Labor force and unemployment data and type of disaster assistance by parish in Louisiana,

not seasonally adjusted, October 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Louisiana .............................................. 1,974,707 1,744,408 230,299 11.7 

Individual and Public

Total ................................................... 1,413,980 1,227,936 186,044 13.2 

Acadia Parish .................................. 25,519 23,270 2,249 8.8 

Allen Parish ..................................... 9,685 8,097 1,588 16.4 

Ascension Parish ............................ 43,709 39,431 4,278 9.8 

Assumption Parish .......................... 10,818 9,453 1,365 12.6 

Beauregard Parish .......................... 15,595 13,627 1,968 12.6 

Calcasieu Parish ............................. 92,332 76,637 15,695 17.0 

Cameron Parish .............................. 4,356 3,917 439 10.1 

East Baton Rouge Parish ............... 219,448 196,023 23,425 10.7 

East Feliciana Parish ...................... 8,340 7,643 697 8.4 

Iberia Parish .................................... 33,328 30,109 3,219 9.7 

Iberville Parish ................................ 12,925 11,473 1,452 11.2 

Jefferson Parish .............................. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Jefferson Davis Parish .................... 14,957 13,126 1,831 12.2 

Lafayette Parish .............................. 104,739 96,158 8,581 8.2 

Lafourche Parish ............................ 45,444 40,978 4,466 9.8 

Livingston Parish ............................ 50,037 46,273 3,764 7.5 

Orleans Parish ................................ N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Plaquemines Parish ........................ N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Pointe Coupee Parish ..................... 10,265 8,993 1,272 12.4 

St. Bernard Parish .......................... N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

St. Charles Parish ........................... N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

St. Helena Parish ............................ 4,811 3,724 1,087 22.6 

St. James Parish ............................ 8,822 7,381 1,441 16.3 

St. John the Baptist Parish ............. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

St. Martin Parish ............................. 22,733 20,897 1,836 8.1 

St. Mary Parish ............................... 22,524 19,912 2,612 11.6 

St. Tammany Parish ....................... N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Tangipahoa Parish ......................... 53,566 44,080 9,486 17.7 

Terrebonne Parish .......................... 51,377 45,641 5,736 11.2 

Vermilion Parish ............................. 24,227 22,313 1,914 7.9 

Vernon Parish ................................. 21,694 19,745 1,949 9.0 

Washington Parish ......................... 17,094 14,207 2,887 16.9 

West Baton Rouge Parish .............. 10,624 9,631 993 9.3 

West Feliciana Parish ..................... 5,070 4,485 585 11.5 

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner

Metropolitan Statistical Area ........... 469,941 390,712 79,229 16.9 

Public

Total ................................................... 560,725 516,468 44,257 7.9 

Avoyelles Parish ............................. 16,906 15,046 1,860 11.0 

Employment Civilian

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Labor force and unemployment data and type of disaster assistance by parish in Louisiana,

not seasonally adjusted, October 2005r

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Level Rate

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Bienville Parish ............................... 6,421 5,978 443 6.9 

Bossier Parish ................................ 50,108 46,803 3,305 6.6 

Caddo Parish .................................. 117,114 109,316 7,798 6.7 

Caldwell Parish ............................... 4,283 3,982 301 7.0 

Catahoula Parish ............................ 4,557 4,104 453 9.9 

Claiborne Parish ............................. 7,295 6,822 473 6.5 

Concordia Parish ............................ 7,678 6,633 1,045 13.6 

De Soto Parish ................................ 11,124 10,412 712 6.4 

East Carroll Parish .......................... 3,411 2,999 412 12.1 

Evangeline Parish ........................... 12,576 11,231 1,345 10.7 

Franklin Parish ................................ 8,212 7,411 801 9.8 

Grant Parish ................................... 8,142 7,583 559 6.9 

Jackson Parish ............................... 6,534 6,103 431 6.6 

La Salle Parish ................................ 5,862 5,523 339 5.8 

Lincoln Parish ................................. 19,093 17,533 1,560 8.2 

Madison Parish ............................... 4,910 4,409 501 10.2 

Morehouse Parish .......................... 12,211 11,179 1,032 8.5 

Natchitoches Parish ........................ 18,158 16,511 1,647 9.1 

Ouachita Parish .............................. 73,800 68,606 5,194 7.0 

Rapides Parish ............................... 58,644 53,833 4,811 8.2 

Red River Parish ............................. 3,622 3,331 291 8.0 

Richland Parish ............................... 8,912 8,230 682 7.7 

Sabine Parish ................................. 9,958 9,259 699 7.0 

St. Landry Parish ............................ 36,675 32,616 4,059 11.1 

Tensas Parish ................................. 2,908 2,321 587 20.2 

Union Parish ................................... 10,616 9,944 672 6.3 

Webster Parish ............................... 19,733 18,436 1,297 6.6 

West Carroll Parish ........................ 4,811 4,364 447 9.3 

Winn Parish .................................... 6,451 5,950 501 7.8 

r

=revised

N.A.=not available

Employment Civilian

labor force Area and type of assistance

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

January 4, 2006