High Unemployment Area
Ridgecrest, LA Current Unemployment - 4.7%
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
Ridgecrest, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2022
4.9%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.5%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.4%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.1%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.3%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.5%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.9%
4.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2021
7.3%
7.6%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.9%
7.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.4%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.9%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.3%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.4%
7.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.1%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.1%
5.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.0%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.6%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.3%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2020
7.1%
5.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.3%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.6%
6.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
9.9%
14.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.2%
13.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
9.7%
10.4%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.2%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.2%
8.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.8%
8.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.6%
9.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.5%
7.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.7%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2019
7.1%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.1%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.8%
4.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.3%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.6%
4.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.6%
5.6%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.6%
5.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.9%
5.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
6.2%
5.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.1%
5.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.4%
5.0%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.7%
4.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2018
7.4%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.7%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.6%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.3%
4.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.7%
4.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.6%
6.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
8.3%
5.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.5%
5.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.8%
4.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.2%
4.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.9%
4.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.1%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2017
9.2%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.2%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.0%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.7%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.8%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
9.3%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.5%
5.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.3%
5.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.4%
4.9%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.8%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.4%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.5%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2016
8.5%
6.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.9%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.2%
6.0%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.9%
5.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.8%
5.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.3%
7.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.2%
6.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.0%
6.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.4%
6.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.8%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.3%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.7%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2015
9.5%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.6%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.9%
6.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.7%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.0%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.9%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.6%
6.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.7%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.2%
6.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.8%
6.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.6%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.4%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2014
7.5%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.1%
5.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.6%
5.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.9%
5.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.1%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.8%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.0%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.2%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.6%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.1%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.8%
6.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.7%
6.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2013
10.3%
7.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.0%
6.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.1%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.4%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.8%
7.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.0%
8.0%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.3%
7.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.7%
7.0%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.1%
6.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.6%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.6%
5.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.4%
5.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2012
10.2%
8.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.3%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.0%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.2%
6.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.6%
7.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.0%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.8%
7.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.8%
7.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.1%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.1%
6.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.5%
5.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.5%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2011
10.6%
8.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
10.0%
7.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.5%
7.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
8.9%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.8%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.1%
8.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.2%
8.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.7%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.2%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.1%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.3%
6.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.6%
7.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2010
11.2%
8.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
9.6%
7.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
9.6%
7.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
8.7%
7.1%
9.9%
5 / 2010
9.5%
7.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.2%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.8%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.5%
8.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.7%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.2%
8.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.5%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.6%
7.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2009
12.0%
6.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.8%
6.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.1%
6.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.9%
5.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.8%
6.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.3%
7.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.0%
7.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.7%
7.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.1%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.3%
7.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.5%
6.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.3%
7.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2008
7.7%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.6%
3.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.1%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.5%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.6%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.2%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.9%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.6%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.2%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.3%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.6%
5.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.8%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2007
7.5%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.3%
4.0%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.3%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.9%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.0%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.9%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.7%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.5%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.3%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.4%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.0%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2006
9.6%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.0%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.2%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.7%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.7%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.1%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.7%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.1%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.8%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.7%
4.0%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.7%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.8%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2005
11.3%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
10.0%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.9%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
9.2%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.2%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.9%
6.6%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.7%
6.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
10.0%
6.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
14.9%
10.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
12.6%
10.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
12.1%
10.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
10.2%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2004
11.6%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.7%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
10.8%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
10.0%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.6%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
11.9%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.3%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.3%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.7%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
10.1%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.0%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
9.5%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2003
13.2%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
12.1%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
12.7%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
12.1%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.5%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
13.1%
7.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.7%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
12.7%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
11.6%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
10.2%
5.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.0%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.5%
5.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2002
11.6%
6.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
10.0%
5.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.8%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.6%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.3%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.7%
7.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.8%
6.4%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.4%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.2%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.3%
5.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.6%
6.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.4%
6.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2001
10.6%
6.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.9%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
11.4%
5.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.7%
5.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.9%
5.2%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.6%
6.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.8%
5.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.9%
5.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.7%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.0%
5.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.6%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.0%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2000
10.2%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.8%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
9.9%
4.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.4%
4.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
8.8%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
9.2%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.5%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.9%
5.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
7.7%
5.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.2%
5.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.5%
5.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.2%
5.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1999
15.9%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.8%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
12.7%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
11.2%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
10.8%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
13.8%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
12.5%
5.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
13.5%
5.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
13.9%
5.4%
4.2%
10 / 1999
12.0%
5.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.5%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
9.2%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1998
16.9%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.0%
5.0%
4.6%
3 / 1998
14.5%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
14.7%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
14.6%
5.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
15.3%
7.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
14.1%
6.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
14.8%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
15.0%
6.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
13.6%
5.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
12.3%
5.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
13.7%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1997
15.1%
6.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
11.8%
5.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
11.8%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
10.5%
5.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
10.6%
6.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
15.2%
7.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
13.3%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.2%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.1%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.6%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
8.8%
5.1%
4.6%
12 / 1997
13.3%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1996
14.6%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
12.1%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
11.3%
6.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.0%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.6%
6.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
12.3%
7.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.8%
7.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
12.0%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
12.5%
6.5%
5.2%
10 / 1996
12.1%
6.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.9%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
11.8%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1995
13.8%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
12.1%
6.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
11.9%
6.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
10.2%
7.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
10.0%
7.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
12.1%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.3%
7.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
11.9%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.0%
6.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.0%
6.4%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.6%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.5%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1994
13.7%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.2%
8.0%
6.6%
3 / 1994
12.5%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.8%
7.6%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.6%
7.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
12.7%
8.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.1%
8.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.2%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.8%
7.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.8%
7.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.6%
7.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.3%
6.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1993
14.4%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
11.9%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.0%
7.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.2%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.0%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.1%
8.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.0%
8.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.3%
7.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.2%
7.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.4%
7.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.5%
7.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
10.9%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1992
17.2%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.7%
7.7%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.4%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
12.6%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
13.1%
7.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
16.2%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.2%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.4%
8.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.0%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.8%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.9%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.8%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1991
18.9%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.7%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
15.7%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.5%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
16.5%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
18.3%
8.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
16.3%
7.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.1%
7.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
15.6%
7.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
13.1%
7.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.8%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
14.1%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Ridgecrest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1990
10.4%
6.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
9.7%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.4%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.0%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
9.6%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.1%
6.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
11.4%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.8%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.0%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.5%
6.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.6%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
12.5%
6.6%
6.3%