# Counties in Louisiana by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/louisiana-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/louisiana-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Carroll Parish | 10 |
| 2 | Tensas Parish | 6.2 |
| 3 | St. Helena Parish | 5.6 |
| 4 | Claiborne Parish | 5.4 |
| 5 | Concordia Parish | 5.3 |
| 6 | Madison Parish | 5.2 |
| 7 | Natchitoches Parish | 5.1 |
| 7 | West Carroll Parish | 5.1 |
| 9 | Bienville Parish | 5 |
| 9 | Morehouse Parish | 5 |
| 11 | Franklin Parish | 4.7 |
| 11 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 4.7 |
| 13 | St. Landry Parish | 4.6 |
| 14 | Orleans Parish | 4.4 |
| 14 | Richland Parish | 4.4 |
| 14 | St. James Parish | 4.4 |
| 14 | Tangipahoa Parish | 4.4 |
| 14 | Webster Parish | 4.4 |
| 19 | Catahoula Parish | 4.3 |
| 19 | Iberville Parish | 4.3 |
| 19 | St. Mary Parish | 4.3 |
| 19 | Vernon Parish | 4.3 |
| 23 | Allen Parish | 4.2 |
| 23 | Union Parish | 4.2 |
| 23 | Washington Parish | 4.2 |
| 26 | Avoyelles Parish | 4.1 |
| 26 | Lincoln Parish | 4.1 |
| 26 | Sabine Parish | 4.1 |
| 29 | Evangeline Parish | 4 |
| 29 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 4 |
| 29 | Red River Parish | 4 |
| 29 | St. Bernard Parish | 4 |
| 29 | Winn Parish | 4 |
| 34 | Caldwell Parish | 3.9 |
| 34 | Iberia Parish | 3.9 |
| 34 | Jackson Parish | 3.9 |
| 37 | Caddo Parish | 3.8 |
| 37 | Calcasieu Parish | 3.8 |
| 37 | De Soto Parish | 3.8 |
| 37 | East Feliciana Parish | 3.8 |
| 37 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 3.8 |
| 37 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 3.8 |
| 43 | Assumption Parish | 3.7 |
| 43 | Beauregard Parish | 3.7 |
| 43 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 3.7 |
| 43 | Ouachita Parish | 3.7 |
| 47 | Acadia Parish | 3.6 |
| 47 | Cameron Parish | 3.6 |
| 47 | St. Martin Parish | 3.6 |
| 50 | Grant Parish | 3.5 |
| 50 | Jefferson Parish | 3.5 |
| 50 | Rapides Parish | 3.5 |
| 50 | Vermilion Parish | 3.5 |
| 54 | St. Charles Parish | 3.4 |
| 54 | St. Tammany Parish | 3.4 |
| 54 | Terrebonne Parish | 3.4 |
| 57 | Bossier Parish | 3.3 |
| 57 | Lafourche Parish | 3.3 |
| 57 | Livingston Parish | 3.3 |
| 57 | Plaquemines Parish | 3.3 |
| 61 | Lafayette Parish | 3.2 |
| 62 | Ascension Parish | 3.1 |
| 63 | LaSalle Parish | 3 |
| 64 | West Feliciana Parish | 2.6 |