High Unemployment Area
Independence, LA Current Unemployment - 4.7%
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
Independence, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2022
5.2%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.7%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.6%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.3%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.4%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.7%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.6%
4.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2021
8.7%
7.6%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.0%
7.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.4%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.5%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.9%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.3%
7.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.4%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.6%
5.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
6.3%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.2%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.9%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.4%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2020
6.0%
5.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.6%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.9%
6.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.9%
14.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
16.2%
13.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
14.1%
10.4%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.8%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.7%
8.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.1%
8.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.1%
9.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.2%
7.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.2%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2019
6.1%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.8%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.7%
4.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.3%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.9%
4.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.5%
5.6%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.4%
5.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.1%
5.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.6%
5.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.6%
5.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.5%
5.0%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.6%
4.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2018
5.5%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.9%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.0%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.0%
4.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.3%
4.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.1%
6.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.6%
5.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.1%
5.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.5%
4.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.1%
4.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.8%
4.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.1%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2017
6.8%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.9%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.7%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.5%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.9%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.6%
5.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.3%
5.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.4%
4.9%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.6%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.6%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.5%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2016
7.3%
6.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.6%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.6%
6.0%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.3%
5.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.4%
5.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.9%
7.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.6%
6.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.2%
6.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.1%
6.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.3%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.8%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2015
8.6%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.5%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.3%
6.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.8%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.3%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.2%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.7%
6.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.3%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.9%
6.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.5%
6.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.4%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.2%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2014
7.0%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
6.3%
5.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.7%
5.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.2%
5.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.3%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.7%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.8%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.8%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.3%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.0%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.9%
6.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.7%
6.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2013
9.3%
7.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.1%
6.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.2%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.8%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.4%
7.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.8%
8.0%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.8%
7.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.5%
7.0%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.7%
6.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.4%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.4%
5.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.2%
5.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2012
9.8%
8.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
8.8%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.7%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.0%
6.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.7%
7.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.2%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.6%
7.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.8%
7.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.9%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.7%
6.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.0%
5.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
7.6%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2011
10.8%
8.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
9.7%
7.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.7%
7.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.0%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.4%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.9%
8.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.2%
8.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.1%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.6%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.1%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.4%
6.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.5%
7.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2010
9.7%
8.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
8.5%
7.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.8%
7.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
8.6%
7.1%
9.9%
5 / 2010
9.6%
7.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.8%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.6%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.6%
8.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.0%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.7%
8.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.9%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.8%
7.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2009
8.0%
6.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
6.7%
6.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
7.0%
6.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
6.4%
5.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
7.2%
6.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
8.8%
7.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
8.4%
7.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
8.1%
7.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
7.7%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
7.7%
7.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
7.4%
6.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
8.1%
7.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2008
5.4%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
4.2%
3.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.5%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.0%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.7%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.2%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.2%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.3%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.0%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.3%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.2%
5.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
6.7%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2007
5.1%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.2%
4.0%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.3%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.2%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.5%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.6%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.2%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.8%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.4%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.1%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.0%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.7%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2006
7.3%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.3%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.0%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.8%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.1%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.9%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.1%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.0%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.7%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.5%
4.0%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.5%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.4%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2005
6.8%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.9%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.7%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.5%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.9%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.3%
6.6%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.6%
6.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.6%
6.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
19.1%
10.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
16.9%
10.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
16.2%
10.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.3%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2004
7.5%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.3%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.7%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.6%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.1%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.4%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.6%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.1%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.7%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.2%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2003
7.7%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.5%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.9%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.7%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.1%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.0%
7.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.3%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.8%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.2%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.5%
5.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.5%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.1%
5.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2002
7.7%
6.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.3%
5.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.5%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.6%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.7%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.3%
7.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.6%
6.4%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.8%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.8%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.5%
5.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.5%
6.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.9%
6.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2001
7.7%
6.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.4%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.5%
5.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.3%
5.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.2%
5.2%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.6%
6.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.8%
5.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.3%
5.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.9%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.2%
5.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.8%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.8%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2000
6.6%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.4%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.7%
4.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.2%
4.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.1%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.5%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.0%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.4%
5.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.9%
5.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.6%
5.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.7%
5.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.5%
5.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1999
6.7%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.5%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.2%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.4%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.6%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.7%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.8%
5.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.7%
5.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.3%
5.4%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.2%
5.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.7%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.8%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1998
7.1%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
6.3%
5.0%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.0%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.2%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.3%
5.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.6%
7.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.2%
6.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.5%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.7%
6.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.4%
5.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.4%
5.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.1%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1997
7.8%
6.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.8%
5.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.5%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.9%
5.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.4%
6.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.9%
7.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.2%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.3%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.2%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.0%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.5%
5.1%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.2%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1996
9.0%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.9%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.2%
6.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.8%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.5%
6.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.5%
7.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.2%
7.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.5%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.0%
6.5%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.3%
6.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.7%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.6%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1995
9.6%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.1%
6.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.5%
6.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.2%
7.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.1%
7.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
10.7%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.3%
7.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.2%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
8.7%
6.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.7%
6.4%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.4%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.8%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1994
10.8%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.7%
8.0%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.1%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.6%
7.6%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.9%
7.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
12.1%
8.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.4%
8.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.7%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.4%
7.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.9%
7.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.2%
7.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.6%
6.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1993
9.8%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.6%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.7%
7.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.8%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.0%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.7%
8.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.4%
8.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.5%
7.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.0%
7.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.8%
7.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.3%
7.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.9%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1992
9.3%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.1%
7.7%
7.4%
3 / 1992
8.2%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.6%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.4%
7.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.4%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
10.1%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.3%
8.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.8%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.1%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.7%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.3%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1991
10.2%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.4%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.2%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.6%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
11.0%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
12.7%
8.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.1%
7.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.4%
7.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.1%
7.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.1%
7.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.7%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.4%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Independence, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1990
8.5%
6.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.7%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.2%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.6%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.3%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.1%
6.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.8%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.9%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
10.9%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
9.6%
6.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.8%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.9%
6.6%
6.3%