Unemployment Rate in Louisiana, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Louisiana, ranked. The highest is St. Helena Parish at 17.6% and the lowest is Cameron Parish at 2.1%.

Louisiana: 6.3% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Louisiana: 6.0%

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#	County	Unemployment Rate
1	St. Helena Parish	17.6%
2	East Carroll Parish	13.9%
3	Concordia Parish	11.7%
4	Tensas Parish	11.4%
5	St. John the Baptist Parish	10.9%
6	Caldwell Parish	10.1%
7	Washington Parish	9.9%
8	Allen Parish	9.8%
9	Evangeline Parish	9.8%
10	Morehouse Parish	9.4%
11	Catahoula Parish	8.9%
12	Richland Parish	8.9%
13	Caddo Parish	8.7%
14	Franklin Parish	8.2%
15	Acadia Parish	7.7%
16	East Baton Rouge Parish	7.7%
17	St. Bernard Parish	7.6%
18	Orleans Parish	7.5%
19	Jackson Parish	7.4%
20	Iberia Parish	7.3%
21	Pointe Coupee Parish	7.0%
22	West Baton Rouge Parish	7.0%
23	Avoyelles Parish	6.9%
24	Beauregard Parish	6.8%
25	St. Charles Parish	6.7%
26	Sabine Parish	6.6%
27	Ouachita Parish	6.5%
28	Bienville Parish	6.3%
29	St. Landry Parish	6.3%
30	Jefferson Parish	6.2%
31	Iberville Parish	6.1%
32	De Soto Parish	6.0%
33	Tangipahoa Parish	6.0%
34	Bossier Parish	5.9%
35	East Feliciana Parish	5.9%
36	Vernon Parish	5.7%
37	West Carroll Parish	5.7%
38	Natchitoches Parish	5.6%
39	Madison Parish	5.5%
40	Calcasieu Parish	5.4%
41	St. Mary Parish	5.4%
42	Vermilion Parish	5.2%
43	Winn Parish	5.2%
44	Claiborne Parish	5.1%
45	Lafayette Parish	5.1%
46	Rapides Parish	5.1%
47	Union Parish	5.1%
48	Webster Parish	5.1%
49	LaSalle Parish	4.9%
50	Assumption Parish	4.8%
51	St. Tammany Parish	4.8%
52	Jefferson Davis Parish	4.7%
53	Terrebonne Parish	4.7%
54	Ascension Parish	4.4%
55	Lafourche Parish	4.2%
56	Livingston Parish	4.2%
57	Plaquemines Parish	4.2%
58	St. James Parish	4.1%
59	West Feliciana Parish	4.1%
60	St. Martin Parish	4.0%
61	Lincoln Parish	3.8%
62	Grant Parish	3.7%
63	Red River Parish	3.6%
64	Cameron Parish	2.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: St. Helena Parish is 17.6% with a margin of error of ±6.9%; Cameron Parish is 2.1% with a margin of error of ±1.6%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Louisiana ranks 6th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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