Tri-Parish jobless rates remain above a year ago

The Tri-Parish September unemployment rates remained above those of year ago.
The state’s jobless rate in September was 6.7 percent, unchanged from August, but up from 6 percent a year ago, according to not seasonally-adjusted data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
St. Landry Parish’s jobless rate was 8.8 percent in September, up from 7.7 percent a year ago, but down from 8.9 percent in August.
Acadia Parish’s unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in September, up from 6.7 percent a year ago and 7.9 percent in August.
Evangeline Parish’s unemployment rate in September was 8.2 percent, up from 7.2 percent a year ago, but down from 8.5 percent in August.
Not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rates for Louisiana’s MSAs in September were as follows:
— Alexandria: 7 percent, unchanged from August and up from 6.2 percent in September 2015;
— Baton Rouge: 6 percent, up from 5.7 percent in August and up from 5.1 percent in September 2015;
— Hammond: 7.6 percent, up from 7.5 percent in August and up from 6.8 percent in September 2015;
— Houma: 7.1 percent, up from 7 percent in August and up from 5.6 percent in September 2015;
— Lafayette: 7.6 percent, unchanged from August and up from 6.3 percent in September 2015;
— Lake Charles: 5.5 percent, up from 5.4 percent in August and up from 5.2 percent in September 2015;
— Monroe: 6.6 percent, down from 6.7 percent in August and up from 6.3 percent in September 2015;
— New Orleans: 6.2 percent, unchanged from August and up from 5.8 percent in September 2015; and
— Shreveport: 7.1 percent, unchanged from August and up from 6.6 percent in September 2015.