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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Louisiana Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 4.4% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Louisiana and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana: $4.5Acadia Parish, Louisiana: $3.8Bienville Parish, Louisiana: $5.1East Carroll Parish, Louisiana: $11.9Vermilion Parish, Louisiana: $3.6Evangeline Parish, Louisiana: $4Cameron Parish, Louisiana: $3.7Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana: $3.9St. Mary Parish, Louisiana: $4.5Red River Parish, Louisiana: $4.5St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: $3.4Iberia Parish, Louisiana: $4East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: $3.6Grant Parish, Louisiana: $3.5De Soto Parish, Louisiana: $4.1Webster Parish, Louisiana: $4.5Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: $3.9Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: $3.7Union Parish, Louisiana: $4.6Sabine Parish, Louisiana: $4.4Vernon Parish, Louisiana: $4.4Caldwell Parish, Louisiana: $4.5Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: $3.3St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana: $4.2East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana: $3.8West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana: $2.7St. Helena Parish, Louisiana: $6.1Richland Parish, Louisiana: $4.6LaSalle Parish, Louisiana: $3.1Assumption Parish, Louisiana: $4.1Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: $5.7Concordia Parish, Louisiana: $5.4Tensas Parish, Louisiana: $6.4Jackson Parish, Louisiana: $4.1Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana: $4Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: $3.6Madison Parish, Louisiana: $5.8Bossier Parish, Louisiana: $3.5Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: $5.3Orleans Parish, Louisiana: $4.2Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: $3.8Washington Parish, Louisiana: $4.2Lafourche Parish, Louisiana: $3.5St. James Parish, Louisiana: $4.6Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana: $3.4Livingston Parish, Louisiana: $3.3Ascension Parish, Louisiana: $3.2Rapides Parish, Louisiana: $3.5Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: $4.3Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana: $4.8Franklin Parish, Louisiana: $4.7St. Landry Parish, Louisiana: $4.3St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana: $4.7West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: $3.8Allen Parish, Louisiana: $4.2Iberville Parish, Louisiana: $4.3Beauregard Parish, Louisiana: $3.8Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana: $4.2St. Martin Parish, Louisiana: $3.7Winn Parish, Louisiana: $4.5West Carroll Parish, Louisiana: $6.2Caddo Parish, Louisiana: $4Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: $3.6St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana: $3.5

How Louisiana Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 37% of states · 34th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
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34Louisiana(you are here)4.3%
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50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1East Carroll Parish11.9%
2Tensas Parish6.4%
3West Carroll Parish6.2%
62Ascension Parish3.2%
63LaSalle Parish3.1%
64West Feliciana Parish2.7%

Counties in Louisiana (64)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Acadia Parish, Louisiana3.8%
Allen Parish, Louisiana4.2%
Ascension Parish, Louisiana3.2%
Assumption Parish, Louisiana4.1%
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana4.2%
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana3.8%
Bienville Parish, Louisiana5.1%
Bossier Parish, Louisiana3.5%
Caddo Parish, Louisiana4%
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana3.9%
Caldwell Parish, Louisiana4.5%
Cameron Parish, Louisiana3.7%
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana4.3%
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana5.7%
Concordia Parish, Louisiana5.4%
De Soto Parish, Louisiana4.1%
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana3.6%
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana11.9%
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana3.8%
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana4%
Franklin Parish, Louisiana4.7%
Grant Parish, Louisiana3.5%
Iberia Parish, Louisiana4%
Iberville Parish, Louisiana4.3%
Jackson Parish, Louisiana4.1%
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana4%
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana3.6%
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana3.3%
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana3.5%
LaSalle Parish, Louisiana3.1%
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana3.7%
Livingston Parish, Louisiana3.3%
Madison Parish, Louisiana5.8%
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana5.3%
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana4.8%
Orleans Parish, Louisiana4.2%
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana3.8%
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana3.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana3.9%
Rapides Parish, Louisiana3.5%
Red River Parish, Louisiana4.5%
Richland Parish, Louisiana4.6%
Sabine Parish, Louisiana4.4%
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana4.2%
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana3.4%
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana6.1%
St. James Parish, Louisiana4.6%
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana4.7%
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana4.3%
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana3.7%
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana4.5%
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana3.5%
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana4.5%
Tensas Parish, Louisiana6.4%
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana3.4%
Union Parish, Louisiana4.6%
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana3.6%
Vernon Parish, Louisiana4.4%
Washington Parish, Louisiana4.2%
Webster Parish, Louisiana4.5%
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana3.8%
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana6.2%
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana2.7%
Winn Parish, Louisiana4.5%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.