St. James Parish, LA Unemployment Rate Report

St. James Parish, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. James Parish, Louisiana has ranged from 4.7% in April 2019 to 17.2% in September 2005. The current unemployment rate for St. James Parish is 5.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. James Parish, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

St. James Parish, LA Current Unemployment - 5.2%

St. James Parish, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2022	6.1%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.5%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.9%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.1%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.3%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.4%	4.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.2%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2021	9.8%	7.6%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.4%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.0%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.7%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.9%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	9.3%	7.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.4%	6.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.3%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.6%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.2%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.8%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.1%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2020	6.5%	5.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.6%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.0%	6.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.9%	14.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.0%	13.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.8%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.2%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.1%	8.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.0%	8.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.2%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.2%	7.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.4%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.4%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.1%	4.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.7%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.9%	5.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.7%	5.5%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.8%	5.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.1%	5.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.3%	5.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.1%	5.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.2%	4.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2018	6.5%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.1%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.9%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.8%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.1%	4.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.8%	6.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.1%	5.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.9%	5.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.4%	4.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.7%	4.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.1%	4.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.3%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2017	7.8%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.8%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.7%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.3%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.5%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.9%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.7%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.3%	5.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.4%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.7%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.5%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.2%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2016	8.1%	6.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.6%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.3%	6.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.2%	5.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.4%	5.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.7%	7.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.1%	6.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.8%	6.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.5%	6.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.8%	5.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.2%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.9%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2015	10.1%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.9%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.9%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.1%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.6%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.3%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.0%	6.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	8.7%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.3%	6.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.5%	6.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.3%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.1%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2014	8.2%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.6%	5.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.7%	5.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.0%	5.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.0%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.4%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.5%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.7%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.4%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.0%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.0%	6.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.9%	6.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2013	10.6%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.8%	6.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.8%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.9%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.4%	7.0%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.6%	8.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.9%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.6%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.5%	6.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.5%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.7%	5.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.4%	5.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2012	11.9%	8.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.7%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.6%	7.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.7%	6.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.1%	7.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.7%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.0%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.5%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.7%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.8%	6.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.1%	5.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.8%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2011	13.6%	8.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.8%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.7%	7.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.4%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.8%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.7%	8.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.4%	8.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.5%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.9%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.3%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.5%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.8%	7.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2010	11.1%	8.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.0%	7.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.6%	7.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.5%	7.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.4%	7.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.8%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.9%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.5%	8.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.4%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.6%	8.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.8%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.1%	7.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2009	9.9%	6.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.5%	6.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.4%	6.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.4%	5.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.6%	6.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.1%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.5%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.2%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.3%	7.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.3%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.0%	7.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2008	7.5%	4.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.4%	3.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.2%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.3%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.1%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.6%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.0%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.2%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.7%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.8%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.1%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.1%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2007	7.3%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.6%	4.0%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.4%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.6%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.6%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	8.0%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.1%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.3%	4.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.8%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.4%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.9%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.8%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2006	9.0%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.7%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.0%	4.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.9%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.6%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.7%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.1%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.1%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.4%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.1%	4.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.1%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.1%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2005	9.4%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.2%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.1%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.0%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.1%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.4%	6.6%	5.0%
7 / 2005	9.0%	6.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	9.2%	6.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	17.2%	10.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	15.1%	10.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	14.4%	10.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	9.8%	6.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2004	10.7%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.3%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.0%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.9%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	10.4%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	11.8%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	10.4%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	10.5%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	10.1%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	9.6%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.7%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.5%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2003	10.0%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.5%	6.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.6%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.2%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.7%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	12.5%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	11.3%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	11.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	10.6%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	9.2%	5.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.9%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.7%	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2002	10.2%	6.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.5%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.0%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.0%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	9.3%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	10.8%	7.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.6%	6.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.3%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	8.4%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.4%	5.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.6%	6.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.8%	6.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2001	11.5%	6.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.9%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.9%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	8.4%	5.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	8.2%	5.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	10.3%	6.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	9.1%	5.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	9.7%	5.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	9.0%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	9.1%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.9%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.8%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2000	9.3%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.3%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.9%	4.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.7%	4.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	8.0%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	9.8%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	8.7%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	9.3%	5.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	8.7%	5.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	7.8%	5.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	9.0%	5.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	9.6%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1999	8.8%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.8%	4.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	9.2%	4.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.8%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	9.2%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	11.9%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	11.9%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	11.4%	5.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	10.1%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.7%	5.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.0%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.4%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1998	6.9%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.4%	5.0%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.3%	5.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.1%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.2%	5.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.1%	7.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	9.0%	6.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	9.1%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	9.1%	6.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.4%	5.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.6%	5.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.2%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1997	10.9%	6.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.2%	5.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.3%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.8%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.6%	6.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	10.3%	7.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.0%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.5%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.4%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.1%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.2%	5.1%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1996	13.6%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.9%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.1%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.8%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.1%	6.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	11.8%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	12.5%	7.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.7%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	10.4%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.6%	6.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.5%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.9%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1995	12.0%	7.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.5%	6.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.2%	6.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.7%	7.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	11.1%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	13.0%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.6%	7.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	10.1%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	10.0%	6.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.8%	6.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.4%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.0%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1994	14.0%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.7%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.9%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	11.6%	7.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	12.7%	7.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.3%	8.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.3%	8.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	13.1%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.4%	7.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.8%	7.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.7%	7.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.2%	6.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1993	12.3%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.6%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.0%	7.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.8%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.8%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	12.5%	8.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.6%	8.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	13.2%	7.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.6%	7.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	11.2%	7.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.6%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	10.9%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1992	10.8%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.3%	7.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.9%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.5%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.9%	7.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.7%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.7%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.6%	8.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.5%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	8.6%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.6%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.0%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1991	11.0%	7.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.6%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.4%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.0%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.0%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.2%	8.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.7%	7.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.2%	7.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.2%	7.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.4%	7.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.1%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.9%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. James Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1990	8.0%	6.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.4%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.8%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.5%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.3%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.7%	6.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.1%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.1%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	9.6%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.3%	6.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.3%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.0%	6.6%	6.3%