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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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    May 2026
Persons
Name May 2026 Apr 2026 May 2025
Louisiana
2,019,811 2,047,947 1,995,289
Acadia Parish
22,833 23,245 22,663
Allen Parish
7,653 7,751 7,549
Ascension Parish
68,537 69,346 66,592
Assumption Parish
9,036 9,170 8,777
Avoyelles Parish
13,761 14,071 13,672
Beauregard Parish
13,976 14,228 14,428
Bienville Parish
4,287 4,426 4,385
Bossier Parish
57,541 58,087 57,158
Caddo Parish
96,256 97,303 95,706
Calcasieu Parish
82,941 83,770 81,074
Caldwell Parish
3,059 3,117 3,068
Cameron Parish
1,820 1,844 1,783
Catahoula Parish
3,191 3,273 3,162
Claiborne Parish
3,873 3,958 4,016
Concordia Parish
5,932 6,045 5,854
De Soto Parish
10,714 10,877 10,685
East Baton Rouge Parish
222,487 225,026 216,028
East Carroll Parish
981 1,057 1,025
East Feliciana Parish
7,042 7,161 6,862
Evangeline Parish
11,761 11,850 11,605
Franklin Parish
6,794 7,050 6,861
Grant Parish
7,892 8,082 7,857
Iberia Parish
28,172 28,578 27,587
Iberville Parish
12,299 12,569 12,025
Jackson Parish
5,594 5,649 5,469
Jefferson Davis Parish
11,820 12,111 11,669
Jefferson Parish
202,539 205,765 201,365
Lafayette Parish
125,717 127,466 124,578
Lafourche Parish
40,776 41,257 40,630
LaSalle Parish
5,825 5,957 5,776
Lincoln Parish
21,344 21,680 20,945
Livingston Parish
71,391 72,401 69,536
Madison Parish
2,696 2,815 2,793
Morehouse Parish
8,873 8,975 8,718
Natchitoches Parish
13,372 13,621 13,410
Orleans Parish
167,541 170,212 166,582
Ouachita Parish
69,104 69,393 67,660
Plaquemines Parish
9,736 10,019 9,738
Pointe Coupee Parish
8,450 8,567 8,213
Rapides Parish
54,488 55,186 53,859
Red River Parish
2,835 2,900 2,785
Richland Parish
7,557 7,704 7,470
Sabine Parish
7,572 7,779 7,703
St. Bernard Parish
18,761 19,091 18,650
St. Charles Parish
23,987 24,311 23,789
St. Helena Parish
3,953 4,068 3,873
St. James Parish
8,528 8,671 8,470
St. John the Baptist Parish
17,636 17,843 17,467
St. Landry Parish
31,498 31,892 31,330
St. Martin Parish
22,898 23,312 22,758
St. Mary Parish
17,661 17,896 17,873
St. Tammany Parish
126,622 128,040 124,740
Tangipahoa Parish
57,937 58,637 57,189
Tensas Parish
971 1,034 1,047
Terrebonne Parish
44,277 44,817 44,115
Union Parish
7,584 7,814 7,537
Vermilion Parish
24,544 25,005 24,362
Vernon Parish
15,715 15,936 16,099
Washington Parish
17,089 17,438 17,126
Webster Parish
12,869 13,033 12,811
West Baton Rouge Parish
13,774 13,975 13,411
West Carroll Parish
3,320 3,458 3,299
West Feliciana Parish
5,674 5,740 5,514
Winn Parish
4,447 4,598 4,511
   

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