The following labor market figures for each of the 5 parishes in SWLA come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC).
Household employment figures come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) from the BLS. The nonfarm and industry employment statistics are from the State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings from the BLS. The job openings data comes from the LWC Louisiana Occupational Information System (LOIS).
For more information, please contract the Drew CBEA.
Allen Parish
Allen Parish Household Employment Measures
wdt_ID
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
1
Jan 2017
6.3
564
8,386
8,950
2
Feb 2017
5.2
463
8,383
8,846
3
Mar 2017
5.0
444
8,467
8,911
4
Apr 2017
4.7
422
8,579
9,001
5
May 2017
4.9
443
8,612
9,055
6
Jun 2017
6.0
553
8,659
9,212
7
Jul 2017
5.9
530
8,416
8,946
8
Aug 2017
5.7
505
8,401
8,906
9
Sep 2017
5.1
456
8,557
9,013
10
Oct 2017
4.7
417
8,550
8,967
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish Household Employment Measures
wdt_ID
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
1
Jan 2017
6.7
982
13,588
14,570
2
Feb 2017
5.5
795
13,668
14,463
3
Mar 2017
5.3
766
13,794
14,560
4
Apr 2017
5.1
765
14,100
14,865
5
May 2017
5.4
801
14,086
14,887
6
Jun 2017
5.8
876
14,131
15,007
7
Jul 2017
5.9
875
13,953
14,828
8
Aug 2017
5.7
838
13,817
14,655
9
Sep 2017
5.3
776
13,782
14,558
10
Oct 2017
4.4
643
14,009
14,652
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish Household Employment Measures
wdt_ID
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
1
Jan 2017
4.8
4,989
99,038
104,027
2
Feb 2017
4.2
4,384
99,677
104,061
3
Mar 2017
4.0
4,195
101,752
105,947
4
Apr 2017
3.8
4,012
102,898
106,910
5
May 2017
3.9
4,206
103,296
107,502
6
Jun 2017
4.5
4,968
105,345
110,313
7
Jul 2017
4.2
4,712
106,737
111,449
8
Aug 2017
4.2
4,633
105,951
110,584
9
Sep 2017
3.9
4,335
106,173
110,508
10
Oct 2017
3.4
3,773
106,737
110,510
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish Household Employment Measures
wdt_ID
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
1
Jan 2017
4.2
163
3,674
3,837
2
Feb 2017
4.0
154
3,693
3,847
3
Mar 2017
3.7
143
3,773
3,916
4
Apr 2017
3.5
137
3,815
3,952
5
May 2017
3.3
132
3,837
3,969
6
Jun 2017
3.9
158
3,919
4,077
7
Jul 2017
3.9
159
3,966
4,125
8
Aug 2017
3.9
159
3,930
4,089
9
Sep 2017
3.6
147
3,930
4,077
10
Oct 2017
3.2
129
3,947
4,076
Date
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment
Employment
Labor Force
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish Household Employment Measures