Chemical manufacturing","4,936 (partial)","2.36",[97,98,99],"Food manufacturing","3,516 (partial)","1.68","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":102},"In New Orleans-Metairie, chemical manufacturing employs 4,936 (a partial count). Drums and bags set the footprint: 48 x 48 in holds four 55-gallon drums without overhang, and 45 x 45 in is the CP9 chemical standard. It tends to lean on stackable heavy-duty pallets sized to the drum or bag, usually in 45 x 45 in (CP9) or 48 x 48 in for drums, and to ask about the static load with the container on it, and any fire listing.",{"h2":104,"blocks":105},"The empty return",[106,108],{"t":10,"text":107},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 33 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in New Orleans sent back 500 empty pallets in a week, that would be 16,500 pallets. 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