Unemployed people in Louisiana

as of September, 2021:

120,149

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

5.8%

Labor Force

2,062,162

Employment

1,942,013

Employment-Population Ratio

54.3%

Labor Force Participation Rate

57.7%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Acadia Parish 22,507 978 4.2 23,485
Allen Parish 7,525 376 4.8 7,901
Ascension Parish 62,424 2,338 3.6 64,762
Assumption Parish 8,217 576 6.6 8,793
Avoyelles Parish 14,086 651 4.4 14,737
Beauregard Parish 13,930 492 3.4 14,422
Bienville Parish 5,056 249 4.7 5,305
Bossier Parish 55,069 1,890 3.3 56,959
Caddo Parish 96,806 5,411 5.3 102,217
Calcasieu Parish 90,468 4,539 4.8 95,007
Caldwell Parish 3,585 138 3.7 3,723
Cameron Parish 3,362 102 2.9 3,464
Catahoula Parish 3,386 149 4.2 3,535
Claiborne Parish 5,274 215 3.9 5,489
Concordia Parish 6,686 342 4.9 7,028
De Soto Parish 10,204 435 4.1 10,639
East Baton Rouge Parish 220,456 10,382 4.5 230,838
East Carroll Parish 1,639 146 8.2 1,785
East Feliciana Parish 7,568 303 3.8 7,871
Evangeline Parish 11,442 553 4.6 11,995
Franklin Parish 7,129 359 4.8 7,488
Grant Parish 7,959 275 3.3 8,234
Iberia Parish 26,206 1,606 5.8 27,812
Iberville Parish 13,137 855 6.1 13,992
Jackson Parish 6,460 224 3.4 6,684
Jefferson Davis Parish 11,994 503 4.0 12,497
Jefferson Parish 191,830 12,030 5.9 203,860
La Salle Parish 6,860 186 2.6 7,046
Lafayette Parish 109,556 4,323 3.8 113,879
Lafourche Parish 38,832 2,006 4.9 40,838
Lincoln Parish 20,005 771 3.7 20,776
Livingston Parish 66,701 2,256 3.3 68,957
Madison Parish 3,348 191 5.4 3,539
Morehouse Parish 9,307 625 6.3 9,932
Natchitoches Parish 15,619 646 4.0 16,265
Orleans Parish 159,802 13,720 7.9 173,522
Ouachita Parish 67,022 2,888 4.1 69,910
Plaquemines Parish 8,965 422 4.5 9,387
Pointe Coupee Parish 9,280 472 4.8 9,752
Rapides Parish 53,849 1,917 3.4 55,766
Red River Parish 3,554 133 3.6 3,687
Richland Parish 7,659 349 4.4 8,008
Sabine Parish 9,099 297 3.2 9,396
St. Bernard Parish 18,018 1,265 6.6 19,283
St. Charles Parish 22,695 1,274 5.3 23,969
St. Helena Parish 3,973 342 7.9 4,315
St. James Parish 8,149 646 7.3 8,795
St. John the Baptist Parish 17,260 1,658 8.8 18,918
St. Landry Parish 30,120 1,741 5.5 31,861
St. Martin Parish 20,946 1,048 4.8 21,994
St. Mary Parish 17,898 1,152 6.0 19,050
St. Tammany Parish 108,720 4,067 3.6 112,787
Tangipahoa Parish 53,211 3,398 6.0 56,609
Tensas Parish 1,283 64 4.8 1,347
Terrebonne Parish 42,661 2,992 6.6 45,653
Union Parish 8,626 366 4.1 8,992
Vermilion Parish 22,819 979 4.1 23,798
Vernon Parish 15,399 611 3.8 16,010
Washington Parish 15,658 854 5.2 16,512
Webster Parish 13,447 650 4.6 14,097
West Baton Rouge Parish 13,079 550 4.0 13,629
West Carroll Parish 3,401 173 4.8 3,574
West Feliciana Parish 5,208 157 2.9 5,365
Winn Parish 4,447 186 4.0 4,633