Very High Unemployment Area
Mer Rouge, LA Current Unemployment - 5.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Mer Rouge, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2022
6.5%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.1%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.1%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.5%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.6%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.7%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
7.0%
4.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.9%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2021
9.4%
7.6%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.7%
7.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.3%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.5%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.8%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
9.1%
7.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.5%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.6%
5.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
6.3%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.8%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.7%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.2%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2020
9.7%
5.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.6%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.5%
6.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.9%
14.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.8%
13.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.7%
10.4%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.9%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.7%
8.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.5%
8.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.6%
9.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.6%
7.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.9%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2019
9.3%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.0%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.3%
4.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.6%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.9%
4.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.5%
5.6%
3.7%
7 / 2019
9.2%
5.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
9.3%
5.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
8.0%
5.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
8.3%
5.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
8.9%
5.0%
3.5%
12 / 2019
9.5%
4.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2018
8.3%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.1%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
8.4%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
7.7%
4.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
8.2%
4.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
9.3%
6.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
8.9%
5.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
8.6%
5.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
7.8%
4.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
7.4%
4.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.2%
4.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
8.2%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2017
9.9%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.8%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.4%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
8.3%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.2%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.8%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.3%
5.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.1%
5.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.3%
4.9%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.5%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.4%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.6%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2016
10.9%
6.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.1%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.8%
6.0%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.4%
5.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.6%
5.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.7%
7.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.4%
6.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.9%
6.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
9.3%
6.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.8%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.6%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.7%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2015
13.4%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
12.2%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
11.7%
6.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
10.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
11.0%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
12.3%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
11.3%
6.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
10.4%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.9%
6.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
9.9%
6.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.6%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.0%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2014
11.1%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.6%
5.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.4%
5.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.5%
5.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.4%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.7%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.8%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
12.1%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
12.0%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
11.5%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
11.6%
6.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
12.5%
6.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2013
14.6%
7.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.1%
6.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
13.6%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.5%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.9%
7.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.7%
8.0%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.7%
7.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.4%
7.0%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.7%
6.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.0%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.2%
5.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.3%
5.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2012
15.5%
8.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.2%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.8%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.6%
6.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.5%
7.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.2%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
14.0%
7.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.6%
7.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.1%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.5%
6.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.9%
5.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.0%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2011
17.0%
8.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
16.0%
7.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
15.5%
7.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.9%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.8%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.3%
8.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.3%
8.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.0%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.7%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.6%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.3%
6.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.8%
7.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2010
16.8%
8.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.5%
7.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.0%
7.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.7%
7.1%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.5%
7.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.0%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
16.2%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
16.0%
8.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
15.4%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.8%
8.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
15.3%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
16.2%
7.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2009
12.6%
6.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.3%
6.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.5%
6.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.4%
5.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
14.8%
6.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
16.8%
7.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
17.4%
7.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
15.4%
7.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.6%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.0%
7.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.3%
6.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.4%
7.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2008
10.3%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.8%
3.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.7%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.6%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.4%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.0%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.6%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.5%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.4%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.7%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.1%
5.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.9%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2007
9.4%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.7%
4.0%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.3%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.2%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.2%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
8.7%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.9%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.5%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.5%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.2%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.4%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
9.2%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2006
7.9%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.2%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.0%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.6%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.1%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.8%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.2%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.5%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.3%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.1%
4.0%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.7%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.5%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2005
11.3%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
10.1%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.2%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.7%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.6%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.1%
6.6%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.5%
6.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.9%
6.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
9.1%
10.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.9%
10.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.9%
10.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.9%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2004
12.2%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.1%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.0%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.9%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.7%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
11.5%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.3%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
10.2%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.5%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.2%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.9%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
9.6%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2003
11.1%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.8%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
10.1%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
9.8%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.0%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.1%
7.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.0%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.9%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.9%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.9%
5.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.7%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.2%
5.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2002
10.3%
6.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.6%
5.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.6%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.2%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.8%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.5%
7.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.7%
6.4%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.2%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.9%
5.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.5%
6.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.2%
6.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2001
10.4%
6.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.6%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
9.0%
5.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.9%
5.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.6%
5.2%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.0%
6.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.2%
5.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.9%
5.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.1%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.8%
5.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.1%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.4%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2000
8.5%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.4%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.2%
4.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.4%
4.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.0%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.1%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.6%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
8.4%
5.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
7.7%
5.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.4%
5.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.9%
5.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.4%
5.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1999
14.0%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.1%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.0%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.0%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.4%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.1%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.7%
5.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
10.4%
5.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
10.0%
5.4%
4.2%
10 / 1999
9.7%
5.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.2%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
9.4%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1998
12.4%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.8%
5.0%
4.6%
3 / 1998
11.7%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.4%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.3%
5.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.6%
7.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
12.2%
6.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
12.8%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
13.1%
6.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
11.0%
5.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
10.0%
5.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
11.5%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1997
16.7%
6.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
14.7%
5.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.2%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.9%
5.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
12.1%
6.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
14.7%
7.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
13.6%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.8%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.0%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
10.2%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.4%
5.1%
4.6%
12 / 1997
10.1%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1996
13.1%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.6%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.3%
6.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.6%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.6%
6.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.0%
7.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.7%
7.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.0%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
11.1%
6.5%
5.2%
10 / 1996
11.6%
6.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.3%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.5%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1995
12.7%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.2%
6.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
10.1%
6.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.7%
7.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.6%
7.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.8%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.8%
7.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.0%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.5%
6.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.0%
6.4%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.1%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.0%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1994
14.0%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.5%
8.0%
6.6%
3 / 1994
12.7%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
11.8%
7.6%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.0%
7.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
13.1%
8.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.7%
8.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
12.8%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
11.5%
7.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.2%
7.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.4%
7.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.5%
6.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1993
10.5%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.2%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.7%
7.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.3%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
7.5%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.2%
8.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.6%
8.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.1%
7.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.2%
7.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.5%
7.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.6%
7.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
10.5%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1992
11.8%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.1%
7.7%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.6%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.4%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.3%
7.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.8%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.1%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.4%
8.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.1%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.8%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.7%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.5%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1991
13.2%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
12.3%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.5%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
10.2%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.0%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.8%
8.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.3%
7.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.7%
7.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.2%
7.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.5%
7.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.5%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.6%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mer Rouge, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1990
8.7%
6.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.8%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.9%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.8%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.8%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.4%
6.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.8%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.8%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
10.1%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
9.1%
6.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.8%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
10.3%
6.6%
6.3%