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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%+1%

02East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+118%

03Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+27%

04Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−20%

05St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+27%

06Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+7%

07Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+5%

08Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−26%

09Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+12%

10Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+63%

11Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+15%

12Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+35%

13Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+27%

14Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−1%

15Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−20%

16East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+17%

17St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−16%

18Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−12%

19Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+69%

20Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−17%

21West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−12%

22Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+28%

23Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+9%

24Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−13%

25St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+11%

26Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−24%

27Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+20%

28St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7656.3%+22%

29Bienville Parish, LALA12,2696.3%+18%

30Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3986.2%+15%

31Iberville Parish, LALA29,5796.1%−36%

32De Soto Parish, LALA27,3816.0%−34%

33Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3466.0%−16%

34Bossier Parish, LALA131,8675.9%+10%

35East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9115.9%−13%

36West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1565.7%−21%

37Vernon Parish, LALA45,0915.7%−25%

38Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,0895.6%−57%

39Madison Parish, LALA8,8445.5%−44%

40Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4665.4%−7%

41St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5525.4%−20%

42Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6715.2%−30%

43Winn Parish, LALA14,9615.2%−9%

44Webster Parish, LALA34,9485.1%+5%

45Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.1%−12%

46Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3545.1%+27%

47Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9495.1%+1%

48Union Parish, LALA20,5615.1%+26%

49LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1544.9%+10%

50Assumption Parish, LALA19,7204.8%−7%

51St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1084.8%−11%

52Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,4714.7%−36%

53Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1634.7%−26%

54Ascension Parish, LALA135,1054.4%−26%

55Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2564.2%+30%

56Livingston Parish, LALA155,0364.2%−19%

57Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5054.2%−41%

58West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,1344.1%−50%

59St. James Parish, LALA18,9384.1%−16%

60St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1064.0%−45%

61Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3603.8%−19%

62Grant Parish, LALA22,0753.7%−10%

63Red River Parish, LALA7,1653.6%−14%

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7182.1%+8%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES