# Cities in Louisiana by unemployed people, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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/unemployed-people/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New Orleans, LA | 8,344 |
| 2 | Baton Rouge, LA | 4,888 |
| 3 | Shreveport, LA | 3,561 |
| 4 | Lafayette, LA | 2,382 |
| 5 | Lake Charles, LA | 1,594 |
| 6 | Kenner, LA | 1,234 |
| 7 | Bossier City, LA | 1,166 |
| 8 | Monroe, LA | 1,050 |
| 9 | Alexandria, LA | 767 |
| 10 | Slidell, LA | 602 |
| 11 | Houma, LA | 553 |
| 12 | New Iberia, LA | 547 |
| 13 | Central, LA | 528 |