Louisiana Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 1,547,000 | - | 7.0 | - |
| 1979 | 1,615,000 | 4.4 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| 1980 | 1,667,000 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| 1981 | 1,699,000 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 1,671,000 | -1.6 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| 1983 | 1,688,000 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 1.4 |
| 1984 | 1,748,000 | 3.6 | 10.0 | -1.7 |
| 1985 | 1,758,000 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 1,729,000 | -1.6 | 13.1 | 1.6 |
| 1987 | 1,715,000 | -0.8 | 12.0 | -1.1 |
| 1988 | 1,707,000 | -0.5 | 10.9 | -1.1 |
| 1989 | 1,749,000 | 2.5 | 7.9 | -3.0 |
| 1990 | 1,720,561 | -1.6 | 6.3 | -1.6 |
| 1991 | 1,777,096 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| 1992 | 1,776,772 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 1,746,168 | -1.7 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| 1994 | 1,785,013 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| 1995 | 1,820,359 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -1.4 |
| 1996 | 1,855,474 | 1.9 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 1,890,102 | 1.9 | 5.7 | -0.6 |
| 1998 | 1,918,907 | 1.5 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| 1999 | 1,926,732 | 0.4 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| 2000 | 1,930,662 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| 2001 | 1,922,110 | -0.4 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| 2002 | 1,892,636 | -1.5 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 1,898,829 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 1,928,464 | 1.6 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 1,937,009 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 1,907,465 | -1.5 | 3.9 | -2.8 |
| 2007 | 1,949,401 | 2.2 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| 2008 | 1,983,220 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,766,189 | 2.9 | 7.6 | -1.8 |
| Feb | 1,789,085 | 3.0 | 6.6 | -1.8 |
| Mar | 1,807,962 | 3.0 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| Apr | 1,817,492 | 2.8 | 6.5 | -1.2 |
| May | 1,819,610 | 2.3 | 6.4 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 1,833,777 | 1.6 | 7.7 | -1.3 |
| Jul | 1,847,534 | 1.0 | 7.4 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 1,828,724 | 0.9 | 6.8 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 1,831,215 | 1.3 | 6.5 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 1,844,528 | 1.6 | 6.2 | -1.5 |
| Nov | 1,839,492 | 1.5 | 6.1 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 1,818,698 | 1.9 | 6.0 | -1.1 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,782,696 | 0.9 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,809,876 | 1.2 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,833,855 | 1.4 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,846,363 | 1.6 | 5.9 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,857,874 | 2.1 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,871,635 | 2.1 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,885,181 | 2.0 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 1,867,455 | 2.1 | 6.4 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,870,919 | 2.2 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 1,887,655 | 2.3 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,885,548 | 2.5 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,866,633 | 2.6 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,828,523 | 2.6 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 1,846,142 | 2.0 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 1,874,117 | 2.2 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,888,191 | 2.3 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,892,450 | 1.9 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 1,900,376 | 1.5 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 1,917,266 | 1.7 | 6.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 1,897,039 | 1.6 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,896,448 | 1.4 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 1,915,420 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 1,919,661 | 1.8 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,905,590 | 2.1 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,865,762 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 1,886,979 | 2.2 | 4.6 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 1,904,341 | 1.6 | 4.9 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 1,925,644 | 2.0 | 4.7 | -0.4 |
| May | 1,932,350 | 2.1 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,936,287 | 1.9 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 1,942,717 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 1,920,518 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,923,750 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 1,933,908 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,931,981 | 0.6 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 1,922,647 | 0.9 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,889,467 | 1.3 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,905,975 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 1,922,413 | 0.9 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 1,928,186 | 0.1 | 4.1 | -0.6 |
| May | 1,928,128 | -0.2 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 1,939,583 | 0.2 | 5.6 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 1,947,186 | 0.2 | 5.4 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 1,925,801 | 0.3 | 5.1 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 1,923,760 | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 1,941,504 | 0.4 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,941,490 | 0.5 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 1,927,296 | 0.2 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,904,920 | 0.8 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,921,945 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 1,937,622 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 1,953,369 | 1.3 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
