Unemployment Rate in Ascension Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.4%
Rank #1,600/3,222 · #12 in LA
50th
Ascension 4.4%
LA 6.2% -29.3%
US 5.3% -16.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Ascension Parish's unemployment rate of 4.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Ascension Parish for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,597 | Clark County, KY | 4.4% |
| #1,598 | Pawnee County, OK | 4.4% |
| #1,599 | Racine County, WI | 4.4% |
| #1,600 | Ascension Parish, LA | 4.4% |
| #1,601 | Pushmataha County, OK | 4.4% |
| #1,602 | Jay County, IN | 4.4% |
| #1,603 | Hays County, TX | 4.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Ascension Parish, Louisiana has a unemployment rate of 4.4%, ranking #1,600 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 16.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #12 of 64. This places it in the 50th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.