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Lafayette Employment by Industry

Lafayette Parish is the economic center of the area known as Acadiana home to businesses from all industries. Lafayette businesses are able to take advantage of a larger market of consumers as well as the number of qualified workers available for employment. Traditionally, the oil & gas industry has had a large impact on our region, but in recent years, our economy has diversified into a variety of sectors.

Industry	Lafayette Workers	% Laf.	Louisiana Workers	% LA	U.S. Workers	% U.S.
Mining	16,000	10.7%	50,600	2.6%	734,000	0.53%
Construction	6,900	4.6%	138,700	7.2%	7,360,000	5.3%
Manufacturing	9,400	6.3%	154,800	8.0%	13,920,000	10.0%
Transportation	4,700	3.1%	82,900	4.3%	4,614,000	3.3%
Wholesale	7,000	4.7%	76,700	4.0%	6,609,000	4.8%
Retail	18,100	12.1%	232,700	12.0%	15,931,000	11.4%
Information	2,900	1.9%	25,800	1.3%	3,082,000	2.2%
F/I/RE*	9,000	6.0%	97,500	5.0%	8,410,000	6.0%
Health Care	19,700	13.1%	218,800	11.2%	15,625,000	11.2%
Leisure/Hosp.	15,200	10.1%	197,900	10.2%	13,448,000	9.7%
Other Services	24,500	16.3%	300,900	15.5%	26,733,000	19.2%
Government	16,500	11.0%	364,500	18.8%	22,763,000	16.4%
Total	149,900	100%	1,941,000	100%	139,229,000	100.0%

Source: Louisiana Department of Labor, December 2007

Lafayette Businesses

As a community of entrepreneurs, 98% of Lafayette businesses have fewer than 100 employees, but all our businesses, big and small, make a huge impact on the economy.

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