📦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.

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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.

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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

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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:

  • 49 Fulfillment and sortation centers
  • 33 Delivery stations
  • 1 Air Hub
  • 36 Whole Foods Market locations
  • 7 Amazon Hub Locker+ locations
  • 6 Prime Now fulfillment centers
  • 1 Amazon Pharmacy
  • 1 Prime Air drone delivery center
  • 3 Wind farms
  • 14 Solar farms
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    Here Are the Top 10 States for Amazon Investment:

  • Washington – $277 billion
  • California – $179 billion
  • Virginia – $135 billion
  • Texas – $70 billion
  • New Jersey – $42.5 billion
  • New York – $41.5 billion
  • Oregon – $37 billion
  • Florida – $36 billion
  • Ohio – $35 billion
  • Illinois – $28 billion
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    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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