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Highest unemployment, Louisiana counties · 2020

Louisiana counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

01St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.3%–

02Tensas Parish, LALA3,70014.3%–

03Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98013.3%–

04Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08913.1%–

05Madison Parish, LALA8,8449.8%–

06Acadia Parish, LALA57,0329.6%–

07Iberville Parish, LALA29,5799.6%–

08Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.5%–

09Caldwell Parish, LALA9,3449.4%–

10Concordia Parish, LALA17,8369.2%–

11De Soto Parish, LALA27,3819.1%–

12St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6429.0%–

13Allen Parish, LALA22,6728.7%–

14Iberia Parish, LALA66,8468.7%–

15Sabine Parish, LALA21,8348.6%–

16Orleans Parish, LALA362,1548.5%–

17St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,8758.5%–

18West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,1348.3%–

19Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.3%–

20West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.9%–

21Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6737.9%–

22Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2237.7%–

23Vernon Parish, LALA45,0917.5%–

24Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,4717.4%–

25Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6717.4%–

26St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1067.3%–

27West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1567.3%–

28Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3467.1%–

29Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5057.0%–

30Caddo Parish, LALA224,2266.9%–

31East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9116.7%–

32St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5526.7%–

33East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1806.6%–

34Richland Parish, LALA19,5826.6%–

35East Carroll Parish, LALA6,7606.4%–

36Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.4%–

37Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1636.3%–

38St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.1%–

39Ascension Parish, LALA135,1056.0%–

40Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4665.8%–

41Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.8%–

42Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7055.8%–

43Winn Parish, LALA14,9615.6%–

44Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5205.4%–

45Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5425.4%–

46Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3985.4%–

47Bossier Parish, LALA131,8675.4%–

48St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1085.3%–

49Bienville Parish, LALA12,2695.3%–

50St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7655.2%–

51Livingston Parish, LALA155,0365.1%–

52Assumption Parish, LALA19,7205.1%–

53Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9495.1%–

54St. James Parish, LALA18,9384.9%–

55Webster Parish, LALA34,9484.9%–

56Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3604.7%–

57LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1544.4%–

58Jackson Parish, LALA15,8344.4%–

59Red River Parish, LALA7,1654.2%–

60Grant Parish, LALA22,0754.1%–

61Union Parish, LALA20,5614.0%–

62Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3544.0%–

63Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2563.2%–

64Cameron Parish, LALA4,7181.9%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES