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

not seasonally adjusted, September 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Louisiana .............................................. 2,004,625 1,777,069 227,556 11.4 

Individual and Public

Total ................................................... 1,433,054 1,252,679 180,375 12.6 

Acadia Parish .................................. 25,700 23,494 2,206 8.6 

Allen Parish ..................................... 9,403 8,379 1,024 10.9 

Ascension Parish ............................ 45,135 40,176 4,959 11.0 

Assumption Parish .......................... 11,237 9,670 1,567 13.9 

Beauregard Parish .......................... 14,780 13,566 1,214 8.2 

Calcasieu Parish ............................. 93,430 86,217 7,213 7.7 

Cameron Parish .............................. 4,671 4,406 265 5.7 

East Baton Rouge Parish ............... 225,975 199,727 26,248 11.6 

East Feliciana Parish ...................... 8,577 7,788 789 9.2 

Iberia Parish .................................... 33,402 30,452 2,950 8.8 

Iberville Parish ................................ 13,334 11,689 1,645 12.3 

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

Jefferson Davis Parish .................... 14,246 13,251 995 7.0 

Lafayette Parish .............................. 106,789 97,651 9,138 8.6 

Lafourche Parish ............................ 46,889 42,136 4,753 10.1 

Livingston Parish ............................ 51,374 47,147 4,227 8.2 

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

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

Pointe Coupee Parish ..................... 10,630 9,163 1,467 13.8 

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 ............................ 4,971 3,795 1,176 23.7 

St. James Parish ............................ 9,309 7,684 1,625 17.5 

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

St. Martin Parish ............................. 23,158 21,222 1,936 8.4 

St. Mary Parish ............................... 22,973 20,156 2,817 12.3 

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

Tangipahoa Parish ......................... 55,203 44,968 10,235 18.5 

Terrebonne Parish .......................... 52,971 46,931 6,040 11.4 

Vermilion Parish ............................. 24,340 22,664 1,676 6.9 

Vernon Parish ................................. 21,025 19,269 1,756 8.4 

Washington Parish ......................... 17,325 14,299 3,026 17.5 

West Baton Rouge Parish .............. 10,958 9,813 1,145 10.4 

West Feliciana Parish ..................... 5,214 4,570 644 12.4 

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner

Metropolitan Statistical Area ........... 470,035 392,396 77,639 16.5 

Public

Total ................................................... 571,572 524,390 47,182 8.3 

Avoyelles Parish ............................. 17,583 15,485 2,098 11.9 

Employment Civilian 

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

not seasonally adjusted, September 2005r

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Unemployment

Level Rate

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Bienville Parish ............................... 6,472 6,002 470 7.3 

Bossier Parish ................................ 51,124 47,538 3,586 7.0 

Caddo Parish .................................. 119,454 111,034 8,420 7.0 

Caldwell Parish ............................... 4,451 4,123 328 7.4 

Catahoula Parish ............................ 4,629 4,156 473 10.2 

Claiborne Parish ............................. 7,399 6,887 512 6.9 

Concordia Parish ............................ 7,916 6,716 1,200 15.2 

De Soto Parish ................................ 11,344 10,576 768 6.8 

East Carroll Parish .......................... 3,355 2,875 480 14.3 

Evangeline Parish ........................... 12,711 11,616 1,095 8.6 

Franklin Parish ................................ 8,673 7,771 902 10.4 

Grant Parish ................................... 8,183 7,570 613 7.5 

Jackson Parish ............................... 6,818 6,373 445 6.5 

La Salle Parish ................................ 5,930 5,582 348 5.9 

Lincoln Parish ................................. 19,943 18,310 1,633 8.2 

Madison Parish ............................... 5,073 4,482 591 11.6 

Morehouse Parish .......................... 12,386 11,231 1,155 9.3 

Natchitoches Parish ........................ 18,766 16,973 1,793 9.6 

Ouachita Parish .............................. 75,151 69,448 5,703 7.6 

Rapides Parish ............................... 58,912 53,740 5,172 8.8 

Red River Parish ............................. 3,670 3,358 312 8.5 

Richland Parish ............................... 9,052 8,319 733 8.1 

Sabine Parish ................................. 9,791 9,107 684 7.0 

St. Landry Parish ............................ 37,815 33,856 3,959 10.5 

Tensas Parish ................................. 3,046 2,391 655 21.5 

Union Parish ................................... 10,769 10,066 703 6.5 

Webster Parish ............................... 19,911 18,569 1,342 6.7 

West Carroll Parish ........................ 4,719 4,210 509 10.8 

Winn Parish .................................... 6,526 6,026 500 7.7 

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=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

December 7, 2005