# Cities in Louisiana by employed residents, 2025

All 13 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New Orleans, LA | 167,075 |
| 2 | Baton Rouge, LA | 102,193 |
| 3 | Shreveport, LA | 75,460 |
| 4 | Lafayette, LA | 60,004 |
| 5 | Lake Charles, LA | 32,765 |
| 6 | Kenner, LA | 31,598 |
| 7 | Bossier City, LA | 26,646 |
| 8 | Alexandria, LA | 18,236 |
| 9 | Monroe, LA | 16,761 |
| 10 | Central, LA | 14,547 |
| 11 | Houma, LA | 13,630 |
| 12 | Slidell, LA | 12,042 |
| 13 | New Iberia, LA | 9,990 |