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

not seasonally adjusted, August 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Louisiana .............................................. 2,134,410 2,006,075 128,335 6.0 

Individual and Public

Total ................................................... 1,565,638 1,474,668 90,970 5.8 

Acadia Parish .................................. 25,492 24,011 1,481 5.8 

Allen Parish ..................................... 9,260 8,557 703 7.6 

Ascension Parish ............................ 43,038 40,627 2,411 5.6 

Assumption Parish .......................... 10,342 9,463 879 8.5 

Beauregard Parish .......................... 14,661 13,733 928 6.3 

Calcasieu Parish ............................. 92,407 87,058 5,349 5.8 

Cameron Parish .............................. 4,664 4,449 215 4.6 

East Baton Rouge Parish ............... 214,369 201,968 12,401 5.8 

East Feliciana Parish ...................... 8,446 7,875 571 6.8 

Iberia Parish .................................... 32,859 30,928 1,931 5.9 

Iberville Parish ................................ 12,993 11,821 1,172 9.0 

Jefferson Parish .............................. 232,711 220,165 12,546 5.4 

Jefferson Davis Parish .................... 14,417 13,681 736 5.1 

Lafayette Parish .............................. 103,581 98,889 4,692 4.5 

Lafourche Parish ............................ 45,668 43,506 2,162 4.7 

Livingston Parish ............................ 50,548 47,676 2,872 5.7 

Orleans Parish ................................ 207,618 193,543 14,075 6.8 

Plaquemines Parish ........................ 11,570 10,881 689 6.0 

Pointe Coupee Parish ..................... 10,050 9,266 784 7.8 

St. Bernard Parish .......................... 32,039 30,058 1,981 6.2 

St. Charles Parish ........................... 24,503 23,142 1,361 5.6 

St. Helena Parish ............................ 4,294 3,837 457 10.6 

St. James Parish ............................ 9,473 8,621 852 9.0 

St. John the Baptist Parish ............. 20,895 19,400 1,495 7.2 

St. Martin Parish ............................. 22,703 21,491 1,212 5.3 

St. Mary Parish ............................... 22,261 20,451 1,810 8.1 

St. Tammany Parish ....................... 104,424 99,747 4,677 4.5 

Tangipahoa Parish ......................... 51,503 48,286 3,217 6.2 

Terrebonne Parish .......................... 50,957 48,456 2,501 4.9 

Vermilion Parish ............................. 24,074 22,823 1,251 5.2 

Vernon Parish ................................. 21,040 19,753 1,287 6.1 

Washington Parish ......................... 17,199 15,962 1,237 7.2 

West Baton Rouge Parish .............. 10,576 9,923 653 6.2 

West Feliciana Parish ..................... 5,003 4,621 382 7.6 

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner

Metropolitan Statistical Area ........... 633,759 596,935 36,824 5.8 

Public

Total ................................................... 568,772 531,406 37,366 6.6 

Avoyelles Parish ............................. 16,487 15,277 1,210 7.3 

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Bienville Parish ............................... 6,461 5,943 518 8.0 

Bossier Parish ................................ 51,090 48,447 2,643 5.2 

Caddo Parish .................................. 120,932 113,155 7,777 6.4 

Caldwell Parish ............................... 4,486 4,147 339 7.6 

Catahoula Parish ............................ 4,589 4,255 334 7.3 

Claiborne Parish ............................. 7,524 7,063 461 6.1 

Concordia Parish ............................ 7,559 6,833 726 9.6 

De Soto Parish ................................ 11,624 10,778 846 7.3 

East Carroll Parish .......................... 3,281 2,890 391 11.9 

Evangeline Parish ........................... 12,571 11,763 808 6.4 

Franklin Parish ................................ 8,392 7,692 700 8.3 

Grant Parish ................................... 8,347 7,754 593 7.1 

Jackson Parish ............................... 6,623 6,222 401 6.1 

La Salle Parish ................................ 6,003 5,684 319 5.3 

Lincoln Parish ................................. 19,052 17,874 1,178 6.2 

Madison Parish ............................... 4,979 4,543 436 8.8 

Morehouse Parish .......................... 12,500 11,330 1,170 9.4 

Natchitoches Parish ........................ 18,432 17,215 1,217 6.6 

Ouachita Parish .............................. 74,823 70,224 4,599 6.1 

Rapides Parish ............................... 58,722 55,049 3,673 6.3 

Red River Parish ............................. 3,726 3,392 334 9.0 

Richland Parish ............................... 9,138 8,458 680 7.4 

Sabine Parish ................................. 9,781 9,216 565 5.8 

St. Landry Parish ............................ 36,639 34,371 2,268 6.2 

Tensas Parish ................................. 2,558 2,342 216 8.4 

Union Parish ................................... 10,850 10,179 671 6.2 

Webster Parish ............................... 20,259 18,908 1,351 6.7 

West Carroll Parish ........................ 4,838 4,309 529 10.9 

Winn Parish .................................... 6,506 6,093 413 6.3 

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Employment Civilian 

labor force Area and type of assistance

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

November 9, 2005