Pelican State News

Louisiana's unemployment rate hit 6.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 146,299 people out of the 4,657,305 living in Louisiana at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Louisiana has increased compared to the 6.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Louisiana was greater than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 2,033,410 people who had a job during that time, 19,503 were employed in the Armed Forces and 2,013,907 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	146,299	6.7%
Employed	2,033,410	93.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	2,013,907	92.4%
Employed in armed forces	19,503	0.9%