Unemployment Rate in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How West Baton Rouge Parish's unemployment rate of 7.0% 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 West Baton Rouge Parish for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,793 | Benton County, OR | 7.0% |
| #2,794 | Hatillo Municipio, PR | 7.0% |
| #2,795 | Owen County, KY | 7.0% |
| #2,796 | West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 7.0% |
| #2,797 | Oswego County, NY | 7.0% |
| #2,798 | Klamath County, OR | 7.0% |
| #2,799 | Cook County, IL | 7.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana has a unemployment rate of 7.0%, ranking #2,796 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Louisiana, it ranks #44 of 64. This places it in the 13th 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.