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Which counties in Louisiana have the lowest unemployment?

West Feliciana Parish (3.0%), Ascension Parish (3.6%) and Lafayette Parish (3.6%) had the lowest unemployment in Louisiana in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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All 64 ranked Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1West Feliciana Parish3.0%−0.6 pts15,134
2Ascension Parish3.6%−0.4 pts135,105
3Lafayette Parish3.6%−0.3 pts257,949
4LaSalle Parish3.6%−0.7 pts15,154
5Bossier Parish3.8%−0.5 pts131,867
6Lafourche Parish3.8%−0.5 pts95,505
7Livingston Parish3.8%−0.3 pts155,036
8St. Charles Parish3.8%−0.2 pts50,586
9Terrebonne Parish3.8%−0.5 pts104,163
10Plaquemines Parish3.9%+0.1 pts22,256
11Rapides Parish3.9%−0.8 pts125,877
12St. Martin Parish3.9%−0.6 pts51,106
13St. Tammany Parish3.9%+0.0 pts279,108
14Jefferson Parish4.0%+0.0 pts431,398
15Vermilion Parish4.0%−0.5 pts57,671
16Acadia Parish4.1%−0.8 pts57,032
17West Baton Rouge Parish4.1%−0.4 pts28,756
18East Baton Rouge Parish4.2%−0.3 pts456,180
19Grant Parish4.2%−1.3 pts22,075
20Beauregard Parish4.3%−0.6 pts36,673
21East Feliciana Parish4.3%−0.6 pts18,911
22Caddo Parish4.4%−0.7 pts224,226
23Calcasieu Parish4.5%+0.1 pts208,466
24Cameron Parish4.5%−0.3 pts4,718
25Iberia Parish4.5%−0.3 pts66,846
26Lincoln Parish4.5%−0.7 pts48,360
27Ouachita Parish4.5%−0.7 pts158,542
28Avoyelles Parish4.6%−0.9 pts37,941
29Jefferson Davis Parish4.6%+0.2 pts31,471
30Assumption Parish4.7%−0.5 pts19,720
31De Soto Parish4.7%−1.0 pts27,381
32St. Bernard Parish4.7%+0.0 pts45,642
33Washington Parish4.7%−0.8 pts44,937
34Allen Parish4.8%−0.6 pts22,672
35Evangeline Parish4.8%−0.9 pts31,980
36Jackson Parish4.8%−1.0 pts15,834
37Orleans Parish4.8%+0.2 pts362,154
38Sabine Parish4.8%−0.5 pts21,834
39Winn Parish4.8%−1.1 pts14,961
40Pointe Coupee Parish4.9%−0.5 pts19,520
41Iberville Parish5.0%−0.9 pts29,579
42St. James Parish5.0%−0.5 pts18,938
43St. Landry Parish5.0%−0.9 pts80,765
44St. Mary Parish5.0%−0.5 pts46,552
45Tangipahoa Parish5.0%+0.0 pts141,346
46Webster Parish5.0%−1.0 pts34,948
47Union Parish5.1%−1.0 pts20,561
48Vernon Parish5.1%−0.4 pts45,091
49Caldwell Parish5.2%−1.2 pts9,344
50Richland Parish5.2%−0.9 pts19,582
51St. John the Baptist Parish5.2%−0.1 pts39,875
52Bienville Parish5.3%−1.1 pts12,269
53Red River Parish5.3%−0.4 pts7,165
54Catahoula Parish5.4%−1.1 pts8,223
55Franklin Parish5.5%−1.3 pts19,002
56Natchitoches Parish5.8%−1.0 pts36,089
57Claiborne Parish6.1%−0.2 pts13,354
58Morehouse Parish6.2%−1.7 pts23,705
59Concordia Parish6.3%−0.4 pts17,836
60West Carroll Parish6.5%−3.1 pts9,156
61St. Helena Parish6.9%+0.6 pts10,758
62Madison Parish7.1%−1.2 pts8,844
63Tensas Parish7.2%−1.5 pts3,700
64East Carroll Parish13.0%−0.4 pts6,760

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Louisiana has the lowest unemployment rate?

West Feliciana Parish: 3.0%, ahead of Ascension Parish (3.6%) and Lafayette Parish (3.6%), of 64 Louisiana counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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