The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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Persons
Name Jan 2026 Dec 2025 Jan 2025
Acadia Parish
23,697 23,780 23,067
Allen Parish
8,003 7,935 7,837
Ascension Parish
69,990 70,103 67,656
Assumption Parish
9,389 9,607 9,263
Avoyelles Parish
14,590 14,410 14,150
Beauregard Parish
14,549 14,687 14,200
Bienville Parish
4,687 4,695 4,509
Bossier Parish
59,478 58,371 56,793
Caddo Parish
100,143 99,806 97,473
Calcasieu Parish
85,659 84,798 81,737
Caldwell Parish
3,278 3,329 3,212
Cameron Parish
1,876 1,928 1,876
Catahoula Parish
3,414 3,394 3,367
Claiborne Parish
4,195 4,294 4,266
Concordia Parish
6,198 6,315 6,387
De Soto Parish
11,218 11,050 10,828
East Carroll Parish
1,221 1,230 1,203
East Baton Rouge Parish
228,560 229,597 221,576
East Feliciana Parish
7,291 7,466 7,198
Evangeline Parish
12,032 12,011 11,587
Franklin Parish
7,378 7,479 7,226
Grant Parish
8,254 8,249 7,979
Iberia Parish
29,155 29,005 27,748
Iberville Parish
12,897 13,041 12,614
Jackson Parish
5,838 5,759 5,621
Jefferson Davis Parish
12,400 12,517 12,130
Jefferson Parish
207,968 209,079 205,097
Lafayette Parish
128,953 127,479 123,866
Lafourche Parish
42,118 42,357 40,800
La Salle Parish
6,119 6,118 5,854
Lincoln Parish
22,110 21,821 20,994
Livingston Parish
73,035 72,843 70,473
Madison Parish
3,025 3,076 3,023
Morehouse Parish
9,448 9,540 9,286
Natchitoches Parish
14,338 14,276 14,179
Orleans Parish
173,449 176,940 173,823
Ouachita Parish
71,265 71,443 68,939
Plaquemines Parish
10,223 10,444 10,189
Pointe Coupee Parish
8,786 9,007 8,681
Rapides Parish
56,361 56,755 54,811
Red River Parish
3,019 2,994 2,937
Richland Parish
7,976 8,060 7,797
Sabine Parish
8,144 8,151 7,721
St. Bernard Parish
19,532 19,688 19,255
St. Charles Parish
24,574 25,164 24,539
St. Helena Parish
4,308 4,342 4,147
St. James Parish
8,917 9,110 8,894
St. John the Baptist Parish
18,384 18,635 18,219
St. Landry Parish
33,035 32,868 31,903
St. Mary Parish
18,263 18,762 18,063
St. Martin Parish
23,670 23,773 23,081
St. Tammany Parish
129,675 131,788 126,910
Tangipahoa Parish
60,487 62,046 59,980
Tensas Parish
1,130 1,179 1,119
Terrebonne Parish
45,752 46,140 44,398
Union Parish
8,159 8,220 7,884
Vermilion Parish
25,488 25,370 24,580
Vernon Parish
17,034 16,697 16,953
Washington Parish
18,168 18,388 17,925
Webster Parish
13,457 13,356 12,928
West Baton Rouge Parish
14,176 14,317 13,816
West Carroll Parish
3,656 3,653 3,545
West Feliciana Parish
5,750 5,932 5,734
Winn Parish
4,888 4,841 4,701
   

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