High Unemployment Area
Forest, LA Current Unemployment - 5.0%
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
Forest, LA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2022
6.5%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.9%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.2%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.6%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.7%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.9%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.8%
4.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.0%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2021
8.3%
7.6%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.5%
7.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.9%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.5%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.6%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.2%
7.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.6%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.1%
5.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.0%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.8%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.0%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.9%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2020
15.4%
5.7%
3.6%
2 / 2020
11.8%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
16.0%
6.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
13.9%
14.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.1%
13.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.5%
10.4%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.1%
10.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.4%
8.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.2%
8.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.1%
9.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.2%
7.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.5%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2019
12.7%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
11.9%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
11.6%
4.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
10.2%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
8.8%
4.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
9.9%
5.6%
3.7%
7 / 2019
9.9%
5.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
9.9%
5.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
8.9%
5.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
9.6%
5.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
11.1%
5.0%
3.5%
12 / 2019
13.2%
4.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2018
11.3%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
10.7%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
9.7%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
8.4%
4.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.8%
4.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
9.3%
6.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
8.8%
5.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
8.6%
5.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
7.8%
4.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
7.5%
4.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.9%
4.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
9.7%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2017
14.8%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
13.3%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
11.4%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
9.9%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.7%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.7%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.7%
5.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
9.1%
5.6%
4.4%
9 / 2017
8.2%
4.9%
4.2%
10 / 2017
7.7%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.7%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
8.9%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2016
14.4%
6.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
12.9%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
12.3%
6.0%
5.0%
4 / 2016
12.0%
5.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
11.1%
5.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
11.5%
7.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
11.7%
6.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
11.3%
6.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
11.9%
6.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
11.3%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
10.5%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
12.5%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2015
17.5%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
16.1%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
15.2%
6.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
13.9%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
14.0%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
14.1%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
12.6%
6.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
11.3%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
11.5%
6.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
11.2%
6.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
11.4%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
12.4%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2014
12.2%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.7%
5.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.7%
5.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.9%
5.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
12.7%
6.1%
6.3%
6 / 2014
13.6%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
13.4%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2014
12.9%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
13.3%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
13.7%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
14.2%
6.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
16.3%
6.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2013
15.8%
7.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.6%
6.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
14.5%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.5%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
13.1%
7.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
14.2%
8.0%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.1%
7.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.4%
7.0%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.3%
6.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.6%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.7%
5.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
11.1%
5.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2012
17.7%
8.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
16.2%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
15.1%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
13.4%
6.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.3%
7.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.5%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.9%
7.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.0%
7.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.4%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.3%
6.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.1%
5.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.8%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2011
19.6%
8.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
18.9%
7.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
17.8%
7.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
15.5%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.8%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.8%
8.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.7%
8.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.3%
8.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.2%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.7%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.4%
6.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
14.6%
7.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2010
20.7%
8.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
19.3%
7.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
18.5%
7.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
15.6%
7.1%
9.9%
5 / 2010
15.7%
7.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.7%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.0%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.3%
8.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.1%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.7%
8.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
15.1%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
16.8%
7.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2009
17.9%
6.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
16.6%
6.1%
8.3%
3 / 2009
15.8%
6.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
15.3%
5.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.0%
6.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
15.9%
7.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
17.1%
7.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
16.2%
7.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
15.6%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
16.2%
7.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
16.3%
6.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
17.5%
7.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2008
11.8%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
10.3%
3.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
9.6%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
8.5%
3.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
9.2%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
11.2%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2008
11.0%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
10.7%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.8%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.8%
5.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.5%
5.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.8%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2007
11.3%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
10.3%
4.0%
4.5%
3 / 2007
9.4%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
10.4%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
9.6%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
11.1%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
11.0%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
9.3%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.7%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.3%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.1%
3.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
9.6%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2006
8.7%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.6%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.1%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.9%
4.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.2%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.7%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.9%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.7%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.0%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.7%
4.0%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.0%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
8.0%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2005
15.1%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
14.0%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
13.1%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
11.2%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
10.5%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
12.1%
6.6%
5.0%
7 / 2005
11.9%
6.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
11.5%
6.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
10.0%
10.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.3%
10.6%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.0%
10.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.1%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2004
16.6%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
14.2%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
15.3%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
13.9%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 2004
12.8%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
13.9%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
12.6%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
11.9%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
11.6%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
10.6%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
10.5%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
12.4%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2003
14.9%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.8%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
14.8%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
13.1%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
13.2%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
15.7%
7.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
14.7%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
14.3%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
12.3%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
11.0%
5.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
12.1%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
12.5%
5.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2002
13.7%
6.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.7%
5.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
12.0%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
11.2%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
11.3%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
12.5%
7.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
11.2%
6.4%
5.8%
8 / 2002
11.2%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.9%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.6%
5.9%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.8%
6.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.8%
6.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2001
14.7%
6.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
12.1%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
13.1%
5.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
10.5%
5.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
10.3%
5.2%
4.3%
6 / 2001
10.7%
6.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.0%
5.7%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.7%
5.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.6%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.8%
5.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.1%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.9%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 2000
12.5%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
11.0%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
10.1%
4.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
8.3%
4.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
8.8%
5.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
9.3%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.2%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
8.8%
5.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
8.1%
5.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
8.4%
5.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
10.3%
5.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
11.4%
5.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1999
18.4%
5.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
15.9%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
15.0%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
13.8%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
12.7%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
13.9%
5.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
10.8%
5.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
11.0%
5.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
11.0%
5.4%
4.2%
10 / 1999
11.5%
5.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
13.0%
4.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
14.9%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1998
19.7%
5.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
15.0%
5.0%
4.6%
3 / 1998
15.6%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
13.4%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
13.6%
5.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
13.1%
7.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.6%
6.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.6%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.4%
6.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.8%
5.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
9.6%
5.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
14.1%
4.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1997
19.7%
6.7%
5.3%
2 / 1997
18.0%
5.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
18.7%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
14.9%
5.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
13.8%
6.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
14.3%
7.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
13.4%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.0%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
10.6%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.7%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
11.0%
5.1%
4.6%
12 / 1997
14.8%
5.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1996
19.5%
7.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
17.4%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.4%
6.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
15.3%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
14.2%
6.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
14.7%
7.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
13.3%
7.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
12.4%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.7%
6.5%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.8%
6.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.9%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
15.0%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1995
25.4%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
22.0%
6.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
21.1%
6.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
18.3%
7.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
17.7%
7.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
17.3%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
14.8%
7.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
14.1%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
11.3%
6.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.5%
6.4%
5.5%
11 / 1995
11.3%
6.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
13.1%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1994
25.3%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
24.6%
8.0%
6.6%
3 / 1994
22.4%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
20.5%
7.6%
6.4%
5 / 1994
19.6%
7.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
19.6%
8.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
18.8%
8.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
17.2%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
14.8%
7.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
14.3%
7.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
15.0%
7.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
19.7%
6.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1993
18.1%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.4%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
15.4%
7.2%
7.0%
4 / 1993
15.0%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
14.0%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
15.0%
8.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
13.5%
8.0%
6.9%
8 / 1993
13.4%
7.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.9%
7.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.6%
7.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
11.9%
7.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
14.2%
7.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1992
22.5%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
20.8%
7.7%
7.4%
3 / 1992
21.2%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
16.8%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
16.4%
7.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
18.7%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.9%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.5%
8.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.2%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.8%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
11.5%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
16.1%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1991
23.1%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
21.8%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
22.3%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
20.9%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
21.1%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
21.5%
8.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
17.4%
7.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.2%
7.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.1%
7.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.0%
7.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.2%
6.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
14.3%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Forest, LA%
Louisiana%
National %
1 / 1990
13.8%
6.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
12.8%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.4%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
13.8%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
12.3%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 1990
14.0%
6.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
13.1%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.4%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.2%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.8%
6.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
11.1%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
14.1%
6.6%
6.3%