How Much Has Amazon Invested in Louisiana and Texas?
📦What Areas of Louisiana Has Amazon Invested In?
📦What Is the Amazon Investment in Texas
📦Here Are the Top 10 States for Amazon Investment
SHREVEPORT, LA – How big is the Amazon impact in Louisiana? We know the company recently opened a fulfillment center in north Shreveport. The company hired 1300 employees for that complex.
But we are not the only community reaping the benefits from widespread Amazon expansion. The online retail giant has invested $3 billion dollars in Louisiana since 2010, including infrastructure and pay for workers.
The company has created at least 4,000 full- and part-time jobs in Louisiana and that number is going up as more people were added to the Shreveport payroll.
What Areas of Louisiana Has Amazon Invested In?
2 Fulfillment and sortation centers (including Shreveport)
4 Delivery stations
7 Whole Foods Market locations
2 Solar farms
What Is the Amazon Investment in Texas
The company has pumped $70 billion dollars into Texas since 2010, including infrastructure and compensation to employees. There are nearly 90,000 Amazon workers in Texas.
Here’s What Amazon Operates in Texas:
Here Are the Top 10 States for Amazon Investment:
Here Are the Bottom 10 States for Amazon Investment:
Rhode Island – $1 billion
Alaska – $80 million
Maine – $150 million
Montana – $110 million
Hawaii – $700 million
South Dakota – $800 million
North Dakota – $600 million
West Virginia – $450 million
Vermont – $40 million
Wyoming – $30 million
In total, Amazon has about 4.8 million jobs in the U.S.
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