Fort Polk South, LA Unemployment Rate Report

Fort Polk South, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

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

Fort Polk South, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Fort Polk South, LA Current Unemployment - 3.5%

Fort Polk South, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Fort Polk South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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 South, 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%