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Highest unemployment, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.6%+0.3 pts

02East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+7.5 pts

03Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+2.5 pts

04Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−2.9 pts

05St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+2.3 pts

06Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+0.7 pts

07Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+0.4 pts

08Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−3.5 pts

09Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+1.1 pts

10Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+3.7 pts

11Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+1.2 pts

12Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+2.3 pts

13Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+1.8 pts

14Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−0.1 pts

15Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−1.9 pts

16East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+1.1 pts

17St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−1.4 pts

18Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−1.0 pts

19Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+3.0 pts

20Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−1.5 pts

21West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−0.9 pts

22Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+1.5 pts

23Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+0.6 pts

24Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−1.0 pts

25St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+0.7 pts

26Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−2.0 pts

27Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+1.1 pts

28St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7656.3%+1.1 pts

29Bienville Parish, LALA12,2696.3%+1.0 pts

30Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3986.2%+0.8 pts

31Iberville Parish, LALA29,5796.1%−3.5 pts

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,3816.0%−3.1 pts

33Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3466.0%−1.1 pts

34Bossier Parish, LALA131,8675.9%+0.5 pts

35East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9115.9%−0.8 pts

36West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1565.7%−1.5 pts

37Vernon Parish, LALA45,0915.7%−1.8 pts

38Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,0895.6%−7.5 pts

39Madison Parish, LALA8,8445.5%−4.3 pts

40Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4665.4%−0.4 pts

41St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5525.4%−1.4 pts

42Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6715.2%−2.2 pts

43Winn Parish, LALA14,9615.2%−0.5 pts

44Webster Parish, LALA34,9485.1%+0.3 pts

45Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.1%−0.7 pts

46Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3545.1%+1.1 pts

47Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9495.1%+0.0 pts

48Union Parish, LALA20,5615.1%+1.0 pts

49LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1544.9%+0.5 pts

50Assumption Parish, LALA19,7204.8%−0.3 pts

51St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1084.8%−0.6 pts

52Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,4714.7%−2.7 pts

53Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1634.7%−1.7 pts

54Ascension Parish, LALA135,1054.4%−1.6 pts

55Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2564.2%+1.0 pts

56Livingston Parish, LALA155,0364.2%−1.0 pts

57Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5054.2%−2.9 pts

58West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,1344.1%−4.1 pts

59St. James Parish, LALA18,9384.1%−0.8 pts

60St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1064.0%−3.3 pts

61Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3603.8%−0.9 pts

62Grant Parish, LALA22,0753.7%−0.4 pts

63Red River Parish, LALA7,1653.6%−0.6 pts

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7182.1%+0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES