Fort Polk North, LA Unemployment Rate Report

Fort Polk North, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Fort-Polk-North, Louisiana has ranged from 3.0% in April 2006 to 11.1% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for Fort-Polk-North is 3.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Fort Polk North, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Fort Polk North, LA Current Unemployment - 3.5%

Fort Polk North, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2022	3.6%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.3%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.0%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.1%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.4%	4.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.5%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2021	6.0%	7.6%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.9%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.5%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.3%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.4%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.7%	7.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	6.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.5%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.9%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.3%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.4%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2020	7.1%	5.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.1%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	9.4%	6.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.0%	14.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.1%	13.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.3%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.2%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.6%	8.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.8%	8.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.4%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.1%	7.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.6%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2019	7.0%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.4%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.3%	4.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.8%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.4%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.6%	5.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.3%	5.5%	3.7%
8 / 2019	7.3%	5.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.0%	5.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.3%	5.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.1%	5.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.1%	4.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2018	6.7%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.5%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.6%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.6%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.3%	4.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	8.7%	6.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.0%	5.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.7%	5.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.1%	4.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.6%	4.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.7%	4.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.0%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2017	8.3%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.1%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.1%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.5%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.6%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.9%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.5%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.8%	5.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.9%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.3%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.4%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.4%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2016	7.6%	6.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.7%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.7%	6.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.1%	5.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.4%	5.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.4%	7.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.3%	6.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.2%	6.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.5%	6.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.7%	5.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.9%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2015	9.0%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.9%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.9%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.4%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.7%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	8.1%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	8.5%	6.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.6%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.4%	6.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.3%	6.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.9%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.5%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2014	7.1%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.9%	5.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.1%	5.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.5%	5.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.6%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.6%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.5%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.2%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.5%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.2%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.5%	6.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.7%	6.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2013	9.7%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.4%	6.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.4%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.7%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.3%	7.0%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.2%	8.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.4%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.0%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.7%	6.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.4%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.8%	5.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.3%	5.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	8.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.0%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.8%	7.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.5%	6.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.1%	7.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.1%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.6%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.4%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.2%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.3%	6.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.8%	5.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.9%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2011	9.3%	8.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.9%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.4%	7.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.4%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.4%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.9%	8.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.0%	8.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.3%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.3%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.4%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.7%	7.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2010	8.5%	8.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.2%	7.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.2%	7.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.5%	7.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.7%	7.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.7%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.1%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.3%	8.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.5%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.2%	8.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.8%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.4%	7.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2009	6.2%	6.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.8%	6.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.9%	6.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.7%	5.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.0%	6.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.2%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.7%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.0%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.8%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.3%	7.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.2%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.6%	7.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2008	5.2%	4.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.1%	3.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.2%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.1%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.6%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.9%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.0%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.7%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.9%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2007	5.3%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.8%	4.0%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.0%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.8%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.4%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.6%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.0%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.7%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2006	5.6%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.2%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.3%	4.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.0%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.4%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.9%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.4%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.8%	4.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.9%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2005	5.3%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.8%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.4%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.9%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.7%	6.6%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.9%	6.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.6%	6.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.2%	10.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.6%	10.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.0%	10.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.8%	6.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2004	5.9%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.0%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.3%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.4%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.0%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.9%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.3%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.0%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.8%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.4%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.6%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.7%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2003	7.5%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	6.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.9%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.2%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.6%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.9%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.2%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.7%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.0%	5.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.4%	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2002	7.1%	6.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.2%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.4%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.6%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.7%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.5%	7.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.1%	6.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.8%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.5%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.3%	5.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.6%	6.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.6%	6.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2001	7.7%	6.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.3%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.5%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.0%	5.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.0%	5.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.7%	6.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.6%	5.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.4%	5.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.5%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.7%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.0%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.6%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2000	6.1%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.2%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.8%	4.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.2%	4.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.8%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.2%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.5%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.6%	5.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.4%	5.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.4%	5.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.1%	5.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.3%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1999	6.4%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.5%	4.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.3%	4.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.0%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.9%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.7%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.8%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.2%	5.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.1%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.7%	5.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.5%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.3%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1998	6.3%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.4%	5.0%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.8%	5.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.7%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.9%	5.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.3%	7.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.5%	6.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.7%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.6%	6.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.3%	5.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.4%	5.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.0%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1997	7.4%	6.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.0%	5.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.5%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.1%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.3%	6.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	7.2%	7.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.0%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.8%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.6%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.9%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.5%	5.1%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1996	7.8%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.3%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.6%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.8%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.1%	6.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.3%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	7.4%	7.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.4%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.4%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.2%	6.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.4%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.2%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1995	8.5%	7.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.8%	6.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.7%	6.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.6%	7.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.6%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.8%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.3%	7.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.5%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.3%	6.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.8%	6.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.0%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.2%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1994	10.7%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.8%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.9%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.8%	7.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.0%	7.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.9%	8.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.2%	8.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.7%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.2%	7.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.7%	7.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.2%	7.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.9%	6.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1993	7.3%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.8%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.5%	7.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.4%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.3%	8.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.0%	8.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.7%	7.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.2%	7.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.4%	7.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.2%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.5%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1992	7.4%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.4%	7.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.0%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.1%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.5%	7.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.0%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.8%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.7%	8.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.9%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.0%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.0%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1991	7.7%	7.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.1%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.1%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.4%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.5%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.4%	8.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.1%	7.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.5%	7.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.0%	7.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.9%	7.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.8%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.6%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Polk North, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1990	6.2%	6.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.7%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.6%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.6%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.9%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.0%	6.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.0%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.5%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.9%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.6%	6.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.9%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.4%	6.6%	6.3%