Louisiana in 2009

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2009 the FHFA house price index for Louisiana changed −1.4%, against −7.5% for the United States and +0.2% in 2008.

12,513 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (10,755 single-family), −23.3% on 2008; the national total was 582,963.

−1.4%Louisiana index, 2008–2009US −7.5%

12,513housing units permitted in 200910,755 single-family

25 of 61counties with a rising indexmedian county −0.7%

582,963units permitted nationally in 2009

Counties in 2009

Ranked by the county index change from 2008 to 2009 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2009; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2009	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Madison Parish	+6.6%	7	7	0.8
Concordia Parish	+5.4%	34	34	1.9
St. Mary Parish	+3.4%	53	53	1.1
Evangeline Parish	+3.1%	69	53	2.2
Iberville Parish	+2.7%	34	34	1.1
De Soto Parish	+2.5%	0	0	0.0
Catahoula Parish	+2.3%	11	11	1.3
Jackson Parish	+2.1%	15	15	0.9
Beauregard Parish	+1.9%	52	52	1.4
Bossier Parish	+1.4%	986	750	7.5
Claiborne Parish	+1.3%	0	0	0.0
Union Parish	+1.0%	23	23	1.1
Vermilion Parish	+0.9%	198	126	3.4
St. Helena Parish	+0.8%	23	23	2.1
Caddo Parish	+0.7%	278	278	1.2
Terrebonne Parish	+0.7%	246	246	2.4
Jefferson Davis Parish	+0.5%	57	53	1.8
Morehouse Parish	+0.5%	22	22	0.9
Natchitoches Parish	+0.3%	57	43	1.6
Calcasieu Parish	+0.2%	1,058	677	5.1
Ouachita Parish	+0.2%	253	232	1.6
Grant Parish	+0.1%	50	50	2.3
Lincoln Parish	+0.1%	41	34	0.8
Sabine Parish	+0.1%	0	0	0.0
West Feliciana Parish	+0.1%	35	35	2.3
Allen Parish	−0.1%	4	4	0.2
Assumption Parish	−0.1%	49	47	2.5
Rapides Parish	−0.3%	346	298	2.7
Lafayette Parish	−0.4%	668	607	2.6
East Baton Rouge Parish	−0.5%	882	882	1.9
West Baton Rouge Parish	−0.7%	131	131	4.6
East Feliciana Parish	−0.8%	54	54	2.9
Pointe Coupee Parish	−0.8%	65	65	3.3
West Carroll Parish	−1.1%	1	1	0.1
Iberia Parish	−1.2%	133	111	2.0
Lafourche Parish	−1.2%	309	281	3.2
Vernon Parish	−1.2%	28	28	0.6
Washington Parish	−1.2%	105	105	2.3
Ascension Parish	−1.3%	786	786	5.8
Caldwell Parish	−1.3%	10	10	1.1
Livingston Parish	−1.3%	911	824	5.9
Webster Parish	−1.3%	86	70	2.5
Acadia Parish	−1.5%	122	119	2.1
St. Landry Parish	−1.5%	145	145	1.8
St. Martin Parish	−1.5%	159	159	3.1
Bienville Parish	−1.9%	0	0	0.0
Orleans Parish	−1.9%	1,561	947	4.3
Franklin Parish	−2.0%	33	30	1.7
Tangipahoa Parish	−2.2%	815	726	5.8
Avoyelles Parish	−2.3%	37	37	1.0
LaSalle Parish	−2.5%	3	3	0.2
Plaquemines Parish	−2.5%	62	62	2.8
St. James Parish	−2.9%	45	41	2.4
St. John the Baptist Parish	−3.1%	93	91	2.3
Jefferson Parish	−3.5%	372	350	0.9
Richland Parish	−3.7%	39	37	2.0
Cameron Parish	−4.2%	105	105	22.3
Winn Parish	−4.3%	0	0	0.0
St. Charles Parish	−4.5%	115	115	2.3
St. Tammany Parish	−4.6%	596	592	2.1
St. Bernard Parish	−5.9%	33	33	0.7

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Louisiana by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.