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Unemployment Rates (2012)

The unemployment rates range greatly from the urbanized metropolitan statiscal areas to more rural parishes in North Louisiana.   

 

Comparisons of Unemployment Rates

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

  Sept 2012

Aug 2012

 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012  April 2012 March 2012
Shreveport-Bossier MSA 6.5 7.2 7.7 8.4 7.0 6.2 6.8
Monroe MSA 6.8 8.1 8.7 9.5 7.7 7.0 7.6
Other Regional Parishes 5.9-11.8 6.8-13.5 6.4-14.3 7.1-14.9 7.2 -12.5 7.1-12.4 6.8-13.7
Louisiana 6.3 7.3 7.6 8.6 7.1 6.4 7.0
National 7.6 8.2 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.7 8.4

 

Unemployment Rates for 14 Parishes in North Louisiana

September 2012

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

Parishes September 2012 September 2011
Bienville 7.3 8.7
Bossier 5.3 5.6
Caddo 6.8 7.1
Claiborne 8.1 8.7
DeSoto 8.1 7.2
Jackson 7.3 7.8
Lincoln 7.0 8.3
Morehouse 11.8 12.9
Natchitoches 7.5 8.4
Ouachita 6.9 7.5
Red River 7.6 7.6
Sabine 5.9 6.5
Union 6.8 7.6
Webster 7.2 7.8

Source: Louisiana Workforce Commission