St. Bernard Parish, LA Unemployment Rate Report

St. Bernard Parish, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana has ranged from 0.0% in September 2005 to 17.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for St. Bernard Parish is 4.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Bernard Parish, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

St. Bernard Parish, LA Current Unemployment - 4.6%

St. Bernard Parish, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2022	5.4%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.9%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.8%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.5%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.6%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.5%	4.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.6%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2021	9.8%	7.6%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.3%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.8%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.5%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.6%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.8%	7.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.7%	6.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.8%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.7%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.1%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2020	5.2%	5.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.3%	6.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.2%	14.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.1%	13.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.9%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.4%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.4%	8.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.0%	8.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.7%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.4%	7.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.1%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2019	5.3%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.3%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.9%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.5%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.5%	5.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.4%	5.5%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.3%	5.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.1%	5.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.1%	5.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.0%	5.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.0%	4.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2018	4.9%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.5%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.6%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.6%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.9%	4.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.2%	6.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.8%	5.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.6%	5.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.2%	4.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.8%	4.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.5%	4.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.4%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2017	6.2%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.9%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.8%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.8%	5.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.3%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.6%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.4%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2016	6.5%	6.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.1%	6.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.7%	5.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.7%	5.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.8%	7.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.6%	6.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.6%	6.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.5%	6.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.0%	5.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.4%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.2%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2015	7.8%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.0%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.8%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.4%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.8%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.2%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	6.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.4%	6.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.0%	6.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.7%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.4%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2014	6.3%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.8%	5.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.1%	5.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	5.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.4%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.7%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.0%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.7%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.5%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.3%	6.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.2%	6.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2013	8.6%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.6%	6.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.7%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.2%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.8%	7.0%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.7%	8.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.9%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.8%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.4%	6.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.9%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.9%	5.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.4%	5.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2012	8.5%	8.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.1%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.3%	7.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.8%	6.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.0%	7.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.1%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.8%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.3%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.7%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.5%	6.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.8%	5.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.2%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2011	9.4%	8.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.4%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.3%	7.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.0%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.4%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.5%	8.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.1%	8.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.8%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.5%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.3%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.5%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.7%	7.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2010	8.5%	8.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.5%	7.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.5%	7.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.4%	7.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.9%	7.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.8%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.5%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.0%	8.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.8%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.7%	8.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.8%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.8%	7.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2009	5.8%	6.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.4%	6.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.4%	6.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.1%	5.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.9%	6.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.1%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.7%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.8%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.8%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.8%	7.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.5%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.5%	7.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2008	4.3%	4.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.6%	3.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.8%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.3%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.1%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.5%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.0%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.3%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.0%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.9%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.3%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2007	4.5%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.0%	4.0%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.3%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.5%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.1%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.7%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Bernard 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	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.9%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.3%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.9%	4.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.6%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.2%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2005	5.9%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.6%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.0%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.5%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.2%	6.6%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.0%	6.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.2%	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	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2004	6.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.4%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.0%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.7%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.2%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.8%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.4%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.1%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.1%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.2%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2003	6.8%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.3%	6.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.8%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.6%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.4%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.4%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.8%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.7%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.9%	5.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.5%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	6.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.8%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.5%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.4%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.1%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.1%	7.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.7%	6.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.7%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.8%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.8%	5.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.0%	6.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.9%	6.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2001	6.1%	6.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.6%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.3%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.9%	5.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.3%	5.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.2%	6.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.7%	5.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.1%	5.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.7%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.9%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.1%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.8%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2000	5.7%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.1%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.0%	4.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.4%	4.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.1%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.3%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.9%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.0%	5.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.4%	5.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	5.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.7%	5.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.3%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1999	5.4%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.5%	4.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.4%	4.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.9%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.4%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.7%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.7%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.9%	5.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.7%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.5%	5.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.4%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.0%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1998	5.8%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.1%	5.0%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.2%	5.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.1%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.7%	5.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.3%	7.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.1%	6.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.5%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.0%	6.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.7%	5.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.6%	5.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.3%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1997	6.8%	6.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.8%	5.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.2%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.8%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.2%	6.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	7.6%	7.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.3%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.6%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.3%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.3%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.9%	5.1%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.4%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1996	9.0%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.4%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.1%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.2%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.6%	6.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.0%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.1%	7.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.8%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.7%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.2%	6.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.5%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1995	9.5%	7.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	9.2%	6.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.9%	6.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.8%	7.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.6%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	11.5%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	10.9%	7.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.4%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.8%	6.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.2%	6.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.9%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.0%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1994	9.9%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.8%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.7%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.0%	7.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.4%	7.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.8%	8.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.0%	8.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.3%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.1%	7.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	9.2%	7.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.8%	7.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.9%	6.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1993	10.9%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.9%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.6%	7.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.4%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.6%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.1%	8.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	10.8%	8.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.9%	7.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.3%	7.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.1%	7.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.1%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.0%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1992	8.9%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.0%	7.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.5%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.4%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.9%	7.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.9%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.2%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.5%	8.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.6%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.2%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.6%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.1%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1991	8.7%	7.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.6%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.2%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.1%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.5%	8.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.1%	7.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.4%	7.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.1%	7.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.0%	7.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.8%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.5%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Bernard Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1990	7.7%	6.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.4%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.6%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.8%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.0%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.0%	6.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.6%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.0%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.3%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.7%	6.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.4%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.8%	6.6%	6.3%