The Tri-Parish September unemployment rates remained above those of year ago.
Tri-parish unemployment rates continue to be above those of a year ago.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment rate in August was 9 percent, up from 8 percent in August 2015, according not-seasonally adjusted data reported by the federal Bureau of Labor statistics and released Friday.
Tri-Parish unemployment rates in July rose from a year ago with St. Landry Parish having the highest rate at 9.1 percent, up from 8.4 percent in July 2015.
Jobless rates rose as the workforce dropped in numbers.
President Barack Obama officially granted a major disaster declaration request for 12 Louisiana parishes, making disaster unemployment assistance available to businesses and residents whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a result of flooding that began Aug.
Unemployment rates rose in June in the Tri-Parish area as the number of people in the workforce declined.
