High Unemployment Area
Hester, LA Current Unemployment - 5.2%
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
Hester, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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
Hester, 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%