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Parishes with the highest unemployment rates in Louisiana

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(Stacker)— Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.

As of May of this year, national unemployment is at 3.6%—as it was in both March and April, marking a three-month stagnation—following a steady drop since that aforementioned COVID-affected peak. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 1.9% in Nebraska and Utah, to 5.3% in New Mexico and 5.8% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.


To that end, Stacker compiled a list of parishes with the highest unemployment rate in Louisiana using data from the BLS. Parishes are ranked by unemployment rate in April 2022, which as of this writing is the most current Bureau data.

50. Beauregard Parish

49. Lafayette Parish

48. East Feliciana Parish

47. Lafourche Parish

46. West Baton Rouge Parish

45. Jefferson Davis Parish

44. Natchitoches Parish

43. Vernon Parish

42. St. Charles Parish

41. Acadia Parish

40. Caldwell Parish

39. Union Parish

38. Vermilion Parish

37. Claiborne Parish

36. DeSoto Parish

35. Winn Parish

34. Ouachita Parish

33. East Baton Rouge Parish

32. Catahoula Parish

31. Richland Parish

30. Calcasieu Parish

29. St. Martin Parish

28. Avoyelles Parish

27. Webster Parish

26. Allen Parish

25. Evangeline Parish

24. Terrebonne Parish

23. Pointe Coupee Parish

22. Bienville Parish

21. Jefferson Parish

20. Washington Parish

19. Concordia Parish

18. Franklin Parish

17. Caddo Parish

16. Tangipahoa Parish

15. St. Landry Parish

14. Tensas Parish

13. St. Bernard Parish

12. Iberia Parish

11. West Carroll Parish

10. St. Mary Parish

9. Madison Parish

8. St. James Parish

7. Iberville Parish

6. Assumption Parish

5. New Orleans

4. Morehouse Parish

3. St. John the Baptist Parish

2. St. Helena Parish

1. East Carroll Parish

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