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Louisiana

Capital: Baton Rouge · Latest trade year: 2024

+61%
Exports to Romania
$57.5M

#5 of 51

-7%
Imports from Romania
$18.3M

#29 of 51

Trade balance
$39.2M

Surplus

Export CAGR
+9.2%

2010 → 2024

Trade history

Goods flow between this state and Romania

Annual goods trade between Louisiana and Romania, in nominal USD. Data from the US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division (2008–2024).

Exports vs imports

USD, nominal

Trade balance

Surplus / deficit
Peak imports
$58.5M

in 2008

Import CAGR
+19.0%

2010 → 2024

Exports YoY
+61.3%

2023 → 2024

Trade insights

What flows between Louisiana and Romania

Food & Kindred Products make up 29.4% of what Louisiana imports from Romania, while petroleum & coal products lead the goods Louisiana sends back.

What Louisiana imports from Romania

Total$17.9M
  • Food & Kindred Products$5.4M29%
  • Computer & Electronic Products$4.4M24%
  • Fabricated Metal Products, Nesoi$3.7M20%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical$2.3M13%
  • Primary Metal Mfg$1.1M6%
  • Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components$967K5%

What Louisiana exports to Romania

Total$56.5M
  • Petroleum & Coal Products$27.9M49%
  • Food & Kindred Products$11.5M20%
  • Minerals & Ores$8.0M14%
  • Primary Metal Mfg$4.9M8%
  • Chemicals$2.2M4%
  • Machinery, Except Electrical$1.5M3%
  • Other sectors$510K1%

Community

The Romanian-American community

An estimated 1,958 residents of Louisiana identify as Romanian-American — ranking #30 of 51 nationwide.

Community trends

How the Romanian community in Louisiana grew

An estimated 566 Romanian-born residents call Louisiana home.

Top counties

in Louisiana
  • Orleans Parish548
  • Jefferson Parish314
  • Lafayette Parish124
  • Bossier Parish87
  • East Baton Rouge Parish44

Insufficient PUMS sample size for this state. Use national estimates. Showing national Romanian-born trends for context.

Estimated Romanian-born residents in Louisiana: 566.

Arrivals by decade

Romanian-born residents

Highlighted bar: peak decade. EU accession (2007) and post-2010 Schengen liberalization accelerated arrivals.

  • The 2010s were the biggest immigration decade with 40,047 Romanian-born arrivals — 4x the 2000s
  • 38.6% of Romanian-born US residents have become US citizens
  • Highly educated: 27.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher — well above the US average of ~35%
  • Strong graduate education: 20.4% hold a master's, professional, or doctoral degree

Faith communities

1 Romanian-affiliated church

The Romanian-American community in Louisiana sustains 1 registered parish across 1 denomination.

Orthodox (OCA) (1)
View all 1 parish
  • Three Hierarchs MissionOrthodox (OCA)

    Baton Rouge, LA