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It shares a land border with Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,45],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":44},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","Louisiana","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36,40],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","15,312","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","0.81 percent","15,312 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","326","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","47","15,312 ÷ 326, rounded",[41,42,43],"Gross refrigerated space","8 million cu ft","0.2 percent of the US 3.99 billion","",{"t":10,"text":46},"Refrigerated space matters because a freezer is hard on plastic; the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold) says what to ask for. Louisiana held 8 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"Reading the numbers",[50],{"t":51,"items":52},"ul",[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62],"East Baton Rouge County has 3,948 warehousing jobs, 25.8 percent of Louisiana's 15,312, the most in the state.","Caddo County has 2,610 warehousing jobs, 17.0 percent of Louisiana's 15,312, 1,338 fewer than East Baton Rouge County.","Tangipahoa County has 1,330 warehousing jobs, 8.7 percent of Louisiana's 15,312, 2,618 fewer than East Baton Rouge County.","Chemical manufacturing employs 28,918 people in Louisiana, 1.89 for every warehousing job.","Food manufacturing employs 16,970 people in Louisiana, 1.11 for every warehousing job.","Louisiana holds 0.81 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 123, spread over 326 establishments averaging 47 jobs each.","New Orleans accounts for 2,090 warehousing jobs, 13.6 percent of Louisiana's.","Texas has 175,579 warehousing jobs, 11.47 times the 15,312 in Louisiana.","Arkansas has 15,624 warehousing jobs, 1.02 times the 15,312 in Louisiana.","Mississippi has 25,454 warehousing jobs, 1.66 times the 15,312 in Louisiana.",{"h2":64,"blocks":65},"Who ships pallets here",[66,81,83],{"t":18,"head":67,"rows":71,"caption":80},[68,69,70],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[72,76],[73,74,75],"Chemical manufacturing","28,918","1.89",[77,78,79],"Food manufacturing","16,970","1.11","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":82},"In Louisiana, chemical manufacturing employs 28,918. 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.",{"t":10,"text":84},"Chemical manufacturing is the trade where Louisiana is most concentrated, at 2.7 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":86,"blocks":87},"The empty return",[88,90],{"t":10,"text":89},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 326 warehouse establishments in Louisiana sent back 500 empty pallets in a week, that would be 163,000 pallets. 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