Unemployment Rate in Lafourche Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.1%
Rank #1,404/3,222 · #9 in LA
56th
Lafourche 4.1%
LA 6.2% -33.5%
US 5.3% -21.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lafourche Parish's unemployment rate of 4.1% 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 Lafourche Parish for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,401 | Seminole County, FL | 4.1% |
| #1,402 | Barren County, KY | 4.1% |
| #1,403 | Cass County, MO | 4.1% |
| #1,404 | Lafourche Parish, LA | 4.1% |
| #1,405 | Leon County, TX | 4.1% |
| #1,406 | Martin County, MN | 4.2% |
| #1,407 | Kent County, MI | 4.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana has a unemployment rate of 4.1%, ranking #1,404 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 21.7% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #9 of 64. This places it in the 56th 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.