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Caddo Parish, LA — Grocery stores Saturation

How many grocery stores exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 37 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Supermarkets · Grocery stores · Neighborhood food markets. Counted together because official statistics use one 445110 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.60× the U.S. rate (between 0.60× and 1.47× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 32 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 19 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Caddo Parish grocery stores — 60–147% of the U.S. rate

26 grocery stores are counted in Caddo Parish — 0.9 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 60% of the U.S. rate of 1.6.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 35% between 2015 and 2023 (17 → 23). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 71105 (Shreveport), 71106 (Shreveport), 71109 (Shreveport) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 71118 (Shreveport), 71108 (Shreveport), 71109 (Shreveport).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 35 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Caddo Parish sits at 60% of the U.S. rate for grocery stores. 19 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 60% and 147% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 71105 and 71106; the lowest measured density is in 71118 and 71108.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing grocery stores and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Grocery stores
26–90
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (32 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.9
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.6
per 10,000 present
County index
0.60×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
35
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
232,773
24 ZIPs with data
Workers
94,956
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
224,893
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−5.1%
−12,019 people
Net migration 2024
−1,165
international +354, domestic −1,519
Jobs located here
105,319
LODES 2022, −6.0% since 2019

Caddo Parish had an estimated 224,893 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.1% fewer than in 2020 (−12,019). In the latest year it lost 1,567 people: births minus deaths −398, international migration +354, domestic migration −1,519. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

105,319 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−6.0% since 2019), and 89,487 employed residents lived there (−8.7% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant increase.

ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
71082 Vivian
−22.5%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses

Not shown. Census publishes grocery stores only combined with convenience stores in this dataset, so a grocery-only nonemployer count is not published.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024 (NAICS 2022). We do not approximate this figure.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more grocery stores in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 35% since 2015

Number of grocery stores in Caddo Parish across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

17
2015
21
2018
22
2020
21
2021
23
2022
23
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
71105 Shreveport
205%
71106 Shreveport
125%
71109 Shreveport
101%
71108 Shreveport
98%
71118 Shreveport
75%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
71118 Shreveport
75%
71108 Shreveport
98%
71109 Shreveport
101%
71106 Shreveport
125%
71105 Shreveport
205%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few grocery stores may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersGrocery storesIndex
71101Shreveport Employment hub 6,41513,517 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = grocery stores per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersGrocery stores Per 10kIndexStatus
71105Shreveport 20,17916,232 9 3.2 205% High density
71106Shreveport 34,11714,273 8 1.9 125% Above average
71109Shreveport 17,4123,228 3 1.6 101% Above average
71108Shreveport 18,0723,275 3 1.5 98% Below average
71118Shreveport 23,2195,028 3 1.2 75% Below average
71004Belcher 33532 0–2 — — Not published
71007Bethany 1,35457 0–2 — — Not published
71009Blanchard 4736 0–2 — — Not published
71029Gilliam 14274 0–2 — — Not published
71033Greenwood 3,297818 0–2 — — Not published
71043Hosston 47024 0–2 — — Not published
71044Ida 82640 0–2 — — Not published
71047Keithville 10,0691,072 0–2 — — Not published
71060Mooringsport 2,40068 0–2 — — Not published
71061Oil City 1,977804 0–2 — — Not published
71069Rodessa 47411 0–2 — — Not published
71082Vivian 3,6661,076 0–2 — — Not published
71101Shreveport 6,41513,517 0–2 — — Not published
71102Shreveport —26 0–2 — — Not published
71103Shreveport 6,3329,057 0–2 — — Not published
71104Shreveport 12,9753,399 0–2 — — Not published
71107Shreveport 31,7347,990 0–2 — — Not published
71115Shreveport 14,4136,367 0–2 — — Not published
71119Shreveport 10,0031,821 0–2 — — Not published
71129Shreveport 12,8456,657 0–2 — — Not published
71130Shreveport —2,092 0–2 — — Not published
71133Shreveport —333 0–2 — — Not published
71134Shreveport —37 0–2 — — Not published
71135Shreveport —24 0–2 — — Not published
71136Shreveport —82 0–2 — — Not published
71137Shreveport —37 0–2 — — Not published
71138Shreveport —164 0–2 — — Not published
71148Shreveport —48 0–2 — — Not published
71149Shreveport —39 0–2 — — Not published
71150Shreveport —10 0–2 — — Not published
71161Shreveport —10 0–2 — — Not published
71165Shreveport —103 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in Shreveport

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 445110 — supermarkets & other grocery stores. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 35 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (1.55 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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