Louisiana Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
Updated on April 6, 2023.

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of Louisiana in May, 2020 was 12.2%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3 counties with the highest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in May, 2020 were:

  1. Orleans: 18.8%
  2. St. John the Baptist: 17.1%
  3. St. Helena: 16.5%

On the other hand, the 3 counties with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in May, 2020 were:

  1. LaSalle: 5.9%
  2. Sabine: 6.7%
  3. Jackson: 6.9%

Use the interactive visualization and table below to explore this data for each Louisiana county for May, 2020. You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for other months, and also the historical unemployment rate for each of Louisiana's counties.

See also: Historical Louisiana Unemployment Rate.

Louisiana Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020 (%)
Louisiana Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Acadia 10.3
Allen 14.8
Ascension 10.7
Assumption 14.2
Avoyelles 12
Beauregard 8.7
Bienville 9.7
Bossier 10.1
Caddo 13.7
Calcasieu 13.4
Caldwell 8.9
Cameron 8
Catahoula 8.4
Claiborne 7.4
Concordia 10.4
De Soto 9.4
East Baton Rouge 12.1
East Carroll 12.5
East Feliciana 9.7
Evangeline 10.4
Franklin 10
Grant 8.6
Iberia 13.1
Iberville 13.9
Jackson 6.9
Jefferson 15.5
Jefferson Davis 11.3
Lafayette 10.9
Lafourche 9.4
LaSalle 5.9
Lincoln 8.7
Livingston 10.5
Madison 11.1
Morehouse 11.7
Natchitoches 8.5
Orleans 18.8
Ouachita 10.6
Plaquemines 11.9
Pointe Coupee 11.5
Rapides 8.8
Red River 7.3
Richland 9.4
Sabine 6.7
St. Bernard 15.9
St. Charles 12.9
St. Helena 16.5
St. James 14
St. John the Baptist 17.1
St. Landry 11.9
St. Martin 11.8
St. Mary 13.1
St. Tammany 11.5
Tangipahoa 15.1
Tensas 9.7
Terrebonne 11.3
Union 8.9
Vermilion 10.2
Vernon 9.5
Washington 11.7
Webster 10.9
West Baton Rouge 10.7
West Carroll 11.2
West Feliciana 7.9
Winn 8

Louisiana Unemployment Rate For Other Months and Years

Use the following links to see Louisiana's unemployment rate for other months and years. Or see links for all the available months and years here.
2020
2021
2022