| May | 1,945,781 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 1,946,853 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 1,937,089 | -0.5 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 1,918,490 | -0.4 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 1,914,651 | -0.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 1,932,520 | -0.5 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 1,928,213 | -0.7 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 1,926,488 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,898,307 | -0.3 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 1,912,836 | -0.5 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,930,869 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 1,939,822 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| May | 1,936,971 | -0.5 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 1,943,055 | -0.2 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 1,940,410 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,912,683 | -0.3 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 1,918,975 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 1,923,387 | -0.5 | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 1,912,189 | -0.8 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 1,895,813 | -1.6 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,850,220 | -2.5 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Feb | 1,876,446 | -1.9 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 1,883,355 | -2.5 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 1,900,841 | -2.0 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,901,349 | -1.8 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 1,906,484 | -1.9 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 1,910,861 | -1.5 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 1,891,309 | -1.1 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 1,899,850 | -1.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 1,907,930 | -0.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,899,232 | -0.7 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,883,757 | -0.6 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,865,183 | 0.8 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,882,759 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 1,893,107 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 1,908,353 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| May | 1,904,865 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 1,907,634 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 1,908,159 | -0.1 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 1,888,827 | -0.1 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 1,892,127 | -0.4 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 1,916,172 | 0.4 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,916,348 | 0.9 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,902,419 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,876,225 | 0.6 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,894,873 | 0.6 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 1,906,593 | 0.7 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 1,924,465 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| May | 1,924,011 | 1.0 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 1,935,665 | 1.5 | 6.6 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 1,951,315 | 2.3 | 6.0 | -1.2 |
| Aug | 1,934,864 | 2.4 | 5.4 | -1.3 |
| Sep | 1,933,371 | 2.2 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 1,955,625 | 2.1 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,959,123 | 2.2 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,945,437 | 2.3 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,915,023 | 2.1 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,930,902 | 1.9 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 1,948,247 | 2.2 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,976,984 | 2.7 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| May | 1,979,295 | 2.9 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,986,500 | 2.6 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,998,676 | 2.4 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 1,985,819 | 2.6 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 1,877,022 | -2.9 | 11.0 | 5.7 |
| Oct | 1,886,821 | -3.5 | 10.6 | 5.4 |
| Nov | 1,884,083 | -3.8 | 10.9 | 5.8 |
| Dec | 1,874,741 | -3.6 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,846,055 | -3.6 | 5.1 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 1,866,689 | -3.3 | 4.0 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 1,884,789 | -3.3 | 3.8 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 1,900,840 | -3.9 | 3.3 | -1.1 |
| May | 1,904,720 | -3.8 | 3.6 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 1,918,298 | -3.4 | 4.7 | -1.4 |
| Jul | 1,927,814 | -3.5 | 3.8 | -1.7 |
| Aug | 1,912,649 | -3.7 | 4.0 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 1,915,480 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -7.1 |
| Oct | 1,939,811 | 2.8 | 3.7 | -6.9 |
| Nov | 1,940,309 | 3.0 | 3.7 | -7.2 |
| Dec | 1,932,129 | 3.1 | 3.6 | -2.2 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,896,224 | 2.7 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 1,913,092 | 2.5 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 1,936,839 | 2.8 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,942,815 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 1,944,754 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 1,957,103 | 2.0 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 1,968,775 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,948,819 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 1,955,167 | 2.1 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 1,976,375 | 1.9 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 1,985,742 | 2.3 | 3.3 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 1,967,105 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,938,435 | 2.2 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,953,081 | 2.1 | 3.4 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 1,969,154 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 1,993,426 | 2.6 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| May | 1,989,826 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,998,973 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 2,007,632 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 1,990,806 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 1,985,080 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 2,005,744 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 1,995,870 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 1,970,615 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 1.9 |
| 2009-Jan | 1,944,107 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 1,937,904 | -0.8 | 5.5 | 2.1 |
| Mar | 1,937,446 | -1.6 | 5.6 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 1,947,472 | -2.3 | 5.6 | 2.4 |
| May | 1,935,905 | -2.7 | 6.3 | 2.6 |
| Jun | 1,942,254 | -2.8 | 7.7 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 1,940,823 | -3.3 | 7.8 | 3.0 |
| Aug | 1,911,421 | -4.0 | 8.1 | 2.8 |
| Sep | 1,903,988 | -4.1 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| Oct | 1,928,132 | -3.9 | 7.1 | 1.8 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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