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Lowest unemployment, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 6.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: West Feliciana Parish, LA, up 40 places to #7.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Cameron Parish, LALA4,7182.1%+0.1 pts

02▲4Red River Parish, LALA7,1653.6%−0.6 pts

03▲2Grant Parish, LALA22,0753.7%−0.4 pts

04▲5Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3603.8%−0.9 pts

05▲34St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1064.0%−3.3 pts

06▲5St. James Parish, LALA18,9384.1%−0.8 pts

07▲40West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,1344.1%−4.1 pts

08▲28Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5054.2%−2.9 pts

09▲5Livingston Parish, LALA155,0364.2%−1.0 pts

10▼8Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2564.2%+1.0 pts

11▲15Ascension Parish, LALA135,1054.4%−1.6 pts

12▲16Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1634.7%−1.7 pts

13▲28Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,4714.7%−2.7 pts

14▲3St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1084.8%−0.6 pts

15▼2Assumption Parish, LALA19,7204.8%−0.3 pts

16▼8LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1544.9%+0.5 pts

17▼13Union Parish, LALA20,5615.1%+1.0 pts

18▼6Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9495.1%0.0 pts

19▼16Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3545.1%+1.1 pts

20▲4Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.1%−0.7 pts

21▼11Webster Parish, LALA34,9485.1%+0.3 pts

22Winn Parish, LALA14,9615.2%−0.5 pts

23▲17Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6715.2%−2.2 pts

24▲9St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5525.4%−1.4 pts

25Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4665.4%−0.4 pts

26▲34Madison Parish, LALA8,8445.5%−4.3 pts

27▲34Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,0895.6%−7.5 pts

28▲14Vernon Parish, LALA45,0915.7%−1.8 pts

29▲9West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1565.7%−1.5 pts

30▲4East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9115.9%−0.8 pts

31▼13Bossier Parish, LALA131,8675.9%+0.5 pts

32▲5Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3466.0%−1.1 pts

33▲21De Soto Parish, LALA27,3816.0%−3.1 pts

34▲24Iberville Parish, LALA29,5796.1%−3.5 pts

35▼16Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3986.2%+0.8 pts

36▼20Bienville Parish, LALA12,2696.3%+1.0 pts

37▼22St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7656.3%+1.1 pts

38▼18Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+1.1 pts

39▲11Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−2.0 pts

40▼13St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+0.7 pts

41▲3Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−1.0 pts

42▼13Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+0.6 pts

43▼22Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+1.5 pts

44▲1West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−0.9 pts

45▲6Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−1.5 pts

46▼39Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+3.0 pts

47▲2Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−1.0 pts

48▲5St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−1.4 pts

49▼17East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+1.1 pts

50▲9Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−1.9 pts

51▼5Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−0.1 pts

52▼17Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+1.8 pts

53▼22Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+2.3 pts

54▼11Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+1.2 pts

55▼32Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+3.7 pts

56▼4Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+1.1 pts

57▲5Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−3.5 pts

58▼1Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+0.4 pts

59▼3Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+0.7 pts

60▼12St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+2.3 pts

61▲2Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−2.9 pts

62▼7Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+2.5 pts

63▼33East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+7.5 pts

64St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.6%+0.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES