High Unemployment Area
Orleans Parish, LA Current Unemployment - 5.5%
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
Orleans Parish, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2022
6.5%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.0%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.9%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.5%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.5%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.5%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.6%
4.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.5%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2021
12.4%
7.6%
6.3%
2 / 2021
11.8%
7.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.1%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
9.4%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
9.4%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.7%
7.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
9.4%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.4%
5.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.1%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
6.5%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.2%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.5%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2020
5.0%
5.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.1%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
6.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.7%
14.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
20.0%
13.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
18.0%
10.4%
11.1%
7 / 2020
15.1%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
12.9%
8.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
12.5%
8.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
12.3%
9.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
12.1%
7.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
11.9%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2019
5.2%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.2%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.1%
4.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.8%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.3%
4.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.7%
5.6%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.7%
5.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.5%
5.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.0%
5.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.1%
5.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.9%
5.0%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.9%
4.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2018
4.9%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.4%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.6%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.5%
4.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.8%
4.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.4%
6.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.0%
5.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.8%
5.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.2%
4.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.8%
4.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.4%
4.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.3%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2017
5.9%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.1%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.9%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.8%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.9%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.1%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.9%
5.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.0%
5.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.1%
4.9%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.5%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.3%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.1%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2016
6.2%
6.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.5%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.7%
6.0%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.4%
5.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.5%
5.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.7%
7.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.6%
6.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.5%
6.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.2%
6.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.7%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.2%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.0%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2015
7.7%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.7%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.5%
6.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.0%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.4%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.2%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.2%
6.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.8%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.5%
6.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.2%
6.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.8%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.4%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2014
6.3%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
5.7%
5.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.0%
5.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
5.5%
5.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.5%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.5%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.9%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.2%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.9%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.6%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.3%
6.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.9%
6.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2013
8.4%
7.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
7.5%
6.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.4%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.1%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
7.6%
7.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.7%
8.0%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.2%
7.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.9%
7.0%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.4%
6.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
6.9%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.0%
5.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
5.5%
5.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2012
8.6%
8.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
7.9%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
7.9%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.3%
6.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
7.9%
7.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.1%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.9%
7.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.5%
7.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.7%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.4%
6.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
6.7%
5.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
7.1%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2011
9.4%
8.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
8.4%
7.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
8.4%
7.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
8.0%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
8.4%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
9.6%
8.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
9.4%
8.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.2%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
8.8%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
8.5%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
7.7%
6.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
7.7%
7.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2010
8.4%
8.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
7.5%
7.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
7.7%
7.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
7.5%
7.1%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.1%
7.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
9.4%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
9.6%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.8%
8.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.4%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.1%
8.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.0%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
8.6%
7.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2009
7.9%
6.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
7.1%
6.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
6.9%
6.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
6.6%
5.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
7.2%
6.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
8.9%
7.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
8.9%
7.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
8.8%
7.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
8.6%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
8.3%
7.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
7.7%
6.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
7.9%
7.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2008
5.3%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
4.2%
3.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.6%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.0%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.9%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.3%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.5%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.1%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.0%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.3%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.8%
5.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
7.0%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2007
5.9%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.9%
4.0%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.8%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.7%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.0%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.9%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.5%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.4%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.1%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.6%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.3%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.6%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2006
0.0%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
0.0%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
0.0%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
0.0%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
0.0%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
0.0%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.6%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.4%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.8%
4.0%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.4%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.0%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2005
7.0%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.3%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.6%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.3%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.0%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.0%
6.6%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.8%
6.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.8%
6.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
0.0%
10.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
0.0%
10.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
0.0%
10.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
0.0%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2004
6.7%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.6%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.5%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.0%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.7%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.8%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.3%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.1%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.6%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.0%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.8%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2003
6.6%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.9%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.6%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.4%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.2%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.6%
7.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.1%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.0%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.2%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.1%
5.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.0%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.5%
5.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2002
6.9%
6.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.0%
5.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.8%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.6%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.1%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.3%
7.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.9%
6.4%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.7%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.9%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.1%
5.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.3%
6.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.9%
6.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2001
6.3%
6.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.3%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.2%
5.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.8%
5.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.2%
5.2%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.4%
6.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.0%
5.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.2%
5.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.8%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
5.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.5%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.1%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2000
5.6%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.0%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.8%
4.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.3%
4.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.2%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.4%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.1%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.0%
5.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.4%
5.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.6%
5.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.8%
5.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.2%
5.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1999
6.2%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.4%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.9%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.9%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.3%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.8%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.6%
5.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.3%
5.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.1%
5.4%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.0%
5.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.5%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.9%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1998
6.9%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
6.0%
5.0%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.3%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.9%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.8%
5.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.5%
7.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.3%
6.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.7%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.2%
6.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.7%
5.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.3%
5.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.7%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1997
7.8%
6.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.9%
5.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
6.8%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.3%
5.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.2%
6.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.6%
7.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.1%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.7%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.2%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.9%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.6%
5.1%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.1%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1996
9.9%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.5%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.6%
6.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.2%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.2%
6.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.4%
7.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.2%
7.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.0%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.6%
6.5%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.3%
6.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
8.0%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.1%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1995
9.3%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.3%
6.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.4%
6.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.6%
7.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.9%
7.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
10.6%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
10.6%
7.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.6%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.2%
6.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.0%
6.4%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.9%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.6%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1994
10.7%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.9%
8.0%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.7%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.0%
7.6%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.2%
7.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.1%
8.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.9%
8.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.4%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.9%
7.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.9%
7.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.6%
7.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.4%
6.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1993
10.0%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.1%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.9%
7.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.6%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.4%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.2%
8.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.2%
8.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.6%
7.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.2%
7.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.4%
7.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.4%
7.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.7%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1992
8.8%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.3%
7.7%
7.4%
3 / 1992
8.3%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.3%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.2%
7.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.1%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.6%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.1%
8.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.1%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.6%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.7%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.4%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1991
7.6%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
7.2%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.3%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.0%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.1%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.2%
8.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.8%
7.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.3%
7.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.0%
7.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.1%
7.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.3%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.0%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Orleans Parish, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1990
7.0%
6.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.1%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
5.8%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.8%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.4%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.6%
6.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.9%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.7%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.9%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.5%
6.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.6%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.3%
6.6%
6.3%