Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Lafayette, LA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Lafayette, LA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT222918000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:52 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions.
DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 7022
1991-01-01 8454
1992-01-01 10625
1993-01-01 8465
1994-01-01 8754
1995-01-01 8248
1996-01-01 7715
1997-01-01 7196
1998-01-01 8135
1999-01-01 8176
2000-01-01 7529
2001-01-01 8174
2002-01-01 8860
2003-01-01 9049
2004-01-01 8014
2005-01-01 9800
2006-01-01 5784
2007-01-01 5856
2008-01-01 6691
2009-01-01 10441
2010-01-01 11924
2011-01-01 11246
2012-01-01 9929
2013-01-01 9880
2014-01-01 10181
2015-01-01 11848
2016-01-01 12233
2017-01-01 9567
2018-01-01 8512
2019-01-01 7988
2020-01-01 13758
2021-01-01 8945
2022-01-01 6106
2023-01-01 6248
2024-01-01 7471
2025-01-01 7540

Back to Top