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Average VA Purchase Loan amount in Louisiana increases from Q1 to Q2 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Louisiana in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $238,793, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index

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Baton Rouge nonfarm payroll employees increase by 0.2% since June 2021

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for July 2021 in the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area was 382,800, a 0.2 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Louisiana ranks 25th in the U.S. for the most income taxes paid in 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

In 2020, Louisiana collected $4.4 billion in income taxes, ranking it 25th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Louisiana ranked 1st in home vacancy rate in 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

Louisiana's home vacancy rate was first in the U.S., with a home vacancy rate of 1.9 percent in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Louisiana collected 11.5% less in severance taxes in 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

Of the $11.4 billion in taxes collected by Louisiana in 2020, $447 million came from severance taxes, an 11.5 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Louisiana collected $108.3 million in taxes on miscellaneous occupation and business licenses in 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

Of the $11.4 billion in taxes collected by Louisiana in 2020, 1 percent, or $108.3 million, came from taxes on miscellaneous occupation and business licenses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Louisiana ranked 1st in home vacancy rate in Q4 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 2, 2021

Louisiana's home vacancy rate was first in the U.S., with a home vacancy rate of two percent in the fourth quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Louisiana ranked 40th in average VA home loan amount in Q3

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

With $243,386 in loans issued, Louisiana ranked 40th in average loan amount for VA home loans in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, according to the Veteran’s Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Louisiana receives $208.4 million in VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans during Q1

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The VA issued 980 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Louisiana during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Louisiana ranked 5th in home vacancy rate in Q2 2021

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Louisiana's home vacancy rate was fifth in the U.S., with a home vacancy rate of 1.2 percent in the second quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Louisiana's income tax revenue up 62.1 percent in year since Q2 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Louisiana collected $1.3 billion in individual income taxes during the second quarter of 2021, a 62.1 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Louisiana collects $82 million in miscellaneous taxes during Q2 2021

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Louisiana's miscellaneous tax revenue reached $82 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 12.3% compared to the previous quarter.

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Alexandria sees 59,800 nonfarm payroll employees in June

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for June in Louisiana's Alexandria metropolitan statistical area was 59,800, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Alexandria nonfarm payroll employees increase by 1% since June 2021

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for July 2021 in the Alexandria metropolitan statistical area was 60,400, a one percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Total non-farm payroll employees in Louisiana unchanged in June 2021

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Louisiana reported the number of employees on non-farm payrolls for the month of June 2021 was 59,800, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report.

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Q2: VA home loan in Louisiana averages $237,098

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA loan amount in Louisiana during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021 was $237,098, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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VA Purchase Loans in Louisiana average $216,157 for Q2 2019

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Louisiana in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $216,157, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Louisiana collects $2 billion in sales and gross receipt tax revenue in Q2

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Louisiana collected $2 billion in sales and gross receipt taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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VA Purchase Loans in Louisiana average $257,846 for Q2

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Louisiana in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 was $257,846, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Louisiana collected 62.4% less in taxes on motor vehicle operator licenses in 2020

By Pelican State News | Jul 1, 2021

Of the $11.4 billion in taxes collected by Louisiana in 2020, $5.4 million came from taxes on motor vehicle operator licenses, a 62.4 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).