West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Unemployment Rate Report

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana has ranged from 2.9% in April 2022 to 12.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West Baton Rouge Parish is 3.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Current Unemployment - 3.3%

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2022	3.6%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	3.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.3%	3.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.9%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.1%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.0%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.0%	4.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.3%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2021	6.7%	7.6%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.3%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.0%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.3%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.5%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.6%	7.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.7%	6.3%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.9%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.0%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2020	5.2%	5.7%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.8%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.6%	6.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.3%	14.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.7%	13.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.2%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.8%	10.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.3%	8.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.0%	8.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.4%	7.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.4%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2019	4.8%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.5%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.1%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.4%	5.6%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.3%	5.5%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.1%	5.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.6%	5.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.6%	5.0%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.5%	5.0%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.5%	4.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2018	4.6%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.2%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.2%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.0%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	4.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.5%	6.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.3%	5.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.8%	5.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.2%	4.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	4.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.8%	4.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.9%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2017	5.2%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.4%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.2%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.5%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.3%	5.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	5.6%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.6%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	4.2%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2016	5.4%	6.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.1%	6.0%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	5.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.1%	5.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.4%	7.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.2%	6.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.0%	6.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.6%	6.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.1%	5.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.6%	5.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.6%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2015	6.8%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.9%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.5%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.2%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.5%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.2%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.1%	6.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.7%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.5%	6.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	6.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	5.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2014	5.1%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	4.7%	5.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.9%	5.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.6%	5.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.4%	6.1%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.3%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.6%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.7%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.4%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.4%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.4%	6.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.0%	6.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2013	7.3%	7.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.5%	6.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.4%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.0%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.4%	7.0%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.3%	8.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.8%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.4%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.8%	6.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.5%	6.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.0%	5.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.5%	5.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2012	7.9%	8.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.3%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.1%	7.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.6%	6.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.9%	7.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.0%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.6%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.2%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.3%	6.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.3%	6.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.7%	5.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.1%	6.5%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2011	9.0%	8.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.8%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.8%	7.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.4%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.6%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.6%	8.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.1%	8.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.8%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.7%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.4%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.9%	6.9%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.2%	7.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2010	7.5%	8.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.7%	7.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.9%	7.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.7%	7.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.5%	7.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.7%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.8%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.7%	8.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.4%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.1%	8.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.1%	7.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2009	6.4%	6.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.8%	6.1%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.0%	6.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.5%	5.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.3%	6.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.7%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.6%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.2%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.9%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.1%	7.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.8%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.0%	7.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2008	4.8%	4.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.0%	3.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.3%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.5%	3.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.2%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.3%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.1%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.6%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.2%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.6%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.1%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.3%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2007	4.8%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.1%	4.0%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.9%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.7%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.2%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.5%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.3%	4.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.9%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.5%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.5%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.9%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2006	5.6%	6.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.1%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.0%	4.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.7%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.4%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.0%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.5%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.2%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.2%	4.0%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2005	7.1%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.4%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.4%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.0%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.2%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.9%	6.6%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.2%	6.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.3%	6.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	10.2%	10.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	8.4%	10.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.9%	10.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.0%	6.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2004	7.3%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.9%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.4%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.8%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.8%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.5%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.4%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.2%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.7%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.4%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.1%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2003	7.4%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.3%	6.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.2%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.4%	6.5%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.8%	7.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.1%	7.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.7%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.8%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.2%	5.8%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.1%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.0%	5.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	6.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.4%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.4%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.4%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.8%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.9%	7.1%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.1%	6.4%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.5%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.2%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.0%	5.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.8%	6.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.0%	6.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2001	6.6%	6.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.3%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.8%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.2%	5.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.3%	5.2%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.3%	6.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.6%	5.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.8%	5.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.7%	5.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.3%	5.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.4%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.5%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 2000	5.2%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.6%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.9%	4.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.3%	4.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.1%	5.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.0%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.7%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.9%	5.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.5%	5.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	5.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.5%	5.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.3%	5.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1999	4.6%	5.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.4%	4.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.5%	4.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.7%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.2%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.8%	5.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.7%	5.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.8%	5.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.0%	5.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.2%	5.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.4%	4.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.1%	4.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1998	5.2%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.1%	5.0%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.4%	5.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.6%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	5.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.4%	7.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.0%	6.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.6%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.5%	6.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.7%	5.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.3%	5.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.7%	4.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1997	5.8%	6.7%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.1%	5.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.0%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.7%	6.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.7%	7.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.2%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.2%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.9%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.1%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.6%	5.1%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.9%	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1996	7.4%	7.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.2%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.0%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.6%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.9%	6.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.7%	7.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.9%	7.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.0%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.0%	6.5%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.1%	6.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.0%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.7%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1995	7.7%	7.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.9%	6.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.6%	6.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.8%	7.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	7.1%	7.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.1%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.1%	7.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	7.7%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.6%	6.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.6%	6.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.7%	6.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.6%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1994	10.3%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.3%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.5%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.6%	7.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.5%	7.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.3%	8.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.5%	8.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.3%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.5%	7.7%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.4%	7.5%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.9%	7.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.7%	6.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1993	7.4%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.7%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.2%	7.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.4%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.6%	7.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.8%	8.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.3%	8.0%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.3%	7.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.4%	7.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.1%	7.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.0%	7.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.9%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1992	7.4%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.0%	7.7%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.9%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.7%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.2%	7.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.9%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.3%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.1%	8.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.6%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.0%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.0%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.8%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1991	7.3%	7.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.5%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.3%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.2%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.5%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.1%	8.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.0%	7.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.8%	7.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.7%	7.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.4%	7.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.1%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.1%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA%	Louisiana%	National %
1 / 1990	6.0%	6.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.0%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.8%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.3%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.2%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.5%	6.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.4%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.4%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.4%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.1%	6.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.8%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.3%	6.6%	6.3%