De Soto Parish, LA Unemployment Rate Report

De Soto Parish, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in De Soto Parish, Louisiana has ranged from 3.1% in December 2021 to 13.6% in June 1991. The current unemployment rate for De Soto Parish is 3.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

De Soto Parish, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

De Soto Parish, LA Current Unemployment - 3.6%

De Soto Parish, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2022	3.7%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.5%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.2%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.3%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.2%	4.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.6%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2021	6.5%	7.6%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.4%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.7%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.1%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.3%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.4%	7.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.4%	6.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.9%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.1%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.8%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.5%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.1%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2020	6.7%	5.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.5%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.6%	6.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.3%	14.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.2%	13.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.4%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.3%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.2%	8.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.9%	8.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.1%	7.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.2%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2019	6.2%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.2%	4.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.8%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.5%	5.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.6%	5.5%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.7%	5.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.4%	5.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.4%	5.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.4%	5.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.4%	4.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2018	5.6%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.2%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.2%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.0%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.7%	4.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.1%	6.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.5%	5.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.4%	5.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.7%	4.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	4.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.2%	4.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.1%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2017	7.3%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.4%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.9%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.1%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.9%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.4%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.4%	5.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.7%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.3%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.0%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.9%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2016	7.8%	6.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.4%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.6%	6.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.0%	5.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.0%	5.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.2%	7.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.8%	6.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.7%	6.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.4%	6.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.1%	5.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.6%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2015	9.4%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.3%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.1%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.6%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.8%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	8.8%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	8.5%	6.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.9%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.8%	6.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.6%	6.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.1%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.8%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2014	7.2%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.8%	5.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.1%	5.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.4%	5.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.5%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.6%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.9%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.6%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.4%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.0%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.9%	6.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.4%	6.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2013	10.4%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.7%	6.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.5%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.8%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.0%	7.0%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.1%	8.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.2%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.2%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.6%	6.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.1%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.2%	5.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.6%	5.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2012	9.6%	8.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.9%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.8%	7.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.3%	6.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.3%	7.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.3%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.9%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.4%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.8%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.6%	6.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.9%	5.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.5%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2011	9.5%	8.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.5%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.3%	7.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.8%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.3%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.1%	8.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.4%	8.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.9%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.2%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.0%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.3%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.1%	7.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2010	9.3%	8.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.4%	7.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.1%	7.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.9%	7.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.6%	7.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.4%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.3%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.4%	8.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.1%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.9%	8.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.8%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.3%	7.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2009	9.1%	6.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.2%	6.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.1%	6.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.7%	5.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.0%	6.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.4%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.6%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.8%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.3%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.2%	7.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.9%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.2%	7.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2008	8.2%	4.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.3%	3.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.2%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.5%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.9%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.3%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.5%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.5%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.0%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.9%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.7%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2007	6.4%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.2%	4.0%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.3%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.4%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.1%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.7%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.4%	4.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.6%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.0%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.2%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.1%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2006	5.4%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.1%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.2%	4.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.7%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.4%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.2%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.4%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.4%	4.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.4%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.0%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2005	8.4%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.8%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.3%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.6%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.6%	6.6%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.7%	6.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.6%	6.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.3%	10.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.6%	10.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.8%	10.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	8.0%	6.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2004	8.5%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.3%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.4%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.6%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.0%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.7%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.8%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.2%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.7%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.3%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.2%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.6%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2003	9.5%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.3%	6.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.2%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.2%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.0%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	10.2%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.9%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.2%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.4%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.2%	5.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.0%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.2%	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2002	9.8%	6.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.8%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.5%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.1%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.8%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	10.8%	7.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.8%	6.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.9%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.7%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.7%	5.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.5%	6.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.4%	6.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2001	8.3%	6.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.5%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.7%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.5%	5.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.3%	5.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.0%	6.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.2%	5.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.8%	5.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.3%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.9%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.1%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.7%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2000	6.7%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.9%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.7%	4.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.2%	4.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.8%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.5%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.1%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.5%	5.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.2%	5.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.5%	5.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.6%	5.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.7%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1999	6.6%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.6%	4.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.1%	4.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.0%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.1%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.7%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.7%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.8%	5.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.0%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.7%	5.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.0%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.7%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1998	7.2%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.1%	5.0%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.6%	5.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.3%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.9%	5.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.8%	7.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	9.1%	6.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.4%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.4%	6.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.4%	5.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.7%	5.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.5%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1997	9.4%	6.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.7%	5.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	12.8%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	9.0%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.6%	6.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	10.0%	7.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.8%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.8%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.2%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.1%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.9%	5.1%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.2%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1996	10.2%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.1%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.2%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.2%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.3%	6.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.7%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.4%	7.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.1%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	8.4%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.9%	6.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.5%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.3%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1995	7.5%	7.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.4%	6.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.9%	6.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.0%	7.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.6%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.9%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.3%	7.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	7.5%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.0%	6.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.9%	6.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.8%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.7%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1994	9.4%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.1%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.9%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.7%	7.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.8%	7.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.2%	8.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.2%	8.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.5%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.8%	7.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.2%	7.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.1%	7.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.8%	6.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1993	11.2%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.6%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.7%	7.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.1%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.9%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.3%	8.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.1%	8.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.1%	7.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.7%	7.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.0%	7.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.0%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.9%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1992	12.6%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.8%	7.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.3%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.8%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.9%	7.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.8%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.5%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.4%	8.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.7%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.9%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.6%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.5%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1991	12.0%	7.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.2%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.3%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.9%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.6%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	13.6%	8.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.2%	7.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	11.5%	7.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	11.7%	7.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	11.5%	7.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.6%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.9%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	De Soto Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1990	10.1%	6.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.6%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.6%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.8%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.7%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.5%	6.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.0%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.8%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.7%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.1%	6.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.8%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.3%	6.6%	6.3%