Unemployment Rate in Lafayette Parish, LA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lafayette Parish Compares
National Distribution
Where Lafayette Parish falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Lafayette Parish: 5.1%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,073 | Orleans County, NY | 5.1% |
| #2,074 | Claiborne Parish, LA | 5.1% |
| #2,075 | Itawamba County, MS | 5.1% |
| #2,076 | Lafayette Parish, LA | 5.1% |
| #2,077 | Caroline County, VA | 5.1% |
| #2,078 | Sanpete County, UT | 5.1% |
| #2,079 | Galax city, VA | 5.1% |
Unemployment Rate in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana has a unemployment rate of 5.1%, which ranks #2,076 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 3.9% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Louisiana, Lafayette Parish ranks #20 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 36th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.