New data for September on not-seasonally-adjusted employment in Louisiana show unemployment rates dropped in seven of the state’s nine metropolitan statistical areas from the same period a year ago.
Bill Rodier, executive director of the St. Landry Economic Development District
An increase in the unemployment rate is being blamed on the growth of the labor force in Louisiana, according to a news release from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
The employment situation in south Louisiana is likely tied to the oil and gas industry’s downturn.
An increase in the unemployment rate is being blamed on a growth of the labor force in Louisiana, according data released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Louisiana added jobs in June, making it the state’s highest June jobs count on record, and the state’s unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tri-Parish unemployment rates for April remain above those of a year ago, according to not seasonally adjusted data released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment rate in May was 8.2 percent, up from 7.2 percent a year ago in May.
