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Highest unemployment, Louisiana counties · 2020

Louisiana counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 6.7%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS